Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Looking Back - Buena Vista Trip 2011...
MINNEAPOLIS - Among many issues raised by recent civil unrest in the Twin Cities, there is one practical, unanswered question: what to do with the plywood? A Twin Cities nonprofit is seeking used building material to help address another crisis: homelessness. Settled, a Twin Cities homeless advocacy group, led by co-founders Gabrielle Clowdus and Anne Franz, as well as a team of social workers, social scientists, business strategists, product developers, counselors, pastors, homemakers and...
WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are seeking public comments to inform the land allotment program for Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans. The provision was enacted as a part of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, which was signed by President Trump, and the provision spearheaded by Senator Dan Sullivan, and would allow thousands of Alaska Natives who served our country during the Vietnam-era to receive up to 160 acres promised to them in previous Native a...
MN350 applauds the decision of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to file a consumer fraud protection lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute for lying to the public about the damage they knew their products caused. For decades, the world’s largest oil company, the state's largest oil refiner, and the nation's largest trade association for the oil and gas industry knew that burning fossil fuels caused climate change. But instead of telling the public about it to avert disaster, the defendants laun...
Hikers in the Inland Northwest are in carnivore country and should think ahead to what they would do in a close encounter with a bear, wolf or mountain lion, says a wildlife biologist. Annemarie Prince, a hiker as well as a biologist who works with big game and carnivores for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department, has been giving presentations to area groups focusing on bear awareness for the safety of outdoor recreationists – and also the bears. After her presentations, she allows p...
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today convened a legislative hearing to receive testimony on seven bills: S. 2165, the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2019, will provide additional legal protections to Native American tribal artifacts and sacred objects by creating an explicit prohibition on exporting cultural items obtained in violation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Archeological Resources Protection Act or the Antiquities Act. S. 2...
CHEROKEE, N.C. — The Chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians issued an Executive Order requiring residents and visitors to wear masks in most public places. Principal Chief Richard Sneed said that several people have tested positive within tribal lands in Western North Carolina, and they had recently recorded the first death from COVID-19. https://www.wbir.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/masks-to-be-required-in-cherokee-starting-on-friday/51-18867595-a3c7-47ad-91b3-c7bb4e3a730d...
Charges have been dropped against the chief of a northern Alberta First Nation who was the subject of a violent arrest earlier this year. The case of Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation was in front of a Fort McMurray provincial court judge Wednesday. Court records show charges of resisting arrest and assaulting a peace officer were withdrawn by the Crown. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/allan-adam-athabasca-chipewyan-first-nation-arrest-rcmp-assa...
