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Kids make bad choices for many reasons: lack of life experiences, partially formed frontal lobes, raging hormones, peer pressure, you name it....
Two years ago, the Legislature wisely decided to require that all Minnesota school districts evaluate teachers and include some measures of student performance in those evaluations. The law called for a task force to develop a model that district leaders could use if they were unable to come up with one that lived up to state criteria....
Minnesota lawmakers are looking to make 40 hours of work standard for all Minnesota workers, give them more family leave and increase their wages....
PARIS – The European Commission will enact a two-year ban on a class of pesticides thought to be harming global bee populations, the European Union’s health commissioner said Monday....
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it was investigating foods that have added caffeine after Wrigley introduced a new caffeinated gum this week. A few products that have added caffeine:...
Melting snow in Attawapiskat has caused sewers to back up, sending effluent into homes and buildings....
Last week was a perfect illustration of the broken structure that is the United States government. Congress cannot pass a budget. It can barely pass a law to pay bills already incurred and owed. And its best “deficit” cutting attempt is the decade-long sequester, across-the-board cuts that hit the wrong programs, at the wrong times, and in the most harmful process....
A growing number of Indian tribes are getting into the payday loan business, saying they just want to raise revenue for their reservations while helping cash-strapped consumers nationwide....
PIERRE – With an April 22 deadline for people to intervene in Powertech (USA), Inc.’s permit application for a tribally- contested uranium mine 50 miles west of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, a state agency recommended licensing approval – as long as the company complies with a list of some 75 conditions....
Native American activists say they will stage protests if commercial buyers seek to purchase a part of the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark in western South Dakota in order to develop it....
The embattled president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians lost a recall election held this weekend under the auspices of a law he signed into effect in 2007, according to a statement from the tribe. The vote held on Saturday fell 224-128 against Robert Chicks, who faces charges of resisting an officer after he refused to reveal his identity during a traffic stop....
The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe voted Saturday to remove their tribal chairman....
ST. IGNATIUS – Even while voting is ongoing, a complaint filed last week with the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices is asking that the election results be voided if specific candidates win seats on the Flathead Joint Board of Control....
WASHINGTON — Schools near military bases and tribal lands will face a $60 million shortfall between now and September and aid to college students will be cut by almost $90 million, according to the Education Department’s plan to carry out the automatic spending cuts mandated by Congress....
NEZPERCE, Idaho (AP) -- A voluntary manslaughter charge against a Nez Perce tribal officer accused of shooting a man during a car chase in northern Idaho nearly two years ago has been dismissed....
Native American veterans lack adequate health care services, despite a memo of understanding between the the Veterans Affairs Department and Indian Health Services, says an April 26 Government Accountability Office report (.pdf). Read more: Native American vets lack adequate health care services - FierceGovernment http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/native-american-vets-lack-adequate-health-care-services/2013-04-29#ixzz2RwoWZjNY Subscribe at FierceGovernment...
Three Affiliated Tribes is funding a hotel on the United Tribes Technical College campus....
South Dakota is finding it difficult to change time-worn names of locations that are seen as offensive by African-Americans and native Americans, such as “Negro” and “squaw” creeks, canyons and mountain ridges....
BEAVERTON, Ore.—Nike N7 has transformed into a movement for positive change by more than 350 Indian country movers and shakers who swelled NIKE World Headquarters for the April 18-20 2013 N7 Sport Summit. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/29/nike-n7-sport-summit-proves-catalyst-native-leaders-athletes-define-tomorrow-149065...
The 30th annual “Gathering of Nations” (GON) Powwow 2013 was still going on at “The Pit” April 27th at 11:30 p.m. The final dance competitions were still in full swing with the Native American men 'northern traditional dance' category. The GON ran from April 25-27 at the University of New Mexico arena called, “The Pit” at Albuquerque, N.M. The two day event is the largest Native American Powwow in the United States. Over 3,000 native & indigenous dancers competed for top money prizes who are all the best in the world. Beautiful native girl...
"Miss Indian World is one of the most prestigious honors in the Native American and indigenous world and the winner will serve as a role model for all Native Americans,"said Melonie Mathews, coordinator of the Miss Indian World Pageant, held annually at the Gathering of Nations pow wow in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/04/29/meet-new-miss-indian-world-kansas-begaye-dine-149076...