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Miss Indian Oklahoma and Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma 2014 will be crowned Sat, May 3 at the 41st annual Miss Indian Oklahoma Pageant. This year's event is hosted by the Chickasaw Nation and will be conducted at the Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur. Events begin at 3 p.m. The Miss Indian Oklahoma and Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma pageant is free and open to the public. During their one-year reign, Miss Indian Oklahoma and Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma serve as cultural ambassadors for American Indian peop...
Attention Red Lake Area Veterans Join us for our 1st Annual Veterans Bar-B-Que Planning Meeting Friday, May 9 10 a.m. Seven Clans Casino, Red Lake All Local Veterans & Veterans Family Members are encouraged to attend!! Hosted by Red Lake Nation Veterans For More Information Contact Nicholas Sumner 218-407-2467 or Tashina Berg 218-368-2472...
Come learn how to paint watercolor landscapes, then use the art of collage to create new three-dimensional landscapes from your paintings! Instructor: Mary Therese Cost: $35 Location: Rail River Folk School – 303 Railroad St. SW, Bemidji, MN Date: May 17, 2014 Time: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. For more detailed information on the workshop, please call Mary Therese at (218) 556-4079. The registration deadline is May 12, 2014. Reserve your space by emailing staff@r2arts.org or calling 218 751-5447 or 1-800-275-5447 and paying the $35 registration fee by c...
Although a record low turnout at congressional district conventions had been predicted, the room was full when the 7th Congressional District DFL convened on Saturday, April 25 for their endorsing convention. Incumbent Congressman, Collin Peterson, was unanimously elected on the first ballot. The convention opened at 2 p.m. at Prairies Edge Casino, Granite Falls, with a drum ceremony performed by members of the Upper Sioux Nation and a stirring welcome by Tribal Leader Kevin Jensvold. During the election of new congressional district officers...
Proposal would Clarify Regulations so that Tribes in Alaska can Petition Interior Department to Restore Tribal Lands in the Same Way as Tribes in the Lower 48; Proposed Rule Consistent with Recent Court Rulings WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama’s commitment to upholding the nation’s trust responsibilities to American Indian and Alaska Natives, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn today announced that the Interior Department is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would allow the Secretary of the Inter...
A seemingly unlikely location — Edina — has been chosen as the place to build the first apartment building for homeless young people in the western suburbs....
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Isle Royale National Park's inbred gray wolf population remains dangerously low for a third consecutive year, while the moose on which they feed have doubled during the same period — trends that could lead to long-term problems for the Lake Superior archipelago's ecosystems, scientists said Wednesday....
Thursday’s flip of the calendar from April to May doesn’t promise any dramatic break in the dreary weather that’s plagued the Upper Midwest recently....
Federal data show that Minnesota screens in only 28 percent of child maltreatment reports, compared with 62 percent nationally. Only two other states have rates as low as Minnesota’s, while 36 screen in at least 50 percent....
WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assaults by members of the military rose 50 percent after the Pentagon began a vigorous campaign to get more victims to come forward, prompting defense officials to order a greater focus on prevention programs, including plans to review alcohol sales and policies....
PABLO (AP) — A Ravalli County commissioner hand-delivered a letter of apology to members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes for derogatory statements made at the end of a November commission meeting over tribal efforts to protect a sacred site....
THIRD MESA, Moenkopi Village, Hopi Reservation – Sand permeates all of life on the Hopi reservation where Dennis Klain grew up. The wind carries the fine, red grains onto every surface, piling up in gutters, landing on pillow cases and sheets, filling shoes no matter whether you walk or run....
Law360, New York (April 30, 2014, 1:45 PM ET) -- MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. on Wednesday agreed to stop processing online payday loan transactions that violate New York state law carried out through their debit card network, a tactic New York state regulators say such lenders are using to evade a crackdown on such loans....
PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION– Growing up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Caine Ghost Bear spent hours every day with his great-grandmother. After losing his father at just three years old, she became a major force in Caine’s life, cooking for him and sharing stories about how much she had loved being a nurse. When she passed away during Caine’s sophomore year of high school, he says it nearly “ended his world.” But her spirit inspired Caine to study hard, to remain connected to Lakota culture and language, and to avoid the temptatio...
Quebec provincial police, along with the RCMP and Canadian and U.S. border police services, have arrested 25 people, seized 18 guns and 10 vehicles as they work to dismantle a contraband tobacco ring linked to organized crime....
REDDING, Calif. - The Nomlaki Indian Tribe, also owners of Rolling Hills Casino, have suspended tribal members under investigation for embezzling more than $1 million....
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is extending the deadline to May 3 for public letters of comment on the military’s proposal to expand the Powder River Training Complex to include airspace over four Great Plains Indian reservations and additional ancestral lands in four states....
On Tuesday, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office received a call from Karuk Tribal members who reported they located a man trying to grow marijuana on their Ceremonial Dance grounds located off Camp Creek Road, Orleans. The tribal members were detaining the man waiting for Sheriff's Deputies to arrive....
DULUTH - Native American students continually have the lowest high school graduation rates in the state, but we bring you the story of how Native American community members are working together to change those statistics. Drums, Ojibwe language and many other native traditions are all things not usually present in daily classes at your average public school. Native community members in our region believe including more of these traditions is what's needed to help increase Native American high school graduation rates. "The children are very,...
CORNING, Calif., April 30, 2014 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ – Chairman Andy Freeman of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, owners of Rolling Hills Casino in Corning, CA, announced that state and federal officials are investigating the theft and serious misappropriation of tribal funds by members of the Henthorne/Pata family who were suspended by a quorum of the Tribe’s General Council at its annual meeting on April 12, 2014....
