Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Red Lake Nation College Pow Wow held at the Red Lake Humanities Center...
RED LAKE - The Red Lake Warriors baseball team is improving, but lose to the Lake of the Woods Bears 13-4 in last home game of the short season. The Warriors travel to Cass Lake on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 for a double header against the Panthers, travel to Walker on Thursday and will play Pine River at BSU on May 17th. Make up games will be played the week of 5/21/2018 with the playoffs starting on May 29th....
RED LAKE - The Red Lake Warriors hosted Nevis on Thursday, May 3, 2018, and a couple of bad first innings gave Nevis a 20-0 lead. The Warriors did put together a couple of runs in the 3rd inning and held the Tigers to 4 more runs throughout the rest of the game. Red Lake will travel to Laporte on Friday, May 4th, host Lake of the Woods on Monday, May 7th and travel to Cass Lake for a double-header on Tuesday, May 8, 2018....
RED LAKE - The Red Lake Nation Youth Conference 2018 kicked off at the Red Lake Humanities Center at 6 PM on Wednesday, May 2nd, beginning with the Miikawaadizi "Be Beautiful" Fashion Show. About 40 women and children participated in the show. A performance by Becca Lynn followed, as well as a performance by comedians Kasey Nicholson and Bobby Wilson of the "1491's" and a Round Dance Social. Day 2 will begin with registration at the Red Lake High School Lobby, breakfast, prayer and smudge, and...
RED LAKE - The 8th Annual Red Lake Nation Elder's Gathering was held at Seven Clans Casino Event Center on Monday, April 30, 2018 and continued on Tuesday, May 1st. Registration and breakfast were served from 8 AM to 9 AM, followed by the Opening Prayer with Spiritual Leader, Greeting Spears Jr., and the Welcome Address with Amber McNeal and Amaya Pemberton, along with the Little Bear Drum Group. The morning session including a Youth Showcase from Red Lake Schools, the King and Queen selection,...
Anishaa (Just for Fun) made up much of the agenda when the Red Lake Band hosted its Eighth Annual Gathering of Elders at Seven Clans Casino (Red Lake) on Monday, April 30 and Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Red Lake Elders (55 and older) came not only from reservation communities, but from Bois Forte, White Earth and Leech Lake, Duluth and the Twin Cities. They were coming home, coming home to visit with relatives and long-time friends. An important part of the Gathering has been to provide a venue for...
On Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Redby Community Center, Ryan Wade Auginash and Michele Mae Buffalo were united in marriage in front of family and friends. Vicky Graves performed the ceremony....
11 Red Lake High School Prom held in Red Lake...
In the poem “Mother to Son,” Langston Hughes famously quotes a parent telling her child, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair/ It’s had tacks in it/ And splinters/ And boards torn up . . .” For this Mother’s Day, the news media echoed that thought, with reference points from 2018. https://journalisms.theroot.com/for-many-moms-life-ain-t-been-no-crystal-stair-1825994306...
A Halifax university is under fire for assigning a course about Canada's residential schools to a non-Indigenous professor, something activists say undermines reconciliation efforts. Mount Saint Vincent University is expected to offer the course, Selected Topics in North American History: Residential Schools, this fall. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/university-under-fire-over-residential-schools-course-taught-by-white-prof-1.4660716...
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A trial over who gets to collect millions of dollars in sales tax generated by businesses on part of the Tulalip Indian Reservation in Washington state starts this week in federal court. The Daily Herald in Everett reports the Tulalip Tribes sued the state of Washington and Snohomish County to stop them from collecting the tax generated by businesses in Quil Ceda Village. https://www.chron.com/news/article/Tulalip-Tribes-sales-tax-lawsuit-heads-to-trial-12911074.php...
As someone who can't be easily defined herself, Hillary Kempenich doesn't like expectations about what her artwork should look like. Kempenich was raised in the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota. However, she has a heritage blended from various tribes. She acknowledges some traditional Native American elements, but doesn't want to be tied to a dated or romanticized portrayal of her people. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4444996-untraditional-artist-hillary-kempenich-paints-unique-story-watermark-art-cent...
A chief of the Sioux nation said his “prayers have been answered” after a sacred stone pipe was purchased at a Boston auction and is being returned to his home. Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 64, of South Dakota — the 19th generation “Keeper of the Pipe” — said the relic belongs to his people and an anonymous benefactor who out-bid all others last weekend is returning the $40,000 pipe to him. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2018/05/anonymous_bidder_buys_pipe_gives_to_sioux_nation...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) - A Raleigh dentist is apologizing for an ad she called "ignorant and offensive" that ran in a local magazine. Dr. Jill Sonner with Renaissance Dental Center said there was no ill intent behind the ad that shows her and two other dentists advertising a free whitening system. http://www.kron4.com/news/national/dentist-apologizes-for-ignorant-and-offensive-ad/1175112730...
PINE RIDGE, S.D. (KOTA TV) -- A little history was made Friday on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Oglala Lakota County School District broke ground a new high school that will mark two firsts: It's the fist votech high school on the reservation and it's the first public high school. http://www.kotatv.com/content/news/Oglala-Lakota-County-Schools-break-ground-on-new-high-school-482434351.html...
About 100 members of the Quinault Indian Nation were among the friends and family of James “Jimmy” Smith-Kramer who packed the courtroom Friday morning as James Donald Walker of Hoquiam faced sentencing after pleading guilty to manslaughter and four other charges related to Smith-Kramer’s death last Memorial Day Weekend on a gravel bar on Donkey Creek about eight miles south of Amanda Park. Walker was sentenced to 7 ½ years in jail. http://www.thedailyworld.com/news/quinault-nation-president-victims-uncle-speak-at-walker-sen...
The director of the federal Office of Management and Budget says that nowhere is it written he has to fund housing developments for Columbia River tribal members. So, the Northwest's congressional delegation plans to put it in writing. Mick Mulvaney told Oregon and Washington lawmakers last October that he would not free up the $1.6 million in funding they expected, despite a 1950s-era law that authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build homes for tribal members displaced when a dam was built near The Dalles. Nor was he swayed that...
LINCOLN, Neb. — Native American leaders stood on the steps of the capitol Saturday, demanding justice and telling stories in hopes leaders will listen. Their goal was to bring attention to what they call an abuse of power in Nebraska by law enforcement and government leaders. "Nebraska doesn't care about its native people," said Leo Yankton, who organized the "Justice for Natives" rally. "I don't plan to be silenced," Yankton said. http://www.ketv.com/article/native-leaders-rally-for-justice-on-capitol-steps/20672951...
BEMIDJI—As his teammate drummed, a Cass Lake-Bena High Schooler used a long stick to confidently flick aside a cloth square. Underneath? A green marble—the wrong marble. The student grudgingly tossed a handful of sticks to his opponent. https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/education/4444905-passing-down-ancient-game-cass-lake-bena-students-participate-moccasin-game...
Twenty Indigenous hockey teams from across the country are in Membertou, N.S., this week for the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships. Players and community leaders say the tournament is more than a game of hockey — it's also an opportunity to learn about Indigenous cultures from coast to coast. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/membertou-reggie-leach-aboriginal-hockey-championship-eskasoni-1.4659428...
PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC)announced today a $250,000 grant to the Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation to expand its Water First! healthy beverage initiative. Awarded through the SMSC’s Seeds of Native Health campaign, the new funding will expand the initiative, which focuses on reducing Native American children’s consumption of sugary beverages and increasing their access to and intake of safe drinking water. The SMSC’s contribution augments funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Robert Wood Jo...
