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  • 2020 Red Lake High School Graduation - P27

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2020

    4 Red Lake High School Graduation held on Saturday, May 23rd in Red Lake. Savannah M. Atkinson, Marlene Blue, Brisenia Bravo, LeShawnda Siseliyah Brun, Jayla Rose Caldwell, KayLynn Jean Chaboyea, Brooke Cloud, LeRiyah Jaden Cloud, Kyleigh J. Defoe-Graves, Joelle Drouillard, Daylen R. French, Autumn Eileen Holthusen, Kyra Haley-Rose King, Emma N. Kingbird, Gerika Anne Kingbird, Mark Kingbird Jr., Trisha Marie Kingbird, Kerri Lynn Lafoumtain, Bryann Lynn Lussier, Daisey Nelson, Calista...

  • 2020 Red Lake High School Graduation - P28

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2020

    4 Red Lake High School Graduation held on Saturday, May 23rd in Red Lake. Savannah M. Atkinson, Marlene Blue, Brisenia Bravo, LeShawnda Siseliyah Brun, Jayla Rose Caldwell, KayLynn Jean Chaboyea, Brooke Cloud, LeRiyah Jaden Cloud, Kyleigh J. Defoe-Graves, Joelle Drouillard, Daylen R. French, Autumn Eileen Holthusen, Kyra Haley-Rose King, Emma N. Kingbird, Gerika Anne Kingbird, Mark Kingbird Jr., Trisha Marie Kingbird, Kerri Lynn Lafoumtain, Bryann Lynn Lussier, Daisey Nelson, Calista...

  • Looking Back to 2013 - Red Lake Boys & Girls Club Carnival - P18

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2020

    Looking Back to 2013 - Red Lake Boys & Girls Club Carnival...

  • Looking Back to 2013 - Sexual Abuse Prevention Walk - P7

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2020

    Looking Back to 2013 - Sexual Abuse Prevention Walk...

  • Speech: Sanders Presents Vision to "Do-Nothing" Senate to Solve Unprecedented Crises

    Jun 11, 2020

    WASHINGTON – Today, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) outlined his policy vision to tackle the unprecedented crises of mass unemployment, a deadly pandemic, and systemic police brutality, as he lambasted a lack of Congressional action under Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. The following are his prepared remarks, which can be viewed in full here: "Mr. President, as everyone knows, this country faces an extraordinary set of crises – unprecedented in the modern history of this country. Over the last several wee...

  • Patience Pays Off For Rhodes as She Claims Minnesota High School Senior Showcase

    Jun 11, 2020

    COON RAPIDS, Minn. – There may not be many high school golfers anticipating their senior season as much as Jaycee Rhodes had been in recent months. Attending Visitation School for her freshman and sophomore seasons, playing a pair of Class AA state tournaments, Rhodes and her family felt Eastview High School would be a better fit, where she transferred for her junior year. As required by the Minnesota State High School League, Rhodes was only eligible to play junior varsity events in 2019, and when a global pandemic cut short her senior year of...

  • Teachers Are as Racially Biased as Everybody Else, Study Shows

    Jun 11, 2020

    Teachers are just as likely to have racial biases as non-teachers, a recent study finds—suggesting that schools need to do more work to combat stereotypes and discrimination. In a paper titled "Teachers Are People Too," which was published in April in the peer-reviewed journal Educational Researcher, a team of researchers from Princeton and Tufts universities compare teachers' explicit and implicit biases with those of other American adults. The findings, they say, are not necessarily a surprise. But as Americans work to confront racism in soci...

  • Contact tracing: a critical tactic in fight against COVID-19

    Jun 11, 2020

    While contact tracing as a strategy employed in the fight against COVID-19 has made news lately, Dr. John Krueger, Chickasaw Nation Under Secretary of Health, says the idea has its roots in 19th century medicine. “Contact tracing is really medical detective work,” Dr. Krueger said. “If a person is deemed to be infected with an infection, we contact that person and then ask them to think of anyone they may have come in close contact with. We then reach out to those contacts to offer testing or to establish if they might be affected.” This st...

  • PAUL DOUGLAS COMPANY LAUNCHES NEW VENTURE TO HELP BUSINESSES PREPARE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

    Jun 11, 2020

    Minneapolis, MN: Twin Cities-based company, Praedictix (majority owned by veteran meteorologist Paul Douglas) is involved in a new venture that merges climate, weather, and corporate sustainability expertise to help businesses plan for and create resiliency against the risks associated with future climate change. Climatrends, based in Minnesota, conducts climate scenario analyses for their clients, which involves the development of different future climate scenarios used in the analysis and planning of the potential risks and opportunities...

  • Thief River Falls Job Fair - Thursday June 25th - 10am - 12pm

    Jun 11, 2020

    Our Thief River Falls site will be holding a Job Fair on Thursday June 25th @ 10am - 12pm! Interviewing in all areas with the possibility of immediate hire!...

  • Student Support (seat-based) Teacher – Secondary Complex

    Jun 11, 2020

    Red Lake Schools #38 Red Lake School District #38 is accepting applications for the following position: Posted: 02/28/2020 – Until Filled Reposted: 06/10/2020 JOB TITLE: Student Support (seat-based) Teacher – Secondary Complex REPORTS TO: Building Principal JOB PURPOSE: The student support teacher shall structure, implement, and manage direct instruction and facilitate learning for students as required by Minnesota State Standards and local expectations in the secondary complex. The teacher als...

  • Dean of Students - Red Lake Schools

    Jun 11, 2020

    EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Internal and External Posting: 06/10/20 – 06/25/20 Red Lake School District #38 is accepting applications for the following position: Position Title: Dean of Students Supervisor: Principal (to be assigned) Building: Anticipated opening Secondary Complex Qualifications: One to three years' experience working with Native American students and experience supervising students in organization of similar size. Position Overview: Responsible for overseeing student s...

  • Alternative Learning Center (ALC) Teacher; 2 positions open - Red Lake Schools #38

    Jun 11, 2020

    JOB DESCRIPTION Red Lake Schools #38 Posted: 05/08/2020; open until filled Reposted: 06/10/2020 JOB TITLE: Alternative Learning Center (ALC) Teacher; 2 positions open REPORTS TO: Building Principal JOB PURPOSE: The Alternative Learning Teacher shall provide direct instruction and facilitate learning within students. QUALIFICATIONS: The ALC Teacher shall: 1. Have completed an accredited licensure program and possess Minnesota licensure (7-12) in core subject areas (i.e. mathematics, language arts...

  • Physical distancing creates new barriers for Nunavut child abuse victims

    Jun 11, 2020

    As many health services turn to using teleconference and online contact because of COVID-19, Iqaluit's child advocacy centre is finding some work is best done in person. Opened in October by the Arctic Children and Youth Foundation, the Umingmak Child and Youth Support Centre works with clients who have disclosed abuse. This could range from witnessing domestic violence to being a victim of physical or sexual abuse themselves. While the centre is still open as an emergency service for urgent disclosures of abuse through family services or the...

  • Christopher Columbus statue debate rises as controversial statues fall across the country

    Jun 11, 2020

    As cities and organizations across the country continue to take down monuments, memorials and other symbols of hate, one controversial historical figure has come back into the spotlight: Christopher Columbus. While the debate over the controversial European explorer reignited, some of his opponents have already taken bold action to his memorials. On Tuesday night, a Columbus statue in Richmond, Virginia, was torn down by protesters, set on fire and then submerged into a lake, police said....

  • Alberta Health investigating case of Anishinaabe woman who was sent home after stroke

    Jun 11, 2020

    The province of Alberta has launched an investigation into why an Anishinaabe woman who was feeling unwell, had slurred speech and had difficulty walking was sent home from several Edmonton hospitals. Valerie Sawdo who is originally from Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation in Ontario, made her first trip to the hospital by ambulance on May In total, Sawdo’s daughters say she made seven trips. At one point she was given a blood test that came back normal so she was released and told she was suffering from anxiety. https://www.apt...

  • Iron Range board tables Fond du Lac water treatment funding over band's 'anti-mining' stances

    Jun 11, 2020

    The Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation's advisory board tabled a grant Wednesday for a new water source, tower and treatment plant on the Fond du Lac Reservation after board members said the band is "anti-mining." The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa had asked for a $250,000 grant to help fund the $1.3 million project replacing an existing noncompliant system and serve 140 homes near Mahnomen and Brookston. But state Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, a member of the IRRR's...

  • Six American Indians Named 2020 to Bush Fellows Roster

    Jun 11, 2020

    ST. PAUL, Minn. - On Tuesday, the Bush Foundation, based in St. Paul Minnesota, named six American Indians to its roster of 2020 Bush Fellows. The list of 2020 Bush Fellows includes 24 visionary leaders who are working to shape better futures for their communities from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.The foundation picked the 24 fellows out of 746 applications. The fellowship provides recipients up to $100,000 to pursue advanced education, networking opportunities, workshops and...

  • Pine Ridge Reservation holds strong during COVID-19 pandemic

    Jun 11, 2020

    PIERRE, S.D. — The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation’s enactment of shelter-in-place, curfew and border monitoring ordinances is what Chase Iron Eyes credits to keeping COVID-19 from having a more devastating impact on the Oglala Sioux Tribal members. Iron Eyes is also the lead counsel on the Lakota People’s Law Project, and in 2016, the Democratic Party congressional candidate in North Dakota when he was living on the Standing Rock Reservation. Iron Eyes said there’s been up to 30 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the reservation, which include...

  • History of systemic racism between RCMP and First Nations must be addressed: B.C. chief

    Jun 11, 2020

    Leaders of the Tsilhqot'in Nation are calling on the Canadian government to address systemic racism within policing, particularly between First Nations and the RCMP. Tribal Chair Chief Joe Alphonse is calling for change on behalf of six Tsilhqot'in communities, located in B.C.'s Interior, following what he said has been years of trying to get the government's and RCMP's attention on the issue. "We stand in solidarity with the protests against police brutality and racism against black people,...

  • Indian Country Voices Its Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

    Jun 11, 2020

    In the aftermath of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, Americans, young and old, in big cities and small towns, and of all colors have shown solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Joining in to show support and solidarity have been American Indians and Alaska Natives throughout Indian Country. Here is what some of the tribes and Native organizations throughout Indian Country have been saying: https://nativenewsonline.net/currents...

  • HUD announces $1.8 million grant to Fond du Lac and White Earth Tribes

    Jun 11, 2020

    ST. PAUL, MN -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced $1.8 million in funding for the Fond du Lac and White Earth Tribes. The Fond du Lac Tribe received $900,000 to construct a water tower, which will improve the storage of potable water, the water pressure, and fire protection for 140 homes. The White Earth Nation received $900,000 to build a childcare facility, which will replace the current overcrowded one. The current facility serves 20 children and the new facility will be able to...