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

Emma Rose King, 3-month-old daughter of Mishaun Neadeau and Forrest King Sr., died Thursday, June 16, 2011, at her home. Arrangements are pending with Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji....

YORK, Penn., June 17, 2011 – Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and other USDA officials met with business leaders in York, Pennsylvania today to explore ways federal, state and local officials can work together to improve economic conditions and create jobs. The meeting was part of a series of White House Business Council Roundtable events being held across the...

(SAINT PAUL, Minn., June 17) – “Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” is a new traveling exhibition that will explore the Native nations in Minnesota and their history of treaty making with the United States. The grand opening will be Aug. 3 at the White Earth Tribal Headquarters on the White Earth Reservation (35500 Eagle View Road, Ogema...

On Monday morning, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., will begin hearing arguments on the fairness of a settlement agreement reached in a class-action lawsuit filed against the government by Indians who claim the Department of Interior mismanaged their trust accounts....

Around 5 a.m. on Thursday, six protesters walked up the San Francisco Peaks and chained themselves to equipment as well as material, briefly bringing construction of a pipeline project to a halt....

The Juaneño Band of Mission Indians is among 20 local nonprofits whose tax-exempt status has been revoked by the IRS....

Carrying signs saying, "Bono Mack, Where are you?" "Don't take our home for casinos," and other calls for help, a group of about 100 people rallied Thursday in front of the county courthouse in Riverside to complain about the impact they say local American Indian tribes are having on their property....

First Nations people living on reserves will get the same human rights protections as other Canadians for the first time following the closing of a 30-year legislative gap....

A lot of Indian country’s biggest entertainers came together last weekend for the Twin Cities American Indian Arts Festival. We’re talking guitarist Gabriel Ayala, rapper Chase Manhattan, the Bluedog Band, comedian Tito Ybarra (you loved him in “Slapping Medicine Man”). But we were pretty pleased to find these clips from the Festival’s open-mic event “American...

They arrived in the darkness of a northern winter day, some holding axes, others grabbing objects in gloved hands. They tore away at blankets and birch branches. They hacked at the rope that lashed the lumber together....

A federal judge this week found that Six Rivers National Forest violated the National Historic Preservation Act when it implemented a timber harvest plan in 2009....

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. -- Who will be the chief, or miko, of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, will be determined by a runoff election July 11. The winner will help decide whether the tribe should pursue additional casino projects. Read more: http://www.sunherald.com/2011/06/17/3205669/choctaw-chief-race-goes-to-runoff.html#ixzz1PkSMlWnb...

MASSENA — Officials from the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council expressed frustration Thursday over lingering uncertainties of employment at the General Motors Powertrain demolition site....

TORONTO, Ontario, June 17, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Hearings in Ontario’s landmark prostitution case, that could see the complete decriminalization of prostitution, came to an end yesterday, after four days of discussion. Much as expected, the five-judge Appeals Court panel retired to discuss the outcome, which could take up to six months....

MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - A national summit will be held this summer to address the growing number of Native American teens who are committing suicide....