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Ronald "Crusher" Hegstrom December 15, 1959 ~ December 20, 2022 (age 63) Ronald L. “Crusher” Hegstrom, age 63, of Redby, MN, died on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, in Bemidji, MN. Ronald was born on December 15, 1959, in Red Lake, MN, to Aaron and Veronica (Donnell) Hegstrom. He attended school in Red Lake until enlisting in the United States Army, spending much of his time in Germany until his honorable discharge. Ron worked as a bus driver for the Red Lake School District for many years. He was...
Darrin "Bill" Wayne Brown, Sr. March 2, 1987 ~ December 22, 2022 (age 35) Darrin "Bill" Wayne Brown, Sr., "Manidoo Innini" meaning "Spirit Man", age 35 of the Bear Clan and from Mission, Minnesota started his journey on Thursday, December 22nd, 2022, from his home. Bill was born March 2, 1987, in Bemidji, MN, the son of Evelyn Brown and Alvin J. Wind, Jr. Bill grew up in the Mission area and attended the Cass Lake-Bena High School and graduated in 2005. He played basketball for the Cass...
Margaret Rose Register March 26, 1965 ~ December 21, 2022 (age 57) Margaret Rose Register, age 57, of Brooks, MN, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, in Erskine, MN. Margaret was born on March 26, 1965, in Red Lake, MN, to Judy Moreno and Francis Clark. At the age of three, she went to live with Stanley and Margaret Haugan who raised her as their own. She graduated from Bemidji, MN, and went on to attend BSU and NCTC, receiving her bachelor's degree. She worked at the BIA for many...
Roberta Ann Strong May 21, 1944 - December 23, 2022 Services are pending...
Prayers and grit kept a team of Dakota riders traveling by horseback through two snowstorms and long, frigid days this month on a journey through South Dakota and southern Minnesota to reach Mankato on Monday - Dec. 26 - to mark the 160th anniversary of the largest mass execution in American history and honor 38 of their ancestors killed on that day in 1862. Every December since 2005, riders have traveled 330 miles on horseback from Lower Brule, S.D.. The journey retraces the route of their...
After reading the news about Feeding Our Future, the donor had a pressing question for Nonoko Sato: "How do we know an organization is fraudulent?" Nonprofits across Minnesota are facing similar questions because of the Feeding Our Future investigation, involving more than $250 million in alleged fraud - the largest pandemic-related fraud in the United States, prosecutors say, and one of the largest federal fraud cases ever in the state. As the legislative session approaches on Jan. 3,...
Class was in session at Johnson Senior High in St. Paul, and as a guest speaker waited to be introduced, there were debts to be acknowledged. The East Side school stood on the ancestral land of Native people, teacher Cassandra Sheppard told students. And the Americas, she reminded them, were built on slave labor. "To both the Indigenous and African forebearers, we commit to the continued struggle for liberation and reparation, for it is through this and through freedom and justice that we truly...
The body of George Musser was found Sunday evening after a daylong search. Stillwater Police Chief Brian Mueller said the 20-year-old man's body was found near Osgood Avenue in Baytown Township. Emily Dalbec, a representative of the family, said Stillwater police reported that Musser's body was found about 7 p.m. Sunday. https://www.startribune.com/christmas-day-search-party-planned-for-missing-stillwater-man/600238638/...
Minnesota wildlife officials have finalized a plan to keep the state's wolf population stable for the next decade. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources would aim to keep the population between 2,200 and 3,000 animals, which is where it has been for about 30 years. Gray wolves are an endangered species managed under federal protections. But multiple attempts have been made since the 1990s to remove those protections and return wolf management to the states. Wolves have thrived in...
TAIPEI, Taiwan - China's military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the self-ruled island, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Monday, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions i n a U.S. annual defense spending bill. China's military harassment of Taiwan, which it claims is its own territory, has intensified in recent years, and the Communist Party's People's Liberation Army has sent planes or ships toward the island on a...
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo residents hovered around space heaters, hunted for cars buried in snow drifts and looked for more victims Monday, after 28 people died in one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit western New York. The rest of the United States also was reeling from the ferocious winter storm, with at least another two dozen deaths reported in other parts of the country. Up to 9 more inches of snow (23 centimeters) could fall in some areas of western New York through...
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Republicans who control the state Legislature are poised to clash with newly reelected Democratic Gov. Tony Evers over tax cuts, how to fund local governments and whether to expand the private school choice program to wealthier families. But even though Evers and Republicans are on opposite sides of issues like abortion and pushing for a flat income tax rate, they also are talking about forging a better relationship in the coming years than they had during Evers' first...
A proposal that would have restored long-awaited sovereignty for Maine tribes was blocked this week and excluded from the $1.7 trillion 2023 Omnibus spending bill. The proposal - introduced by 2nd District Congressman Jared Golden and backed by fellow Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree - would have provided a crucial update to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980, which limits tribal authority and excludes Maine tribes from new federal laws unless specifically directed by...
Ten hours before the spending bill that funds the Indian Health Service was set to expire, potentially leaving more than 2.5 million Native Americans without health care access, Congress came through with a historic win for Indian Country. On Thursday, Dec. 22, the Senate passed President Joe Biden's $1.7 trillion Omnibus spending bill that will fund the government through most of 2023. Included in that bill is a significant policy change for Indian Country: $9.5 billion in advance...
Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope, exposing about 60 percent of the U.S. population to some sort of winter weather advisory or warning. More than 200 million people were under an advisory or warning on Friday, the National Weather Service said. The weather service's map "depicts one of the greatest extents of winter weather warnings and advisories ever,"...
Red Lake Elderly Nutrition Program held their Elders Christmas Dinner on Wednesday, December 21, 3022 at Seven Clans Casino Evemt Center. Elders were given big candy bags, gift cards and an excellent prime rib dinner. And even with cold weather outside, the event was well attended and organized....
Red Lake Elderly Nutrition Program held their Elders Christmas Dinner on Wednesday, December 21, 3022 at Seven Clans Casino Evemt Center. Elders were given big candy bags, gift cards and an excellent prime rib dinner. And even with cold weather outside, the event was well attended and organized....
The Red Lake Lady Warriors were shut down in both offense and defense in their 71-27 loss to Badger-Green Bush-Middle River in Red Lake on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Red Lake Lady Warriors Basketball Schedule 2022-2023: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2022/10/31/sports/red-lake-lady-warriors-basketball-schedule-2022-2023/109803.html...
The Red Lake Warriors hosted the Clearbrook-Gonvick Bears on Friday night, taking a 41-25 half-time lead and finishing strong at 88-51. Jack Brown led all scorers with 25 points, Ken Fox added 19, Gordon Thompson hit for 13 and Cade Beaulieu had 11. Hassani Bruton led the Bears with 21 points and Logan Westrom added 13. Red lake will travel to Menahga on December 20th, host Deer River on January 3, 2023 and trave to Walker-Hackensack-Akley on December 5th. In the earlier game, Red Lake's Junior...
The Red Lake Warriors opened their 2022-23 season with an impressive 86-40 win over Nashwauk-Keewatin at home on Monday, December 5, 2022. The Warriors led 56-12 at the end of the first half after scoring the first 25-points before the Spartans could finally get 2-points on the board. After that, they cruised to their 86-40 win, allowing all of their reserves to see some action. Gerald Kingbird Jr. led all scorers with 23 points on the night, followed by Cade Beaulieu with 22, Ken Fox III added...
Red Lake Treat Street 2022 held at Red Lake Humanities Hundreds participate in annual Halloween event...
Red Lake Treat Street 2022 held at Red Lake Humanities Hundreds participate in annual Halloween event...
Minnesota students reported healthier behaviors around commercial tobacco, alcohol, drugs, and sexual activity in 2022, while at the same time experiencing an unprecedented amount of long-term mental health, behavioral or emotional problems, according to the 2022 Minnesota Student Survey. More than 135,000 students completed the survey with nearly all doing so in-person at school between January and June 2022. This group of students reported greater struggles with mental health, such as depression and anxiety, than at any other time in the...
The introduction of Christianity to the Americas and the origins of Christmas can be controversial in Native circles. Europeans knowingly replaced Native people’s existing spiritual beliefs with the beliefs taught in the Bible. Cruelty and brutality often accompanied this indoctrination. Yet it is also true that some tribes, families, and individuals embraced the Bible and Jesus’ teachings voluntarily. This complicated history is reflected here. _____ All throughout Indian Country, Native people have gathered in churches, missions, and tem...
Lara Annette trudged through knee-high snow to hear Marcie Rendon speak recently. She said she’s drawn to Rendon’s deep understanding of this part of state. “I absolutely love hearing characters and places and being able to envision roads in my mind that I've actually driven that the characters are driving on,” said Annette. “To know people that are like the characters, to feel that somebody actually understands Minnesota instead of making it into a caricature.” As an Indigenous woman, mother and former therapist, Rendon uses her experience...
