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Hundreds of children and adults participated in some part of the The Red Lake Family & Children Services annual Child Abuse Prevention Walk on Tuesday April 26th, 2011. The ³Walk² started at 9:00 am at the junction of Hwy. #89 and Hwy. #1, and headed south to the Seven Clans Casino - about five miles. The line of walkers stretched nearly a half mile. The Walk for Child Abuse Prevention is an annual event event organized by the dedicated staff of Red Lake Family and Children¹s Service held du...
I WILL ORGANIZE A CLEAN-UP IN MY COMMUNITY AND PICK UP LITTER WHENEVER I SEE IT....~Earth Day Tenet Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, is the annual U.S. celebration of the environment and a time for Americans to assess the work still needed to protect the natural gifts of our planet. Earth Day has no central organizing force behind it, though several nongovernmental organizations work to keep track of the thousands of local events in schools and parks that mark the day. It affirms that...
Honor the Youth Pow Wow 2011, Friday night session on April 29th....
8th Annual Haskell Commencement Indian Men;s Fast Pitch Tournament May 14 & 15 Clinton Lake Sports Complex Lawrence KS Entry Deadline: May 10 For Entry form contact: Sherry Girty sherry.girty@haskell.edu or 785-979-5501 Lou Edith Hara lhara@haskell.edu 785-749-8404 x. 251 *Work Kerry Cuny kcuny@haskell.edu 785-979-1771 *Cell Alta Cobell-Pewenofkit – acobell@haskell.edu or 785-218-4950 *Cell Sherry A. Girty Secretary of the Counseling/Career Center Roe Cloud Hall 155 Indian Ave. Lawrence, KS 66046 (785)749-8445*Office (785)832-6649*Fax s...
Arapaho Journeys: Photographs and Stories from the Wind River Reservation, a special exhibition featuring the photographs of Sara Wiles, opens Saturday, April 30 at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Through intimate portraits of Northern Arapaho people of all ages, at work and at play, at home and at tribal activities on the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming, the images share the stories of contemporary life entwined with tradition. The exhibition opening coincides with the launch a...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Minnesota on April 20 to host a roundtable discussion on biofuels and renewable energy at CHS Inc. ( http://e2ma.net/go/7049768849/208546227/221818073/1403498/goto:http://www.chsinc.com/ ) in Inver Grove Heights. During the roundtable, the Secretary highlighted how a new provision in Rural Development's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP ( http://e2ma.net/go/7049768849/208546227/221818074/1403498/goto:http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/mn/RBS/Section%209006%20Renewable%20Energy%20Program.htm )) allows...
ST. PAUL — One of the most significant, and least noticed, jobs of the Minnesota Legislature is drawing up new legislative district lines, and it drew sparks Tuesday night....
A stealth plan to transform Minneapolis' ailing Block E into a gambling and entertainment hub that could draw millions of tourists from across the Upper Midwest is about to land at the State Capitol....
This past weekend at the Gathering of Nations Pow-wow in Albuquerque, NM., the Women's Backup Singing Contest was won by Midnite Express. The singers are Athena Cloud (Ponemah) and Lilia Kingbird (Wahpeton). They are both enrolled members of Red Lake Nation and are 14 years old. Midnight Express also placed 2nd in the Northern Drum Contest, and Eyabay won consulation. Other winners from Minnesota included Jessie Yazzie, 1st in Junior Boys Fancy Dance; Amber Buffalo took first in Women's...
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." ~Ancient Indian Proverb The Red Lake Nation Earth Day Fair was held on April 21, 2011 from 1:30 to 5:30 PM. Earth Day was officially April 22nd, but due to Good Friday falling on that date, this year it was decided to celebrate on April 21st. The theme for this years event was: ³Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew². T...
Tribal Veterans Service Officers...
Senate Republicans are setting up a Select Committee on State-Native American Relations “to advance meaningful dialogue between state and Native American leaders on matters of common interest,” according to a news release today. That includes education on reservation lands, the protection and preservation of Indian culture, economic development, taxes, social services, self-governance and revisions to the “outdated” Indian Law....
The city of Seattle agreed on April 29 to award $1.5 million to the family of Native woodcarver John T. Williams, shot to death by former Seattle Police Officer Ian Birk, in a case later ruled unjustified by the Seattle’s Police Firearm Review Board. His death fired up Seattle’s American Indian community, who united for the first time to stand up for their civil rights....
From the superintendent down to bus drivers, all of the 90-plus people working at Crazy Horse School in Wanblee will be out of a job at the end of the school term. The Crazy Horse School Board recently decided not to renew contracts with any of the school’s staff. That leaves 50 administrative and certified teaching positions vacant, along with approximately 40 support staff positions ranging from bus drivers to teaching assistants....
On one of the few sunny days in recent memory, more than a thousand people turned out for the parade and celebration to kick off American Indian Month on April 29. People traveled from across the region to meet in South Minneapolis for the event. Sergeant Patrick Blu and Robert Durant of the White Earth Veterans Honor Guard left at 4 a.m. that morning to make the 250 mile trek to Minneapolis....
In 2009, our Natural Resources Department was awarded a grant through the Environmental Protection Agency to assess potential Brownfields sites on and surrounding the reservation. This project is being led by Jessica Coyle, our EPA Response Program manager....
Ojibwe gillnetters lost nets to shifting ice last week, and over the weekend, nets were left out from Saturday night, April 30, until Monday morning, May 2, due to unsafe conditions....
Canada’s “Highway of Tears” flows between the cities of Prince George to Prince Rupert in British Columbia. But the gruesomeness that has given this 750-kilometer stretch of the Yellowhead Highway its unhappy monicker leads all the way to the desert in Juarez, Mexico....
A new study found that low-salt diets increase the risk of death from heart attacks and strokes and do not prevent high blood pressure, but the research’s limitations mean the debate over the effects of salt in the diet is far from over....
Marjorie Tah-Bone of Nome, Alaska was crowned Miss Indian World at the 28th annual Gathering of Nations held in Albuquerque this past weekend....
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Heavy April rains have pounded much of the Cherokee Nation’s jurisdictional area, with thunderstorms on April 22 dropping more than 13 inches in some places and causing local rivers, lakes and tributaries to reach or surpass flood stage....
WASHINGTON - The top staffer for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee is objecting to the U.S. military's use of the code name "Geronimo" for Osama bin Laden during the raid that killed the al-Qaida leader....
FARMINGTON — More than 6 million people were murdered under the black cross hairs of a symbol that is known to the world as the Nazi swastika. Today, more than a year after three men allegedly branded that symbol on the arm of an American Indian with mental disabilities, the first of the three trials will be heard in court....
A Fort Totten, N.D., woman was sentenced Monday for distributing methamphetamine, according to a release from the Department of Justice....
A 21-year-old Georgia man was ordered to stay away from the Rosebud Indian Reservation for three years after he admitted hitting a 17-year-old Native American male at a home in the South Antelope community....
