Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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OXFORD, N.C., May 3, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today called on petroleum companies to help increase the percentage of ethanol in America's gas tanks in order to reduce dependence on foreign oil, boost job creation and promote development of renewable energy from farm-produced feedstocks. Recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) action approved the use of E15 a fuel blend that is 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline, up from the current 10 percent blend level. "The availability of E15 will increase America's energy...
With a veto Thursday of a proposal to upend schoolteacher layoff rules, Gov. Mark Dayton wiped out one of state Republicans' top priorities....
The 911 calls from Elks Lodge 106 in north Minneapolis came after a man overturned tables, threw punches and pulled out a knife....
Canterbury Park will not be adding slot machines to its gaming choices this round, it seems. But I am sure the "racino" proposal will be back up for discussion the next time the state needs to find funds for a somewhat popular project that nobody wants to pay for. Meanwhile, the news of an agreement between the tracks at Canterbury and Running Aces and the tribal casinos to moderately increase gaming at both sets of facilities stands as a beautiful example of compromise between organizations with competing interests. No wonder the Legislature...
MOSCOW - Russia may consider a preemptive strike on a missile defense system in Europe if the U.S.-led NATO project continues as planned, a top official said Thursday....
All of Manitoba's First Nations flood evacuees will have to register again for federal flood benefits, with strict rules being imposed to prevent fraudulent claims....
PEEVER, SOUTH DAKOTA –– A physically disabled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate says he was brutally assaulted by a tribal employee and two members of his family....
Five years after buying the Hard Rock brand for nearly $1 billion, the Seminole Tribe of Florida is launching Hard Rock hotels in Mexico as part of a larger global expansion....
A "staggering mess" is building on the beaches of Gulf of Alaska islands bordering Prince William Sound. That's how Chris Pallister of the Gulf of Alaska Keepers organization describes the arrival of what is believed to be debris cast adrift last year by the Japan tsunami. In interviews with KTUU and the Homer Tribune, Pallister said he anticipates a massive cleanup facing his group, federal agencies and any volunteers they can muster. Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/05/02/2449010/tsunami-debris-onslaught-called.html...
A controversy within the Gwich'in Tribal Council is starting to become public CBC News has obtained a copy of an 11-page letter sent by four former employees. In the letter, they accuse the chief operating officer of bullying and harassment since 2010. The chief operating officer was appointed by the president of the Gwich’in Tribal Council, Richard Nerysoo....
A federal civil rights court case has been filed by Red Cliff Tribe member Lincoln S. Morris, related to a drumming incident in January at a protest held at the Wisconsin State Capitol....
INDIAN ISLAND, Maine — The Penobscot Indian Nation’s chief of police has been named Tribal Police Chief of the Year by WeTip, an organization that operates a national crime prevention and anonymous tip hotline....
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. An old saying, it came to mind as University of Minnesota lecturer Carter Meland talked to me about a thought-provoking video project of the 60 students in his introductory “American Indians in Minnesota” class....
"More Than Frybread" is like the food of its title; it's tasty only in small doses. Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/movies/articles/2012/05/03/20120503more-than-frybread-movie-review-goodykoontz.html#ixzz1tu87giKz...
Skateboard culture is more than a piece of wood with wheels on it. The creativity and daring of skateboarding has given birth to a whole artistic aesthetic, inspiring graphic artists, musicians, filmmakers and photographers. And both the sport and culture of skateboarding are also inspiring many youth within Native American communities....
The Gathering of Nations is a big event and it's big business for the city of Albuquerque but perhaps not as profitable for Gathering of Nations founder Derek Mathews as critics might think....
(Reuters) - A plan by a Native American tribe to kill two bald eagles for use in a religious rite has drawn the ire of a fellow tribe, which says it doesn't want any eagles sacrificed on the Wyoming reservation they share....
Researchers at the New Brunswick Museum are reporting the largest bat population that hibernates in the province's caves has been wiped out by a deadly infection....
Sex workers must be able to come forward with allegations of abuse without worrying about whether police will arrest them on unrelated, outstanding warrants, the public inquiry into the Robert Pickton case has heard....
A woman from Porcupine in southwestern South Dakota has pleaded guilty to dispensing alcohol on the dry Pine Ridge Indian Reservation....
O pening arguments were given Wednesday in the murder trial of Alex Redhouse....
Onondaga Nation – New York State police Thursday charged a 33-year-old Onondaga Nation man with felony third-degree robbery....
WHITE SWAN, Wash. -- The Yakima County Fire Marshal's Office is looking into two possible arson fires in White Swan in the last three days....
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is proud to announce that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (ICLEOM), in Artesia, N.M., today honored ATF's first Native American post-Prohibition era investigator killed in the line of duty. The name of William Louis Pappan, killed 76 years ago on Dec. 4, 1935, was unveiled on the ICLEOM during BIA's annual commemorative ceremony for fallen tribal, state, local and federal law...