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Red Lake College Graduation 2011 - VIDEO...
The Red Lake GED Program is proud to announce that 82 students received their GED (high school equivalency) certificates in ceremonies held at the Red Lake Seven Clans Casino on Friday May 20th, 2011. The program began at 6:30 PM and included a graduating student who is 70 years old. The celebration, including cap and gown, was held at Seven Clans Casino Event Center on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. A banquet was held at 5:00 PM for invited guests and graduates. The grads were smudged as...
“If you don’t want to work hard, get an education, otherwise you’ll work hard labor like I did”. So was the advice for Indian youth in an interview with 70 year-old James King, Sr. one of 82 graduates of the Red Lake GED program on May 20th, 2011. A ceremony, including cap and gown, was held at Seven Clans Casino Event Center on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. This was the first time such a “formal” GED graduation was held. The event began with a banquet at 5 PM for invited guests and graduat...
Muskrat Minnows at the Cutoff The Rez's freshest, liveliest minnows. 1 scoop for $3.00; 2 scoops for $5.00. Open 7:00 am - 9:00 pm. daily Contact: David Manuel Phone: 218-679-2301...
James Bernard Eisenrich, 83, of Pinewood, died Wednesday, June 01, 2011, at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Bemidji, with the Rev. Vincent Miller officiating. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. at Neilson Place with a 7 p.m. Knights of Columbus Rosary, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Bemidji. Arrangements are with the Olson-Schwartz Funera...
Jack White Sr., 79, of Ponemah, died Tuesday, June 1, 2011, at Neilson Place in Bemidji. Arrangements are pending with Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji....
RED LAKE HIGH SCHOOL 4th TERM 2011 HONOR ROLL A HONOR ROLL 9 Seki, Sara F. 9 Defoe, Steven R. 11 Good, Edward J. 9 Lasley, Frank J. 9 Sigana, Kathlene R. 9 Thompson, Lanelle M. 11 Chaboyea, Marie D. 10 Kingbird, Hilary J. B HONOR ROLL 9 Deegan, Amber M. 10 Desjarlait, FaLeisha A. 11 Needham, Krysta J. 11 Kingbird, Kayla M. 11 Seki, Alyss B. 10 Gurka, Shamella R. 10 Smith, Darian A. 9 Holthusen, Ryan 10 LaClaire, Jodelle L. 9 Strong, Brianna 9 Good, Dallas 10 Hardy, Shayla A. 10 Johnson, Tyler P. 11 Redbear, Chelsey A. 12 Cook, Duane D. 9 Blue,...
Blackduck will take on Fosston at noon today and Cass Lake-Bena will battle Nevis at 2:30 p.m. in the semifinals of the East 8A Sub-section baseball tournament at Bemidji State University. The winners of those two games will return to the diamond at 5 p.m. today for the East title game. Both teams, however, will qualify for the 8A final four which will begin June 7 at NCTC. Blackduck, the top seed in the East, advanced to today’s game by blitzing No. 8 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 14-0 Tuesday. Fourth-seeded Fosston eliminated No. 5 Bagley 9-3 o...
Whenever life got tough, Lacey LaFromboise knew two things could always keep her grounded – music and writing....
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Chemical Dependency Counselor Salary Range: $31,200 - $37,440 Dependent upon education and experience. Mash-ka-wisen Treatment Center is seeking a qualified chemical dependency counselor to join a comprehensive team to provide treatment services to Native Americans suffering from alcoholism and/or drug dependency. The candidate should be licensed in the State of Minnesota as an Alcohol and Drug Counselor or eligible for licensing. The Candidate must be knowledgeable in dependency, addiction, and recovery processes....
The future has arrived at the Yurok Reservation in Northern California. Historically the entire reservation, including every public safety agency, were forced to share a single T1 line causing communications bottlenecks and slower than dial-up connections. Now, the Yurok community has a dedicated public safety line in order to access criminal databases and will soon have the ability to conduct live video training with their fire fighters, support clinics that can perform virtual telemedicine, and implement an emergency services plan that is...
WASHINGTON - A federal judge, in response to a motion on behalf of the Department of the Interior, has granted permission for Interior officials to begin communicating with class members on land trust consolidation provisions of the Cobell Settlement agreement. The Department will soon publish a Federal Register notice announcing its intent to begin formal government-to-government consultations with tribal leaders. Interior expects the land consolidation consultations to begin by late-summer. Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the U.S. District Court...
Region 2 Arts Council (R2AC) recently awarded $23,990 through the Arts Project Grants Program, for organizations and schools to create or produce an arts project or event. The grant recipients included: Headwaters School of Music and the Arts, Bemidji, received $3,000 to host the third annual Lakes Area Drumset Camp. Blank Canvas Gallery and Education Center, Park Rapids, received $2,200 to provide extended art education activities for school children through an art show and summer youth camps that utilize the expertise of experienced art...
Region 2 Arts Council (R2AC) recently awarded $12,000 through the R2AC/McKnight Career Development Fellowship Program. This 18-month fellowship provides the opportunity for career development experiences that will add depth and advancement to the artistic career of established artists in all disciplines. R2AC/McKnight Career Development Fellowships are funded through an appropriation from the McKnight Foundation. The recipients and information about their fellowship activities are listed below. Alice Blessing, a local portrait painter, was...
Region 2 Arts Council is currently seeking Board members from Lake of the Woods and Mahnomen Counties to fill a two-year term vacancy beginning July 1, 2011. Applications are due by May 20th, 2011. Those who feel that the visual, performing and literary arts are an important contribution to the quality of life in Minnesota are encouraged to consider serving on the board of Region 2 Arts Council. The board is responsible for planning, setting policy and reviewing and awarding grants. It meets seven times per year in Bemidji on the third Monday...
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2011 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today kicked off National Homeownership Month and highlighted the important role housing plays in creating jobs, maintaining viable rural communities and contributing to the economy. Since the start of the current fiscal year, which began last October 1, USDA Rural Development has financed approximately 80,000 home loans for rural residents. "Housing drives rural economies and supports healthy rural communities," Vilsack said. "About 50 million Americans call rural areas home, and s...
Given the past few years of economic hardship, it’s easy to think the era of boundless opportunity that has characterized the American story is coming to an end. In times such as these, it’s comforting to remember that as long as we retain our inquisitive nature, our discoveries could yield possibilities for better days ahead. The space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth Wednesday after its final mission. Installation of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (ASM), a state-of-the-art particle physics detector, on the International Spac...
Divorce can have a severe impact on children -- hurting their performance in math, increasing their anxiety and short-circuiting their social skills -- but not necessarily as soon as families and family therapists expect it....
State law enforcement staffers didn't get layoff notices Wednesday after all, but that doesn't mean they are not coming....
WASHINGTON - Google said Wednesday that hackers based in China gained access to hundreds of Gmail accounts, including some belonging to senior U.S. government officials and military personnel....
BUFFALO (AP) — A judge on Wednesday extended a temporary order preventing New York state from following through with plans to tax cigarettes sold on American Indian reservations to non-Indian customers while she considers the Seneca Nation’s challenge to the regulations that would govern collections....
SENECA FALLS -- Internal strife within the Cayuga Indian Nation of New York bubbled to the surface when the nation's council attempted to ask several members of the tribe to resign Wednesday...
Federal authorities are declining to prosecute a number of serious crimes committed on Indian reservations, a situation that frustrates tribal leaders, advocates for Indian rights and, not least, the prosecutors themselves, an analysis by the Associated Press has found....
Aboriginal people living on reserves across the province may be wrongly excluded from jury pools, according to the B.C. Civil Liberties Association....
HELENA - The mother of a teenager who shot himself last year during a rash of child suicides on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana has filed a lawsuit claiming the school district and the state are responsible for his death....
