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

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The ancient Native American language of Serrano, which was dying out as fewer and fewer native speakers of the language remained, has received a lifeline through the work of tribal people and academics. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (Yuhaviatam Clan of Serrano) signed a historic agreement with Cal State San Bernardino on Friday, May 24, to...

The newest Medicare Trustees Report will be released on Friday, May 31, 2013. The report is a detailed accounting and projection of Medicare’s trust funds over the short and long term, and is expected to show costs slowing which means good news for the program's future. For generation after generation Medicare has been providing health security for millions of Americans....

“Native Studies Summer Workshop for Educators: The Twin Cities as a Minnesota Tribal Community” will offer Minnesota teachers an unprecedented opportunity to build authentic knowledge of Minnesota’s Native communities and how to share that knowledge respectfully in their classrooms. The workshop is June 17-21 at Perpich Center for Arts Education, 6125 Olson Memorial...

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2013 – The U.S. Forest Service is offering a fee-free day on June 8 in celebration of National Get Outdoors Day, an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. The Forest Service offers fee-free four times a year. The first such fee-free period in 2013 was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The other days are Sept. 28 for National Public Lands Day and...

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INDIAN COUNTRY INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS Report to Congress is Requirement under the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice released today a report to Congress entitled Indian Country Investigations and Prosecutions which provides a range of enforcement statistics required under the Tr...

WASHINGTON – The Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform will hold the sixth in a series of public meetings on June 7, 2013, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to gather information towards developing a comprehensive evaluation of the Department of the Interior’s management and administration of Indian trust assets. Commission members will hear from speakers...

A free rabies vaccination clinic will be conducted from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, June 7 at the Chickasaw Nation Panola Senior Center, 1015 Moore Ave., in Colbert, Okla. Pet owners should bring a CDIB or tribal citizenship card and their dog or cat to participate in this drive-through clinic. Vaccination quantities are limited and will be provided while supplies last. In case of...

DULUTH — Back in January, wildlife researcher Glenn DelGiudice promised Minnesotans they would see results very quickly from his planned study of moose calves in the state’s northern forests....