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FROM KKCQ SPORTS The Red Lake Warriors overcame foul trouble and a halftime deficit to win their third Section 8A championship in the last four years. With the Warriors trailing 21-20 at halftime, they scored the first six points of the second half to take a 26-21 lead, a lead they would not give up. Junior Kelanna McClain fouled out with 3:01 left in the game, but the Warriors were able to hold off a late charge by the Gators. Autumn Holthusen connected on four three pointers as Red Lake...
Looking Back to 2012 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for Red Lake Skatepark...
Looking Back to 2012 - Groundbreaking Ceremony for Red Lake Skatepark...
Looking Back to 2012 - Red Lake Boy's Baseball versus Lake of the Woods...
Looking Back - Red Lake Police and Fire Department Honor Banquet...
Look Back to 2012: Red Lake Girls Softball versus WHA...
Looking Back: Red Lake Embassy Open House Minneapolis...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to House and Senate Leadership Thursday, Congressman Collin Peterson, Chair of the House Agriculture Committee, Congressman Filemon Vela of Texas, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware urged the prioritization of $250 billion for a robust plan to test and provide contact tracing for frontline healthcare, first responders, and food and agricultural workers. “As we have seen, essential workers and seniors are bearing the brunt of the impact of this virus, while minority communities have been dis...
WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney today announced that she has approved the probate code of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians in California. The Department of the Interior’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) will now apply the code when probating trust or restricted lands within the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. Codes such as Agua Caliente’s allow tribes to determine how trust or restricted assets within their reservations pass to heirs upon an individual’s death. “I commend the Agua Caliente Ba...
Every May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and with the COVID-19 pandemic this year it’s even more important to take care of our own mental health and support those around us. The Minnesota Department of Human Services joins organizations nationwide in highlighting what individuals can do to help reduce stress and anxiety as well as the community resources available to help. “The pandemic has thrown us all a curveball,” said Minnesota Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead. “When it comes to mental health, we have to acknowledge the fac...
The Indigenous Peoples Movement and the Lakota People’s Law Project invite all Indigenous people and allies to a very special virtual town hall this Friday evening. 29 Indigenous leaders, including activist and podcast host Shuan King, American-Peruvian rapper Immortal Technique, civil rights activist Carmen Perez, and Phyllis Young of the Lakota People’s Law Project will lead an enlightening and healing discussion to find solutions to the impacts of COVID-19 and centuries of colonial trauma on Indigenous communities. What: “From Small...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (May 7, 2020) — Hy-Vee, Inc. announces today that it is now offering a two-hour express pickup option as part of its Hy-Vee Aisles Online grocery ordering service, allowing customers to pay a fee to pick up their order faster. Customers will see a “Get It Faster” option on Aisles Online time slots where the two-hour pickup option is available. A limited number of two-hour pickup orders will be available for $9.95, from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily, at all Hy-Vee store locations offering Aisles Online services. Custo...
The U.S. Treasury announced Tuesday it has begun distributing $4.8 billion in relief funding to Native American tribal governments across the country, $600 million of which is set to go to the Navajo Nation. In a news release, the Treasury said it is distributing 60 percent of its $8 billion package to native tribes based on population data used in distributing the Indian Housing Block Grant. The data is based on U.S. Census figures. https://patch.com/arizona/across-az/treasury-begins-disbursing-4-8b-native-american-tribes...
Law360 (May 6, 2020, 11:02 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Treasury Department's move this week to send out a large portion of $8 billion in funding to combat the coronavirus pandemic is providing a long-awaited boost to tribes, but the structure of the department's plan raises concerns about what exactly the funds will cover, how much Alaska Native Corporations may be allotted, and the potential for more delays in receiving the remaining money, experts say. After missing a deadline to distribute the $8 billion in direct tribal funding under the $2...
(CNN) - The pandemic ravaging some Native American communities has echoes that go back centuries -- to the measles and smallpox epidemics that first decimated the original Americans. This time, however, rapid action can avert a catastrophe. The stakes are high. And the human stories are already heartbreaking. For example, Andrea Circle Bear never met her daughter. The day before she delivered her baby via cesarean section on April 1, doctors placed Circle Bear on a ventilator. Less than four weeks later, the young mother succumbed to Covid-19...
One of the two grocery stores in La Loche, Sask., has shut temporarily after one of its employees tested positive for COVID-19, according to an executive at the North West Company. The grocery store's closure has triggered concerns about food security and a possible shortage of cleaning supplies in the community, which is the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak in northern Saskatchewan. https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/laloche-covid19-northern-grocery-1.5560189...
EAGLE BUTTE -- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chair Harold Frazier answered a federal Bureau of Indian Affairs challenge to the tribe's Covid-19 highway checkpoints with an April 30 challenge of his own. In a missive to Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Darryl LaCounte, Frazier penned the latest chapter in a month-long spat that the checkpoints sparked between the two over the BIA's federal trust responsibility to native nations and its intromission in sovereign tribal decisions....
Expecting mothers face added anxiety because of the coronavirus pandemic. They may be separated from their newborn if they test positive for the virus or are showing symptoms. At the same time, just going to a hospital to give birth increases the chances of getting exposed to coronavirus. We’ll get medical advice on what precautions pregnant women can take and hear from those who facing difficult decisions during their pregnancies. https://soundcloud.com/native-america-calling/05-07-20-new-and-expecting-mothers-confront-covi...
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that two former Crow Creek Sioux Tribe councilmembers and one former employee were sentenced for their roles in an embezzlement scheme involving tribal funds. Roland Robert Hawk, Sr., 51, was the former elected treasurer of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. Hawk was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison, and ordered to pay $325,762.50 in restitution and $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Following his release from custody, Hawk will serve 3 years of supervised release. Hawk was remanded to...
As many election officials across the country move to bolster vote by mail efforts in their states amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, some leaders in Native American communities are worried their voters could be left behind if voting by mail becomes the overwhelming norm for conducting the 2020 election. Their concerns are largely rooted in existing hurdles facing some Native Americans living in rural communities and who, as a result, would not be able to easily access the resources...
COVELO, Mendocino County (CBS / AP) - Ten people were held after authorities found thousands of marijuana plants being grown illegally on tribal land in Northern California, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. Investigators on Tuesday raided a growing operation at the Round Valley Indian Reservation and found 55 plastic greenhouses along with swimming pools set up to water the plants, along with waste such as burned household trash and chemicals used in pot cultivation, according to a Sheriff's Office statement....
The Navajo Nation is set to begin its fifth 57-hour weekend curfew on Friday evening in an attempt to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. As of Wednesday, there were 2,654 identified COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation - which spans three states - and 85 confirmed deaths, according to a press release from the tribe. Of the 2,654 cases, 1,536 involve residents on tribal land in Arizona counties, the press release said. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/05/07/navajo-nation-enact-5th-weekend-lon...
EVERETT — An Everett man, 43, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly raping a woman at gunpoint on the Tulalip Indian Reservation, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. According to court papers, the woman only knew the man by his first name. They had just met at a Burger King in Marysville on April 28, when she agreed to smoke methamphetamine and got into a maroon vehicle with him. Afterward, she reported, he was supposed to drop her off at her home, just a few blocks away. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/after-5-d...
Report for America hired six Indigenous reporters and will support 18 total positions focused on Indigenous affairs in outlets across the U.S., as part of the 2020-2021 class. These journalists are part of RFA’s 2020 corps totalling 225 emerging journalists committed to addressing critical coverage gaps across the country. RFA is a national service program that places talented, emerging journalists into local news organizations to report for one to two years on under-covered issues and communities. Both newsrooms and journalists apply to p...
