Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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ST. PAUL – Minnesota Senators approved a bill 48-19 Tuesday that sets state transportation policies over some rural lawmakers’ concerns about a provision banning parking in bicycle lanes....
A budget bill that would freeze undergraduate tuition at the state’s public colleges and universities earned swift passage Thursday in the Minnesota House....
Four more flu-related deaths were confirmed in Minnesota last week, up from two the previous week, as a season that has claimed 194 lives drags on....
Federal regulators on Thursday clamped down on the deposit advances banks offer, a first step in what’s expected to be a broader crackdown on the country’s multibillion-dollar payday loan industry....
In recent weeks, these pages have published arguments on both sides of this question: Should Minnesota teens have to pass a statewide reading and writing test to get their high school diplomas?...
The Minnesota Senate approved its version of the $15.7 billion education funding bill on Thursday, sparking a sharp debate over changes in testing standards that appear headed for approval....
DES MOINES, Iowa - As spring rains soaked the central United States and helped conquer the historic drought, a new problem has sprouted: The fields have turned to mud....
Countries with indigenous nations usually also have mixed-blood nations composed of people of indigenous descent and other nations or races. In an increasingly shrinking world where ethnicity is a quantity in flux, it is sometimes difficult to get a handle on how they relate to one another. The two groups would seem to be natural allies. But the reality isn’t that simple. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com//2013/04/25/challenge-mixed-blood-nations-148961...
Indian nations have been dealing politically with the imperial momentum of the United States ever since the 13 British colonies along the Atlantic Seaboard of North America declared themselves to be free and independent states in the late eighteenth century. Our original free existence as nations predates the American empire and its colonial system, and that point ought to be the central focus when it comes to advocating for our rights. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/25/us-colonialism-cornerst...
One would think that if you’re a U.S. Congressman who insulted your state’s largest minority population and threatened bodily injury to their Tribally-elected leaders while in the process of verbally assaulting a Native American woman at a very public state coalition meeting for Abused Women’s Services that you would apologize. That would be the smart, decent thing to do, right?...
A group of Lakota people who journeyed to Washington. D.C. to call attention to poor housing conditions on the Pine Ridge reservation has returned home....
American Indian veterans will be honored with a memorial plaque to be placed on the state Capitol grounds....
After years without a house of their own, Native Americans on campus are finally getting a space to call home. The construction of a new cultural center for Native students at Yale represents just one of many recent events marking a resurgence of Native American life on campus, from concerts and performances to lectures and other special events....
PABLO — Historically in many tribal cultures women warrior societies were not unheard of, and their bravery was just as fierce as the men who made up the majority of warrior roles....
The Chamberlain School District in South Dakota is expected to vote May 13 on whether to allow a Native American honor song to be performed at the graduation ceremony May 19. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/25/will-south-dakota-school-district-allow-native-honor-song-graduation-149030...
Dennis Banks, the famous Ojibway co-founder of the American Indian Movement, teacher, lecturer, author and activist, is still going strong. A few days after he turned 80 on April 12, 2012, Banks received a Living Legends Award in Washington D.C. for his contributions as a co-founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and his ongoing commitment to the well being of the American Indian community, according to the Native News Network. Banks co-founded AIM in 1968 in Minnesota, and 43 years later, in February 2011 he initiate Longest Walk 3, a...
A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver! In New York City on Wednesday evening, Disney unveiled 20 minutes of footage from Gore Verbinski's upcoming summer blockbuster "The Lone Ranger," starring Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the title law enforcer....
On April 13, Mary Killman, 22, led the solo synchronized swimming event at the U.S. national championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, from start to finish, winning her second national title in two tries. She won the gold medal in the solo competition at the U.S. collegiate championships, held in Stanford, California, in late March. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/25/potawatomi-pride-synchro-swimmer-mary-killman-wins-national-titles-149025...
With a huge 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings last night, the Detroit Red Wings got a big boost toward extending their postseason streak to 22 years, the longest run in North American professional sports. And they can thank Jordin Tootoo, Inuit, for scoring the game-winning goal. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com//2013/04/25/video-jordin-tootoo-inuit-scores-huge-goal-detroit-red-wings-149016...
POLSON — Tribal Wildlife Biologists, Tribal Conservation Officers, a Mt Fish, Wildlife and Parks Conservation Officer along with Lake County officers responded to a call this morning at approximately 10:30 a.m. east of Salish Kootenai College near Pablo reporting that a College student was attacked by a grizzly bear with two yearling cubs....
