Red Lake Nation News - Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)

As you may be aware, the Minnesota House of Representatives took up a bill to allow same-sex marriage this week. This issue has been very prominent in Minnesota politics because of the ballot amendment from last fall’s election. It’s something that I’ve spent a lot of time speaking to constituents about over the past few months. In the end, it was a very difficult vote...

BELTRAMI COUNTY ROAD REPORT - May 9 2013 1700 hrs ALASKA TOWNSHIP CAUTION Bee Ln NW south of Balm Lake- washing out FROHN TOWNSHIP CAUTION- Frohn Rd SE south of 23rd St SE to 30th St SE LAMMERS TOWNSHIP CLOSED Tom Jefferson Dr NW closed from Northwoods Rd NW (CO 507) to ¾ mile west on Tom Jefferson Dr NW- CITY OF BEMIDJI CLOSED west side of Hillside Dr SW – between Park Ave...

BEMIDJI — Those who study phenology have discovered that nature follows a predictable pattern....

BEMIDJI — A Shevlin man was sent to prison Wednesday for cooking methamphetamine and stealing two vehicles — one of which caught fire —when he returned to his mobile meth lab in November....

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota is a vote and a signature away from becoming the 12th state to allow gay marriage....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Talk about high expectations for a newborn: King and Messiah are among the fastest-rising baby names for American boys. They're just a little behind Major, the boy's name that jumped the most spots on the Social Security Administration's annual list of popular baby names. Jacob is the most popular for boys — again — and Sophia is the top name for girls,...

NEW YORK – Texting while driving has become a greater hazard than drinking and driving among teenagers who openly acknowledge sending and reading text messages while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle....

NEW YORK - A gang of cyber-criminals operating in 26 countries stole $45 million by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards, federal prosecutors in New York said Thursday....

Three more flu-related deaths were confirmed in Minnesota last week, raising the total to 197 since the flu season started in October....

The Minnesota DNR is closing portions of some rivers in northwest Minnesota for opening weekend and some days thereafter to protect staging walleyes preparing to spawn, or spawning. Here is the list of waters that will be closed, and dates, from the DNR: Closed through May 17 Blackduck River – Beltrami County – County Road 32 north to Red Lake Reservation boundary....

OTTAWA–Algonquin Senator Patrick Brazeau has been told to pay back at least $48,000 following an audit into his claimed living expenses....

Anthropology has from the beginning been influenced and dominated by European males. They set the criteria of hierarchically ordered level descriptions, giving themselves the power to dictate the boundaries of group membership by defining race in terms of biology. As a consequence, the last Indian dies not by blunt force, expulsion or disease, but by the social construction of...

More than a month after the Nishiyuu walkers marched triumphantly into Ottawa from the northern reaches of Ontario, they are continuing to inspire. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com//2013/05/08/relive-triumph-nishiyuu-walkers-video-149258...

TOPEKA, KANSAS – Jefferson Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians, and Ernie Stevens, Jr, chairman of the National Indian Gaming Association, will join Kansas American Indian tribal leaders at the Kansas Capitol around 11:00 am on Thursday where the ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 111 will be signed by Kansas Governor Sam Brownback....

The two billboards that appeared along highways in Greeley, Colorado in April depicting three American Indians with a pro-gun message of “Turn in your arms, the government will take care of you,” are no longer. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/05/09/controversial-pro-gun-billboards-depicting-native-americans-are-no-more-149278...