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Articles from the May 16, 2022 edition


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  • Gov. Tim Walz throws first fishing opener on tribal lands

    May 16, 2022

    Just after dawn Saturday on the calm shores of Lake Winnibigoshish, Faron Jackson Sr., gently placed a small offering of tobacco in the water. Jackson, the chair of Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, quietly asked the creator for safety and to share fish with them as the 74th Governor's Fishing Opener got underway. "Ogaa ombe omaa noogom," he said, meaning "Walleye come to us today." https://www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz-throws-first-fishing-opener-on-tribal-lands/600173291/...

  • Floyd LaFriniere Jr.

    May 16, 2022

    Floyd LaFriniere Jr. July 29, 1950 - May 12, 2022 Floyd LaFriniere, age 71, of Naytahwaush, MN died on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at his home. Service details are pending....

  • Clarence "Oly" Fairbanks

    May 16, 2022

    Clarence "Oly" Fairbanks July 22, 1948 - May 11, 2022 Clarence "Oly" Fairbanks, age 73, of Elbow Lake Village, rural Waubun, MN died on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at his home under the care of his family and Hospice of the Red River Valley. An All Night Wake Service will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Naytahwaush Sports Complex, Naytahwaush, MN, with a Time of Sharing beginning at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will continue until the time of the Funeral Service at 1:00 p.m. on...

  • Nathan Patrick Fineday

    May 16, 2022

    Nathan Patrick Fineday August 5, 1993 - May 11, 2022 NATHAN PATRICK FINEDAY WAS BORN ON AUG 5 1993 TO GLORIA EAGLE TAIL AND DONOVAN FINEDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS MN, NATHAN MADE HIS JOURNEY ON MAY 11, 2022 IN MINNEAPOLIS MN, HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER GLORIA EAGLE TAIL, SISTERS: CAMMIE JOSEPH (JEREMIAH JOSEPH) BONNIE EAGLE TAIL (CIRILO MEZA) ELLEN EAGLE TAIL ( MICHAEL HOLMERS JR) JANEL FINEDAY, LEANN FINEDAY, VERONICA GONZALEZ, HEATHER FINEDAY. BROTHERS: MARLON EAGLE TAIL, SAMUEL EAGLE TAIL, DUANE...

  • Baby Ahrwen Bermodes

    May 16, 2022

    Baby Ahrwen Bermodes May 10, 2022 ~ May 10, 2022 Baby Ahrwen Bermodes started his spiritual journey to the spirit world on May 10th, 2022, from the womb at 15 weeks' gestation. His parents are Odawa and Seneca Bermodes of Cass Lake, MN. Baby Ahrwen made his presence known the day after his father's birthday and was a wonderful surprise. He was a wiggle worm, enjoyed having his mama doing fat girl stuff. On car rides he'd wiggle along with Doja Cat, Towkio and a few other artists. He'd bounce or...

  • Gladys Arlene (Keezer) Fairbanks

    May 16, 2022

    Gladys Arlene (Keezer) Fairbanks October 29, 1947 ~ May 12, 2022 (age 74) Gladys Arlene (Keezer) Fairbanks, age 74, of the Wolf Clan and from Cass Lake, Minnesota journeyed to the spirit world on Thursday, May 12th, 2022 from Sanford Hospital in Bemidji, MN. On October 29th, 1947, Gladys was born to Josephine (Chase) and Frank Keezer, Sr. in Red Lake, MN where she grew up. Later she moved to Minneapolis where she met her husband, Joseph Fairbanks. Together they moved to Bena, MN and raised...

  • John "Bud" Surprenant

    May 16, 2022

    John "Bud" Jerome Surprenant April 19, 1932 - May 1, 2022 John, known as "Bud" Surprenant, 90, of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Zilber Family Hospice with his loving family by his side. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 21, 2022 at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Oak Creek, WI. Visitation with family present will be an hour prior to the service at the church. Bud was born on April 19, 1932, the son of late John &...

  • Buffalo shooter targeted Black neighborhood, officials say

    May 16, 2022

    BUFFALO, N.Y. - The white 18-year-old who fatally shot 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket researched the local demographics and arrived a day in advance to conduct reconnaissance with the intent of killing as many Black people as possible, officials said Sunday. The racially motivated attack came a year after the gunman was taken to a hospital by State Police after making threats involving his high school, according to authorities. He wasn't charged with a crime and was out of the hospital...

  • Why MnDOT shut down 35W for concrete repairs even though the pavement is new

    May 16, 2022

    Last weekend, the Minnesota Department of Transportation shut down westbound Interstate 94 between I-35W and Nicollet Avenue in downtown Minneapolis to make concrete repairs. The agency did the same thing two weekends ago when it shut down southbound I-35W between I-94 and 46th Street in south Minneapolis. This weekend, weather permitting, drivers on northbound I-35W will be placed on detour from Friday night to Monday morning as crews work between 46th Street and I-94. Most of that concrete...

  • Minnesota GOP backs Scott Jensen in race to unseat Gov. Tim Walz

    May 16, 2022

    Scott Jensen won the Minnesota Republican Party's endorsement for governor Saturday, picking up his party's backing on the strength of a campaign built around opposition to pandemic restrictions and concern about COVID-19 vaccines. Delegates gathered at the GOP convention in Rochester chose the former state senator and doctor as their top pick to take on DFL Gov. Tim Walz in November after a heated endorsement fight that started with a crowded field of contenders and featured multiple rounds of...

  • California churchgoers detained gunman in deadly attack

    May 16, 2022

    LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. - A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church on Sunday before being stopped and hog-tied by parishioners in what a sheriff's official called an act of "exceptional heroism and bravery." One person was killed and four others were critically wounded at Geneva Presbyterian Church in the city of Laguna Woods, Orange County Sheriff's Department officials said. The suspect in the shooting, an Asian man in his 60s, was in custody and deputies...

  • St. Paul schools fight to keep families amid school closures, continued enrollment slide

    May 16, 2022

    Families streamed into Hamline Elementary in St. Paul on a beautiful sunny day last week - new believers in the idea of a "Mighty Midway School." Among them were Antonio Rodriguez and wife Anna Peters. Six months ago, Peters couldn't bear to think about where the couple would send their daughters after the school board voted to close Galtier Community School and force a merger with Hamline this fall. But on Thursday, Rodriguez threw his arms around Hamline Principal Kristin Reilly, who in turn...

  • Pandemic unleashes a tsunami of weddings in Minnesota

    May 16, 2022

    For the 16 years that she's owned Lasting Impressions Weddings, Sarah Trotter has counseled her clients to be flexible when picking a date for their nuptials. She's still offering that advice, although this year it has a taken on a whole new dimension. Be flexible about the day of the week. Be flexible about the time of day. Be flexible about the date. Be flexible about the month. And if none of that works, be flexible about the year. "Clients have to be much more open-minded," she said. https://www.startribune.com/pandemic-...

  • Small wins buoy Ukraine; West says Russians losing momentum

    May 16, 2022

    KYIV, Ukraine - Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faces a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO, and an opponent buoyed Sunday by wins on and off the battlefield. Top diplomats from NATO met in Berlin with the alliance's chief, who declared that the war "is not going as Moscow had planned." "Ukraine can win this war," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, adding that the alliance must continue to offer military support to Kyiv....

  • NATO leaders to speed Finland, Sweden membership bids

    May 16, 2022

    BERLIN - The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Sunday that the security bloc would grant fast-track membership to Sweden and Finland, raising the pressure on Vladimir V. Putin, who justified his invasion of Ukraine by what he cast as the need to keep the military alliance away from Russia's borders. "President Putin wants Ukraine defeated, NATO down, North America and Europe divided," the NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said in Berlin after meeting the foreign...

  • Ponemah School holds Annual School Pow Wow on Friday

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 16, 2022

    The Ponemah School held their Annual School Pow Wow on Friday, May 13th, 2022 at the school field....

  • St. Mary's Mission School Big Bog Field Trip of May 13, 2022

    May 16, 2022

    St. Mary's Mission School Big Bog Field Trip of May 13, 2022...

  • 'Education is the key': Red Lake Nation College grad Alyssa Webster relies on knowledge to push her forward

    May 16, 2022

    May 14-RED LAKE - Red Lake Nation College graduate Alyssa Webster is putting in work for the next seven generations. Born in Minneapolis, Webster has followed a checkered path that eventually led her to graduation, which takes place on May 20. Not only will she be graduating, but she's been named the class valedictorian. https://sports.yahoo.com/education-key-red-lake-nation-151800871.html...

  • Man's body found tangled in debris on the Mississippi River in Anoka

    May 16, 2022

    A man’s body was found tangled in debris on the Mississippi River in Anoka on Saturday night, authorities said. Following up on a 911 call, Anoka County Sheriff’s Office personnel located the body near the 400 block of Rice Street. When emergency workers arrived, they declared the man dead, the sheriff’s office said. https://news.yahoo.com/man-body-found-tangled-debris-191800064.html...

  • 500 Deaths Cited in Indian Boarding School Report Are the Tip of the Iceberg

    May 16, 2022

    Opinion. The long-awaited Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report was released by the U.S. Department of the Interior at noon on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. A short while later, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) arrived in the Interior's board room for a press conference on the report. Haaland wore traditional attire for this solemn event, as did Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community), who wore a green ribbon shirt....

  • SPRING ROAD RESTRICTIONS

    May 16, 2022

    Due to soft roads Beltrami County will keep road restrictions in place on Beltrami County gravel roads north of CSAH 22 (Grange Rd. NW) and east of CSAH 15 (Irvine Ave) until further notice. The ending date for Spring Road Restrictions for all other roads is May 16th. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Beltrami County Highway Department at (218) 333-8173....

  • Highway 2 Crookston corridor study open house on May 24

    May 16, 2022

    BEMIDJI, Minn. – The City of Crookston, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), is conducting a corridor study to evaluate existing conditions and potential improvements that could be made along Highway 2 (Broadway and Main Street) in downtown Crookston. The open house will be held on Tuesday, May 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Crookston City Hall, 124 N Broadway, Crookston, Minnesota. The meeting was previously scheduled for April 28 and was delayed due to flooding. The study will also examine the future t...

  • The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums Announces Native Arts & Culture Councils Cohorts

    May 16, 2022

    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) has selected six Native Communities to develop cultural plans and establish community-based Native Arts and Culture Councils (NACC). The selected Cohort Communities are: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Tribal Historic Preservation, Livingston, Texas; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Choctaw Cultural Center, Calera, Oklahoma; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, Ho-Chunk Nation Museum and Cultural Center, Tommah, Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe o...

  • Inter-Generational Family Wellness Service Building Groundbreaking held in Red Lake - P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 16, 2022

    The Inter-Generational Family Wellness Service Building Groundbreaking was held in Red Lake on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Located at 16000 Pike Creek in Red Lake, the new $17 million dollar facility will offer, Cultural Services, Family Wellness Services, Family Preservation, Reunification Services, ICWA, Foster Care, Behavioral Health, Elderly/Vulnerable Adult Services, Public Health, Elderly Nutrition Meals and Elder;y Maintenance. Construction is scheduled to be completed and operational in...

  • Groundbreaking Held for Ombimindwaa Gidanawemaaganinaadog

    Michael Meuers|May 16, 2022

    On Tuesday May 10, 2022...oh, around noon, a groundbreaking ceremony and celebration was due to commence for Ombimindwaa Gidanawemaaganinaadog, Red Lake's New Intergenerational Service Building. Several visitors from architects to county social service workers came from Bemijigamaag and elsewhere to join the Red Lake Tribal Council, tribal staff, community members, and honored guests. Ombimindwaa Gidanawemaaganinaadog translates to English as Uplifting our Relatives. It was formerly known as...

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