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  • Red Lake High School Graduation 2011

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 24, 2011

    Twenty-Four Red Lake High School students graduated on Saturday, May 21, 2011. The ceremony took place at the Red Lake High School and featured the Grand Entry by the Battle River Singers, with Red Lake Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr.; Red Lake Nation VFW Color Guard members John Barrett and Earl Fairbanks; Red Lake Nation Royalty Saunders Stillday, Cedrick (Slim) Barrett, Alyss Seki, Alexis Desjarlait, TaKyan Thunder, Vincent White Jr., Marilyn Black, Kailyn Seki, Carter Dow, Seth Glynn and Gerika...

  • Red Lake High School Graduation 2011 P2

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 24, 2011

    Twenty-Four Red Lake High School students graduated on Saturday, May 21, 2011. The ceremony took place at the Red Lake High School and featured the Grand Entry by the Battle River Singers, with Red Lake Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr .; Red Lake Nation VFW Color Guard members John Barrett and Earl Fairbanks; Red Lake Nation Royalty Saunders Stillday, Cedrick (Slim) Barrett, Alyss Seki, Alexis Desjarlait, TaKyan Thunder, Vincent White Jr ., Marilyn Black, Kailyn Seki, Carter Dow, Seth Glynn and...

  • Red Lake High School Graduation 2011 P3

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 24, 2011

    Twenty-Four Red Lake High School students graduated on Saturday, May 21, 2011. The ceremony took place at the Red Lake High School and featured the Grand Entry by the Battle River Singers, with Red Lake Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr .; Red Lake Nation VFW Color Guard members John Barrett and Earl Fairbanks; Red Lake Nation Royalty Saunders Stillday, Cedrick (Slim) Barrett, Alyss Seki, Alexis Desjarlait, TaKyan Thunder, Vincent White Jr ., Marilyn Black, Kailyn Seki, Carter Dow, Seth Glynn and...

  • Red Lake High School Graduation 2011 P4

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 24, 2011

    Twenty-Four Red Lake High School students graduated on Saturday, May 21, 2011. The ceremony took place at the Red Lake High School and featured the Grand Entry by the Battle River Singers, with Red Lake Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr .; Red Lake Nation VFW Color Guard members John Barrett and Earl Fairbanks; Red Lake Nation Royalty Saunders Stillday, Cedrick (Slim) Barrett, Alyss Seki, Alexis Desjarlait, TaKyan Thunder, Vincent White Jr ., Marilyn Black, Kailyn Seki, Carter Dow, Seth Glynn and...

  • Red Lake Elementary School Pow Wow 2011 P9

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 24, 2011

    The Red Lake Elementary School held their annual pow wow on Thursday, May 19, 2011 and featured good drumming and music, good dancing and good fun for all that participated. This years RLES Princess was Selena Jourdain, with Autumn Holthusen as the runner-up. The new RLES Brave was Vincent White Jr., and the runner-up was Taylor Lagou....

  • Red Lake Elementary School Pow Wow 2011 P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 24, 2011

    The Red Lake Elementary School held their annual pow wow on Thursday, May 19, 2011 and featured good drumming and music, good dancing and good fun for all that participated. This years RLES Princess was Selena Jourdain, with Autumn Holthusen as the runner-up. The new RLES Brave was Vincent White Jr., and the runner-up was Taylor Lagou....

  • Red Lake Elementary School Pow Wow 2011 P11

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 24, 2011

    The Red Lake Elementary School held their annual pow wow on Thursday, May 19, 2011 and featured good drumming and music, good dancing and good fun for all that participated. This years RLES Princess was Selena Jourdain, with Autumn Holthusen as the runner-up. The new RLES Brave was Vincent White Jr., and the runner-up was Taylor Lagou....

  • Red Lake Elementary School Pow Wow 2011 P12

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|May 24, 2011

    The Red Lake Elementary School held their annual pow wow on Thursday, May 19, 2011 and featured good drumming and music, good dancing and good fun for all that participated. This years RLES Princess was Selena Jourdain, with Autumn Holthusen as the runner-up. The new RLES Brave was Vincent White Jr., and the runner-up was Taylor Lagou....

  • Mother Earth Water Walk Returns and began April 10, 2011

    May 24, 2011

    Mother Earth Water Walk Returns and began April 10, 2011 As the northern snows begin to melt and further south spring rains fall, our Mother Earth awakens and new life begins. At this time of renewal Anishinaabe grandmothers, women and men, and youth from Canada and the United States will continue walking for our waters. The Mother Earth Water Walk began in 2003 in answer to question—“What will you do?” The 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Mother Earth Water Walks encircled Lake Superior, Lake...

  • Softball teams begin their section tournaments

    Pat Miller, Bemidji Pioneer|May 24, 2011

    The postseason is at hand for the area softball teams and Monday Red Lake visited Red Lake County Central in the No. 8 vs. No. 9 play-in game for North Sub-Section 8A. That winner heads to Badger-Greenbush-Middle River today to tangle with top-seeded BGMR. Also today No. 6 Blackduck visits No. 3 Lake of the Woods and No. 7 Kelliher-Northome travels to No. 2 Red Lake Falls. In today’s other lower-bracket game No. 4 Northern Freeze will host No. 5 Indus. Today’s winners head to BGMR Thursday for the sub-section semifinals and championship gam...

  • Red Lake Foods Weekly Specials - May 23 - May 29, 2011 REVISED

    Red Lake Foods Weekly Specials - May 23 - May29, 2011 REVISED...

  • Executive Director - Red Lake Boys & Girls Club

    May 24, 2011

    Red Lake Nation Nation Boys & Girls Club P.O. Box 1124 Red Lake, MN 56671 (218) 679-2556 Vacancy Open: May 23rd, 2011 Closes: Friday, June 17th, 2011 Title: Executive Director - Red Lake Boys & Girls Club Salary: DOQ Primary Function: Responsible for managing the strategic planning and operation of the Club, in support of organizational mission and goals. Collaborates with the Board of Directors in developing organizational goals, attaining/allocating resources, and establishing policies. Provides direction to staff in carrying out the key...

  • Youth Mentoring Assistant - Red Lake Boys & Girls Club

    May 24, 2011

    Red Lake Nation Nation Boys & Girls Club P.O. Box 1124 Red Lake, MN 56671 (218) 679-2556 Vacancy Open: May 23rd, 2011 Closes: Friday, June 17th, 2011 Title: Youth Mentoring Assistant - Red Lake Boys & Girls Club - Tribal Youth Mentoring program Salary: $10.30/hr w/ benefits Summary: The Tribal Youth Mentoring program helps to empower youth in our community to make positive life choice that enable them to maximize their potential and minimize their involvement in risk behaviors specifically gangs, drugs, and school failure. Supervisor/reports...

  • Burning restrictions have been lifted

    May 24, 2011

    Spring burning restrictions have been lifted, effective immediately, for all counties in Minnesota. According to a press release, the expected date of May 26 was moved up due to the widespread rain. The following counties will return to normal burning permits at 6 p.m. today in the Bemidji Forestry Area: Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Cass, Polk, Red Lake and Mahnomen. Burning permits may be issued for hand-piled debris and running grass less than one acre for up to three days; hours are 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. Permits must be activated each evening...

  • Health care cuts will negatively affect local hospitals

    Senator Rod Skoe, Minnesota Legislature|May 24, 2011

    Minnesota lawmakers passed all budget bills to Governor Mark Dayton last week, even though there still was no agreement between the Governor and lawmakers as to how to solve the $5 billion budget deficit. Republican leaders in the House and Senate forged ahead with their all-cuts budget, which makes deep spending cuts that will have significant negative effects on all Minnesotans. In contrast, Gov. Dayton offered Republican leaders in the House and Senate a compromise solution that could have...

  • May 24, 2011

    ST. PAUL -- The smiles seen on Jan. 4, opening day of the 2011 legislative session, became frowns by Monday as Minnesota’s 201 lawmakers headed home with no idea when they will wrap up their primary job: writing a two-year budget....

  • A USDA for All Americans

    Tom Vilsack, USDA|May 24, 2011

    Before I was sworn in as Secretary of Agriculture, recent folks who had the job—both Republican and Democratic—suggested that it was important that I set a new, proactive course to move past USDA’s checkered and unfortunate history with regards to civil rights. So I made it a priority for the Department to enter a new era for civil rights—to ensure that all our customers get a fair shake, no matter their race, color, sex, or age—and instituted a comprehensive effort to help get us there: • We reached historic resolutions to past cases of di...

  • Boulder, Colo. - May 20, 2011 - More than 30 representatives from the Boarding School Healing Project, Native American Rights Fund, American Indian Law Clinic at the University of Colorado Law School, and Human Rights Clinic at the University of Wyoming and other organizations came together on May 14-15, 2011 to create a framework for healing from the abuses suffered by American Indian children as a result of the U.S. boarding school policy....

  • Guatemalan Mayan women artisan's work selected for exhibition in the United States

    Panajachel, Guatemala - Yolanda Calgua and Rosa F. Garcia, from the departments of Solola and Quiche, have been invited to attend an opening of their work in the United States on September 23, 2011 at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, MN. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The women will leave their homes in rural Patanatik and Quiejel to participate in the exhibit: “Mary Anne Wise & Friends: The Art of the Hooked Rug.” These two artisans are members of the non-profit organization, Oxlajuj B’atz’, in Panajachel and will be welcome...

  • Minnesota Senate Republicans Reportedly Blocking Constituent Contacts

    May 24, 2011

    WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, chastised the Minnesota Senate for reportedly ignoring Minnesotans who sent messages expressing their anger and disappointment following a move by the legislature to place an anti-marriage amendment on the 2012 ballot. “The actions by some in the Minnesota Senate to place this abhorrent measure on the 2012 ballot and divide the state for political reasons was bad enough,” said Human Rights Campaig...

  • Watercolor Workshop

    Watercolor Workshop Blank Canvas Gallery and Education Center in Park Rapids, a nonprofit art organization, is offering a watercolor workshop with Minnesota artist, June Young, on June 7th, 8th and 9th. Class time each day is 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 305 5th Styreet W. in Park Rapids, MN. June Young is a well known watercolorist from Minnesota and has many years experience as a workshop presenter. The focus of the workshop will be on learning June's glazing technique to achieve luminosity in paintings. There will be...

  • May 24, 2011

    An aboriginal woman who says she was denied entry to a popular Vancouver club because of her ancestry and her moccasins can move forward with her human-rights complaint, a B.C. tribunal has ruled....

  • May 24, 2011

    An Internet website offering a wide range of health news, information and links for American Indians has been upgraded to help in growing national campaigns against diabetes, suicide, substance abuse and other scourges in Indian Country....

  • Although rain forced many of the activities inside, it did not dampen the festive spirit of the May 21 Native American Cultural Celebration....

  • May 24, 2011

    MANKATO — The contrast was obvious even on mute: Brent Michael Davids, a Native American, strolled onstage in a purple frock coat tailored to a Revolutionary War style with a bright red undershirt and Lincoln-esque top hat....

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