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Vivian Aubrey Staples October 28, 2019 ~ May 2, 2021 (age 1) Vivian "Vivi" Aubrey Staples, 18 months old, unexpectedly journeyed to the spirit world on Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 from her home in Walker, MN. She was born October 28th, 2019 in Bemidji, MN to Vanessa Goose and Zachary Staples. Vivi was always a very happy, expressive and friendly baby. She loved being around her siblings and her family. Vivi's favorite things to do were being outside, playing with her wagon, going for car rides and...
Leann Rose Fox August 28, 1971 - May 04, 2021 Leann R. Fox, “Yellow Corn Silk Woman" 49 of Fort Totten ND passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks ND. Leann Rose, precious daughter of Winona (Alberts) and Laidman Fox Sr. was born on August 28, 1971 at Devils Lake ND. She grew up on the Spirit Lake Nation in the Fort Totten area and attended the Four Winds School. She was very active in many of the organizations and activities at Four Winds, including the Indian Club w...
Ellen Whiteman November 16, 1971 - May 03, 2021 Ellen Whiteman, age 49, of Mahnomen, MN, died Monday, May 3, 2021 at the Mahnomen Health Center, Mahnomen, ND. Service details are pending. Following all Covid-19 safety protocols, social distancing will be practiced, and all must wear a mask to participate....
Delores "Jeannie Viz" Jackson July 07, 1949 - May 04, 2021 Delores "Jeannie Viz" Jackson, age 71, of Mahnomen, MN, died Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at her home under the loving care of her family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. A family led gathering will be held at a later date....
An indoor mask-wearing mandate will end no later than July 1 and COVID-19 restrictions on business and social gatherings will end May 28 under a plan that Gov. Tim Walz hailed Thursday as a path to a "great summer" for Minnesota. The rollback of COVID-19 restrictions will start at noon Friday with an elimination of capacity caps for outdoor entertainment venues such as Target Field, an expansion of caps for indoor venues, and an end to early bar and restaurant closing times. All caps will be...
ST. CLOUD – A tense, hourslong standoff continued into the night Thursday at a St. Cloud bank despite the release of four employees taken hostage during an early afternoon robbery. More than six hours into the standoff, three women and one man who had been held inside the Wells Fargo bank at 200 S. 33rd Av. ran out the bank's front door several minutes apart. Hundreds of onlookers watching from across the street erupted into applause and cheers as each freed hostage emerged. Local law e...
A $2,500 reward is offered for information leading to who is responsible for fatally shooting two bald eagles in a remote area of northern Minnesota. An anonymous tip sent an officer with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to a spot along the Blackduck River near the town of Blackduck on April 23, said agency spokesman Joe Albert. The officer found the dead eagles and turned them over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), which will do a necropsy in hopes of learning more...
WASHINGTON – Minnesota's four House Republicans avoided weighing in on the political fate of Rep. Liz Cheney amid a movement to try to oust the critic of former President Donald Trump from her leadership post. Cheney was one of only 10 House GOP members who voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and Trump's repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The Wyoming Republican has continued to challenge the former president since then, r...
RIO DE JANEIRO - Police targeting drug traffickers raided a slum in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday and at least one officer and two dozen others died after being shot, authorities said. The civil police's press office confirmed the death of the cop and 24 alleged "criminals" in a message to the Associated Press. A police helicopter flew low over the Jacarezinho favela as heavily armed men fled police by leaping from roof to roof, according to images shown on local television. htt...
BOISE, Idaho — A sixth-grade girl brought a gun to her Idaho middle school, shot and wounded two students and a custodian and then was disarmed by a teacher Thursday, authorities said. The three victims were shot in their limbs and expected to survive, officials said at a news conference. Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson says the girl pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside Rigby Middle School in the small city of Rigby, about 95 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Yellowstone National Park. A f...
BEMIDJI, Minn. - Hundreds of people gathered from all around the country - with some from as far away as California - by the Lake Bemidji waterfront on Wednesday for a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women rally to show support for families affected by these all-too-frequent tragedies. Attendees were primarily dressed in red and held signs with messages like, "No more stolen sisters," "Protect all that is sacred," and "We are all related." Some held cardboard cutouts of red dresses, many others...
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) announced today that it has approved business leasing regulations submitted by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a federally recognized tribe in Washington state, under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership (HEARTH) Act of 2012. The approval establishes the Tribes’ authority to govern and manage leasing of their Indian lands without additional BIA review or Secretarial approval. The Bureau anticipates the action will enable Colville to expand its...
WASHINGTON – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced today that the IA Office of Indian Economic Development (formerly the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development) is soliciting applications for its Native American Business Development Institute grant program. NABDI is looking to fund approximately 20 to 35 grants, ranging in value from approximately $25,000 to $75,000, to enable federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes to perform feasibility studies and/or design business pla...
On Thursday, April 29. 2021, Red Lake Elementary Students took part in a Lake Ceremony organized by Donovan May....
On a steel-gray winter day, the red dresses each hung, flapping in the wind along the plaza surrounding the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian-35 of them-in different shapes, sizes and shades. They serve as stand-ins for the potentially thousands of native women who go missing or are murdered each year. There is no definitive tally due to the tangled nature of jurisprudence in and around Indian Country. Law enforcement and sometimes the general public are indifferent. And...
Stressors abound in modern life, and never more than during this period of pandemic and community unrest. Surveys have found that many people who had never experienced mental health challenges are now struggling for the first time. May is Mental Health Month, a time when the Minnesota Department of Human Services and organizations across the country redouble their efforts to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and provide resources to the public. “In these stressful times, it is more important than ever that we take care of o...
On Native News Online's Wednesday evening live-streamed event "Crisis in Indian Country: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women," three panelists from across Indian Country echoed factors of jurisdictional issues, a lack of data, and the age-old victimization of Indigneous women dating back to first contact as contributing factors to the crisis. "It's not an epidemic," panelist Shelly Fyant of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes said of MMIW. "It's not a new crisis. It started with the...
LAKE CHARLES, La. - Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Chairman David Sickey was among the dignitaries on hand who met with President Joe Biden on his presidential trip to Lake Charles, La. on Thursday. President Biden was in the deep-red state to rally support for his expansive $2.3 trillion proposal, the American Jobs Plan. With the aging Calcasieu River Bridge behind him, Biden pitched his once-in-a-lifetime infrastructure package. Sickey, the first Coushatta tribal chairman to ever meet with a...
Wednesday was national awareness day for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. “One woman, JB, explained it perfectly, that yesterday was like a Memorial for so many families in our communities,” said Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel, a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. She is the director of Rising Heart, a grassroots organization promoting the elevation of Indigenous voices. But Thursday morning, that changed. https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/mmiwg-movement-erased-online...
The Red Lake Warriors Baseball Team was edged out in an extra inning game 22-20 in Red Lake on Monday, May 3, 2021. Red Lake will travel to Blackduck on May 4th, travel to Walker-Hackensack-Akley on May 6th and host Pine River on May 10th. Schedule: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2021/04/12/sports/red-lake-warriors-baseball-schedule-2021-and-lady-warriors-softball-schedule/97239.html...
The Red Lake Warriors Baseball Team was edged out in an extra inning game 22-20 in Red Lake on Monday, May 3, 2021. Red Lake will travel to Blackduck on May 4th, travel to Walker-Hackensack-Akley on May 6th and host Pine River on May 10th. Schedule: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2021/04/12/sports/red-lake-warriors-baseball-schedule-2021-and-lady-warriors-softball-schedule/97239.html...
The Red Lake Lady Warriors Softball Team were still looking for first win of the season on Monday, May 3rd, fall to Pine River 22-1. The girls will be on the road to face Cass Lake on May 4th, travel to Walker-Hackensack-Akley on May 7th and host Laporte on May 11th. Red Lake's JV Team played Pine River JV in a special scrimmage match. Schedule: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2021/04/12/sports/red-lake-warriors-baseball-schedule-2021-and-lady-warriors-softball-schedu...
The Red Lake Lady Warriors Softball Team were still looking for first win of the season on Monday, May 3rd, fall to Pine River 22-1. The girls will be on the road to face Cass Lake on May 4th, travel to Walker-Hackensack-Akley on May 7th and host Laporte on May 11th. Red Lake's JV Team played Pine River JV in a special scrimmage match. Schedule: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2021/04/12/sports/red-lake-warriors-baseball-schedule-2021-and-lady-warriors-softball-schedu...
RED LAKE, MN - After a prayer and drum songs, the walk started at the Red Lake Bys & Girls Club where the group walked towards the Red Lake Nation Government Center and Red Lake Nation College, ending back at the area where they started. Healing songs were sung along the way, and a light meal was provided when the walk was completed. The group walked to come together to take a stand against sexual violence and support of survivors. For more information on Sexual Assault Awareness Month visit...
RED LAKE MN - The Red Lake Lady Warriors Softball Team lost to Kelliher-Northome 18-3 at home in their second game of the season. On Tuesday, Red Lake lost to the Drakes 14-2 in Blackduck. The Lady Warriors are now 0-2 on the season and will host Pine River on May 3rd, travel to Cass Lake on May 4th and travel to Walker-Hackensack-Akley on May 7th. The Mustangs are now 2-1 on the season. SCHEDULE: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2021/04/27/sports/revised-red-lake-warr...
