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Articles from the June 11, 2021 edition


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  • Fatal Crash on Red Lake Nation

    Jun 11, 2021

    Fatal Crash on Red Lake Nation https://youtu.be/El6whDsK-Xc...

  • Marie Gudim

    Jun 11, 2021

    Marie Gudim March 25, 1937 - June 9, 2021 Naanogaabawiikwe, Marie Jane (Sam) Gudim, 84-year-old resident of Isle, MN passed away on June 9, 2021. Visitation will begin at 7 PM on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. Interment will be in the Sunset Cemetery in Isle, MN. Arrangements are with the Shelley Funeral...

  • Beverly Mae (Abdo) Gunderson

    Jun 11, 2021

    Beverly Mae (Abdo) Gunderson December 9, 1951 ~ March 26, 2021 (age 69) Beverly Mae (Abdo) Gunderson, 69, of Mahnomen, MN, passed away on March 26, 2021 at Essentia Health – St. Mary's in Detroit Lakes, MN. Beverly Mae Abdo was born on December 9, 1951 in Williston, ND, the daughter of Dabby and Mae (Goodwin) Abdo. She attended Mahnomen High School and graduated as part of the class of 1969. Beverly met the love of her life, Stanley Gunderson, and on June 19, 1971 they were united in marriage i...

  • Henrietta Maxine (Dahl) Finn

    Jun 11, 2021

    Henrietta Maxine (Dahl) Finn December 1, 1936 ~ June 8, 2021 (age 84) An obituary is not available at this time for Henrietta Maxine (Dahl) Finn. Services Private Family Visitation Monday June 14, 2021 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM Bena Community Center By the post office Bena, MN 56626 Private Family Rosary Monday June 14, 2021 10:00 AM Bena Community Center By the post office Bena, MN 56626 Funeral Service Monday June 14, 2021 11:00 AM Bena Community Center By the post office Bena, MN...

  • Minnesota adolescent mental health treatment facility closes abruptly

    Jun 11, 2021

    Cambia Hills of East Bethel, one of the few intensive mental health treatment facilities in Minnesota for high-risk adolescents, abruptly announced this week that it would shut its doors Friday. The facility, which has struggled since opening during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and has been cited by state regulators for licensing violations, said it had not received a requested rate increase from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to continue operations. "We can't continue without...

  • Native American contractors' letter seeks end to 'destructive and unlawful protests' over Line 3 pipeline

    Jun 11, 2021

    DULUTH – Native American contractors working on the controversial Enbridge Line 3 pipeline across Minnesota say the Indigenous-led protests that escalated Monday do not speak for them. "Protests that disrupt work, damage property and threaten our employees while claiming to be on behalf of our Native people is creating additional tension and consequences within our tribal communities," six contractors wrote in a letter being sent to Minnesota tribal leaders this week. "They also intentionally c...

  • Omar clarifies tweet after pushback from fellow Democrats

    Jun 11, 2021

    U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said Thursday that she "was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems," after her tweet earlier this week spurred harsh criticism from Republicans and prominent Jewish Democrats. Hours before, the Minnesota Democrat publicly clashed with some members of her own party after a dozen House Democrats criticized the congresswoman, saying in a statement that "equating the United States and Israel to Hamas and the...

  • Mayor Frey will use $28 million in pandemic relief money for housing in Minneapolis

    Jun 11, 2021

    Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey wants to use $28 million of American Rescue Plan money for affordable housing, including rental assistance to low-income tenants, pathways out of homelessness and new homeownership opportunities, particularly for Black and Indigenous people and people of color. At a news conference at the Elliot Twins public housing complex Thursday, Frey said his plan will help keep people in their homes as the city anticipates a wave of evictions after a statewide ban is lifted....

  • Biden, Johnson strike warm tone in first meeting

    Jun 11, 2021

    CARBIS BAY, England - Striking a warm tone, President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson used their first meeting Thursday to highlight a commitment to strengthening their nations' historic ties while setting aside, at least publicly, their political and personal differences. Beginning a week of diplomacy across the Atlantic, Biden hopes to use his first overseas trip as president to reassure European allies that the United States had shed the transactional tendencies of Donald...

  • Ex-police chief, 5 others charged in Capitol riot conspiracy

    Jun 11, 2021

    A former California police chief and five other men have been indicted on conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents made public Thursday. The men - four of whom prosecutors say identify as members of the Three Percenters antigovernment extremist movement - are accused of plotting with one another to block the certification of President Joe Biden's victory. Among those charged is a former La Habra police chief and founder of a far-right group...

  • Court hears appeal of state water quality permit for Enbridge's Line 3

    Jun 11, 2021

    An attorney for environmentalist groups argued Thursday before the Minnesota Court of Appeals why they think the state erred in granting water permits for Enbridge's controversial new pipeline. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) granted the permits to Enbridge in November, one of the last approvals the company needed to start construction on the $3 billion replacement for its Line 3. The appellate court has 90 days to rule; the pipeline is 60% complete and is slated to ship oil in...

  • 179 arrested Monday at large-scale Line 3 protest

    Jun 11, 2021

    PARK RAPIDS, Minn. - A total of 179 people were arrested Monday, June 7, at a large-scale protest against Enbridge's Line 3 replacement project, according to a release from the Hubbard County Sheriff's Office. According to the release, at 7:38 a.m. Monday, the Hubbard County Sheriff's Office received a report of approximately 20 pipeline demonstrators on foot approaching an Enbridge pipeline pumping station on 300th Street, just north of Park Rapids, later confirmed to be the Two Inlet Pump...

  • Minnesota high school 2020 graduation rates increase for nearly every student group

    Jun 11, 2021

    Graduation rates were up and dropouts decreased for the class of 2020, according to Minnesota Department of Education data released Thursday, June 10. The class of 2020's senior year come to an abrupt end in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Classes were hastily thrown into distance learning and schools scrambled to come up with alternatives to traditional graduation ceremonies. But despite all of that, data released by the Department of Education show a slight increase in overall...

  • MnDOT, MDE light I-35W Bridge June 11-12 to honor Minnesota's 2021 graduates

    Jun 11, 2021

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Interstate 35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge in Minneapolis will display the colors of Minnesota state high schools on the evenings of Friday, June 11, and Saturday, June 12, as a tribute to the graduating Class of 2021, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota Department of Education. The colors of the American Flag will begin the light show each night 30 minutes before sunset and end the show 30 minutes after sunrise. Presentation of the high school colors begins at 9:40 p.m. There will be 86...

  • Interior Department Statement on Pembina Judgment Fund Settlement

    Jun 11, 2021
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    Today, Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia finalized settlement of litigation between the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in Peltier v. Haaland. The litigation was filed in 1992 by individual and Tribal beneficiaries of the Pembina Judgment Fund, alleging mismanagement and failure to account. The total amount of the settlement for the Tribes and the individuals is $59 million. The Class Action Settlement Agreement (CASA) settles the claims of 39,003 individual beneficiaries against...

  • An Apology From the Catholic Church for Residential Schools Is Not Good Enough, Indigenous Leaders Say

    Jun 11, 2021

    A week and a half after 215 childrens' remains were found on the former grounds of a Catholic-run Indian Residential School in British Columbia, many are disappointed by a lack of ownership and apology from the highest levels of the Catholic Church. On May 27, the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation located in B.C.'s southern interior announced preliminary findings of an unmarked gravesite on its property, the former grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, holding the remains of a...

  • Montana Native American Woman Wanted by the FBI for Drug Trafficking on Fort Peck Indian Reservation

    Jun 11, 2021

    SALT LAKE CITY - The FBI Salt Lake City Field Office issued a "Wanted by the FBI" notice on Thursday, June 10, 2021 to locate Marlina Nannett Martinez, who is wanted for her alleged involvement in possessing and distributing drugs on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana. The FBI is offering a reward up to $2,500 for information leading to her arrest and conviction, according to the notice released on Thursday. The United States District Court in the District of Montana, Great Falls...

  • Fight over oil rages on after pipeline's demise

    Jun 11, 2021

    BILLINGS, Mont. — The Keystone XL is dead after a 12-year attempt to build the oil pipeline, yet the fight over Canadian crude rages on as emboldened environmentalists target other projects and pressure President Joe Biden to intervene — all while oil imports from the north keep rising. Biden dealt the fatal blow to the partially built $9 billion Keystone XL in January when he revoked its border-crossing permit issued by former President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, sponsors TC Energy and the province of Alberta gave up and declared the lin...

  • LLBO Band Member Set to Compete for Miss Minnesota Title in June

    Jun 11, 2021

    CASS LAKE- Leech Lake Band Member Lori Martin-Kingbird is a local titleholder to the Miss America Organization and contestant #20 at the 2021 Miss Minnesota Scholarship Competition on June 24th and June 25th in Eden Prairie, MN. Martin-Kingbird, Wabinagiizhigooikwe (Morning Spirit Woman) currently holds the title of Miss Northland and is a junior at the University of Minnesota, studying Biology, Society and Environment. Her aspiration is a career in the medical field. Lori is a former Leech...

  • Seki Presents State of the Band Message - P2

    Michael Meuers|Jun 11, 2021

    "We stand together as one nation and face all challengers before us – the heart of unity will move us forward" In the annual report to the people, Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell G. Seki Sr., Secretary Samuel L. Strong, and Treasurer Annette Johnson along with ten tribal program managers, addressed a crowd gathered at the Red Lake powwow grounds on May 28. They would celebrate together...and in person...the challenges and successes that the tribe experienced in the 15 months since the last S...

  • Red Lake Chairman Seki Delivers State of the Band on Friday, May 28, 2021 - P9

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - Red Lake Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr., along with some department heads, reported to a group of tribal members and others at the Annual Red Lake State of the Band Address on Friday, May 28, 2021. It had been over a year since the last State of the Band Address was held in March 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic, medical martial law, new project developments, law enforcement, the opioid epidemic, child welfare and education were just some of the information reported on....

  • 2021 Red Lake High School Graduation held on Saturday, May 29, 2021 - P9

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2021

    5 Red Lake High School Graduation held on Saturday, May 29, 2021 GRADUATES: James Allen Beaulieu III Mimi Beaulieu-Morgan Kia Nicole Birr, Ryan Joseph Blackcloud Aaron Chaboyea Diamond A. Cloud-Sayers Lailah Eliza Dow Kacie Graves Arianna Moonlight Greene Denali Hart Delwyn E. Holthusen III Yolanda J. Infante Kyriah M. Johnson Azlynn Caprice Jourdain Michael James Jourdain Jr. TierraRose Gaudalupe Kingbird Addalay Kutchara Taylor M. Lagou Morgan Margaret Loud Brycen James Lussier Aimee May...

  • Graduation Ceremonies held on or after Thursday, May 27th at other area schools - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2021

    Graduation Ceremonies held on or after Thursday, May 27th at other area schools. Photographs by staff and members of the community....

  • Red Lake 2021 Kindergarten Graduation held at Red Lake Elementary School - P14

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2021

    On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, Red Lake Elementary School held it;s annual Kindergarten Graduation at RLES, beginning at 10 AM and finishing up about noon. This year's event was a Drive-By type ceremony....

  • Lady Warriors edged out by Nevis on last regular season game 7-3 - P12

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jun 11, 2021

    Lady Warriors edged out by Nevis on last regular season game 7-3 Playoffs are scheduled to start on June 1st...

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