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Correction: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Greathouse Shryock Traditional Elementary School and that K-PREP testing for JCPS students begins May 10. The state is taking control of annual testing at eight Jefferson County public schools that it says have shown the "highest potential" for cheating, according to a letter to the district. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2018/04/26/jcps-kentucky-takeover-kprep-testing-cheating/532097002/...
Most teachers experience high levels of burnout and stress—and that may be affecting their students' achievement, a recent study found. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri and published in Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, measured the levels of stress, burnout, and coping abilities of 121 teachers at elementary schools in a Midwestern school district, as well as the effects of teacher stress and coping on student outcomes. http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2018/04/most_tea...
SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe Public Schools is looking to ramp up school safety measures at its 28 school sites, but they do not include placing armed police officers on campus – at least for now. Superintendent Veronica García said this week that Mayor Alan Webber told her that the city’s police force didn’t have the manpower to assign three police officers at school campuses. The department, which employs about 160 police officers, is already spread thin, the mayor told her, and has about 24 vacancies. https://www.abqjournal....
A school safety funding package that would give Minnesota schools more money to improve building safety and hire counselors and resource officers won the approval of state lawmakers Thursday. The school safety budget plans approved by the Republican-majority House largely mirrors a $21 million proposal offered by DFL Gov. Mark Dayton earlier this year. The House bill expands on the governor’s plan, providing $28.5 million to be shared by schools in every district in the state. GOP lawmakers in the House say they also plan to dedicate $25 m...
8th Annual Red Lake Nation Elder's Gathering 2018 - Monday, April 30th & Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Seven Clans Event Center - Registration 8 AM each day Meals Provided For more information contact Barb or Lilah at 218-679-3341. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQFwpLvbu4nqdoxLX1m6MaDU_xBQQqob72dSk3UmTcIdmi2PL7KstGMtTj9RrOl7A0UWuvRDthY5Mkv/pub...
The Senate just passed Senator Steve Daines’ bill to recognize May 5 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls. Daines introduced legislation to honor the memory of Hanna Harris, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe who was murdered in 2013. The resolution commemorates the lives of all American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered. According to the Department of Justice, in some tribal communities, American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 1...
SALT LAKE CITY — Navajo Nation leaders say a Utah county is trying to keep a Native candidate off the ballot during the first election since a federal judge ruled voting districts were drawn based on race. Navajo Nation Vice President Jonathan Nez said in statement the threat of possible criminal charges is an “example of the county’s bad-faith attempt to undermine Navajo candidates and disenfranchise voters.” https://www.voanews.com/a/navajo-candidate-fights-to-be-on-utah-ballot/4368728.html...
DeClara Tripp opened a dresser drawer in the room where her infant son used to sleep. Inside was a striped blue jumper, the one that little Zhakari wore the day before he was rushed by ambulance to Children’s Minnesota Hospital in St. Paul. When Tripp saw the tiny jumper, she held it to her face and began to cry. “I can still smell him in these clothes,” she said. “Zhakari’s my baby and I want him back.” http://www.startribune.com/state-accused-of-racial-bias-in-crackdown-against-child-abuse/481153801/...
Three boys have died after they were hit by a car while riding their bicycles and walking on a main road near Nelson House on Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation. Chief Marcel Moody and council member Bonnie Linklater both confirmed the trio were riding their bikes and walking with a group of friends on PR 620, the main access road to the community, at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday when they were hit by a man driving a car. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/three-kids-dead-nelson-house-1.4640666...
Chippewa Cree Law Enforcement on the Rocky Boys Indian Reservation is warning community members of possible gang activity. In a Facebook post, CCLE said that the gang, known as "OTB", is being operated by an adult male and has been recruiting teens as young as 14 years of age. http://www.ktvq.com/story/38068400/chippewa-cree-law-enforcement-warns-of-possible-gang-activity...
The lack of political leadership at the Bureau of Indian Affairs is spreading to the ranks, with the agency's director mysteriously gone and most of the regional directors vacant under the Trump administration. Bryan Rice, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation who was barely tapped as director six months ago, is the latest reminder of the turmoil. He was supposed to testify at a tribal homelands hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, with his name appearing on the witness list as recently as Monday. https://www.indianz.com/News/20...
The legislative panel that handle Indian Country issues in the House is once again going through some changes. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Arizona) is now serving as the ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs. He was chosen for the role by fellow Democrats on Wednesday. https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/04/25/house-panel-in-charge-of-indian-legislat.asp...
At the base of First Mesa, the ancient village of Walpi in sight, Rosalie Talahongva stands in front of the home her father built for her mother. On the Hopi reservation, two hours outside of Flagstaff, Arizona, there is little more than a single highway and the vast expanse of desert from horizon to horizon. Rosalie is vice chair of the Hopi Tribe’s Economic Development Corps. Her father died before completing the small cinder block house. But this past winter, with the help of her close friend Mervin Yoyetewa, she added insulation and a p...
LAC DU FLAMBEAU - About 40 American Indian high school and college students made a stop in Lac du Flambeau this weekend, as a part of an educational program. "The goal really was to teach American Indian students about their true history, culture and identity," said program coordinator Ana Munro. http://www.wjfw.com/storydetails/20180428180215/educational_program_brings_native_american_students_from_minnesota_to_lac_du_flambeau&display=video...
What could you do with $5 million? Well, if you were Enbridge, you could spend $5 million lobbying state officials in 2017 — more than twice the next largest lobbying interest and more than any other lobbying for a decade. The big spender last time was also Enbridge, which put in $200,000 to lobby for their last big tar sands pipeline -- the Alberta Clipper. Enbridge’s lobbying is focused on the Public Utilities Commission which will ultimately make the state’s decision on approval of the highly controversial pipeline this summer. In the David...
BILLINGS, Mont. - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged Friday that federal prosecutors will work closely with law enforcement and drug treatment providers in Montana as the state grapples with a rise in crime linked to the drug methamphetamine. Sessions spoke about the nation's drug problem during an appearance in Billings before several dozen police officers, judges, prosecutors and treatment specialists. http://lmtribune.com/northwest/sessions-pledges-help-on-montana-drug-problem/article_6c56f50e-e83d-5bb0-9949-2171...
Police arrested a robbery suspect Saturday inside Pechanga Casino after he led deputies on a pursuit through northern San Diego County. The San Diego Sheriff’s Department jailed Augustine Robinson on charges of robbery and reckless evading. No injuries were reported. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-pechanga-pursuit-20180428-story.html...
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman who embezzled from a group of American Indian churches while on probation for embezzling from the Fort Pierre Development Corp. has been sentenced to serve three years in prison. The Capital Journal reports that 61-year-old Joni Boub also was ordered to pay more than $73,000 in restitution to the development corporation and the 13 United Church of Christ-associated congregations in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska. http://www.starherald.com/news/regional_statewide/south-dakota-...
THUNDER BAY - Evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation have begun arriving in Thunder Bay after a state of emergency was declared in the community because of potential flooding. The first flight from the First Nation situated in James Bay area arrived Saturday afternoon, with several more flights scheduled to arrive throughout the day and evening and Sunday. https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/city-welcomes-more-than-350-kashechewan-evacuees-908097...
In early April, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council member Tommye Saunooke called for Smoky Mountain News reporter Holly Kays to be blocked from entering the Tribal Council Chambers. A couple days later, Saunooke issued a motion to ban all non-native media from Tribal Council Chambers. This effectively made the tribe-funded paper The Cherokee One Feather the only media organization allowed to sit inside the chambers. The ban is regarded as largely symbolic as Tribal Council meetings are streamed live online and on televisions in...
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and Knox County have waded into the legal fight over the nation’s opioid addiction epidemic, arguing that the Native American people and the county’s budget are suffering at the hands of the nation’s prescription drugmakers and sellers. The pair filed separate lawsuits in federal court in Omaha against 25 defendants, including Walgreens and CVS pharmacies, Purdue Pharma, which makes the multibillion-dollar seller OxyContin, and Johnson & Johnson. http://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/health/opioid...
A 22-year-old woman has become the third person to plead guilty this week to the “drunk fight” that left William Ivan Redhorn Jr. dying outside the Ho-Chunk headquarters in Winnebago. Lawrencia Merrick pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Omaha. http://kwbe.com/state-news/woman-becomes-third-person-to-admit-role-in-fatal-winnebago-drunk-fight/...
Since promising last year to make prosecution of animal cruelty-related offenses a top priority, the Havasupai Tribe is reporting that three animal abuse cases in its tribal court have ended in convictions while two more individuals face counts of animal cruelty that were filed in the past month. Pack animals like horses, mules and donkeys, the majority of which are owned by tribal members, are used to haul tourists’ gear to and from the famous blue-green waterfalls on Havasupai in Grand Canyon. The trail to the campground where most t...
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls-Billings reached a $20-million agreement to settle claims by 86 people who said they were sexually abused as children by clergy employed by the Montana diocese dating back to the 1950s, officials said Friday. The abuse happened at the hands of dozens of priests, deacons and at least one nun in Native American reservations and in towns and cities throughout the diocese's territory across eastern Montana, attorneys for about half of the plaintiffs said. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Gathering of Nations, one of the world's largest gatherings of indigenous people, started Friday in Albuquerque. The annual event attracts about 3,000 dancers from hundreds of tribes from the U.S., Canada and Mexico and draws about 80,000 visitors who come to see dances, drum contests and competitions. The Native American event is a powwow — a pan-American Indian celebration featuring song, dance and prayer. They are held in stadiums, rural community centers, high school gyms or outdoor arenas, and offer an opp...
