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Has Education Secretary Betsy DeVos cooled on remote learning? DeVos has recently called for school buildings across the country to fully reopen, threatened to find ways to withhold funding from schools that stick with full-time remote learning, and derided the Fairfax County district in Virginia for its plan to combine in-person and virtual instruction. For many in the education world, these comments from DeVos come as a big surprise. The secretary was an enthusiastic supporter of virtual education earlier in the pandemic—before President D...
Advisor to the president Ivanka Trump visited Minnesota Monday, along with U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt and Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Tara Katuk Sweeney, to announce the creation of the first of seven offices dedicated to solving cold cases involving missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. There are more than 1,400 unsolved American Indian and Alaska Native missing person cases in the U.S. More than 130 of those cases are in Minnesota, according to FBI statistics. “These tragic statistics s...
Tens of thousands of children could miss out on healthy food if their families don’t apply for Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, also referred to as P-EBT, benefits by July 31. About 350,000 Minnesota school children who qualify for the federal free and reduced-price meal program are eligible to receive $325 per child with an additional $100 per child for Summer P-EBT. Twenty counties have particularly low participation rates (PDF), where the families of 31-52% of eligible children have not yet applied for P-EBT. The Minnesota Department o...
** POSITION OPENING ** FACILITIES MANAGER RATE OF PAY: Depending upon experience LOCATION: Seven Clans Casinos –Thief River Falls, MN OPENS: July 28, 2020 CLOSES: August 28, 2020 SCOPE OF POSITION Under the general supervision of the Facility Manager is responsible to oversee the Facilities property, building and grounds maintenance for Seven Clans Casinos. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES o Provides support and leadership direction to individuals directly reporting to this position in accordance w...
-The Metropolitan Council’s Metro Transit paid a civil penalty of $14,308 for air quality violations at its Franklin Avenue light-rail operations and maintenance facility in south Minneapolis. The facility is located in an environmental justice area of concern, where more than 70 percent of residents live in poverty and more than a third speak a language other than English. These factors make it more likely that residents will be disproportionately affected by pollution. The facility operates under an MPCA-issued permit that regulates air e...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives took an historic vote on July 22 when it approved the Great American Outdoors Act, which will provide $1.9 billion in funding for up to five years for maintenance of National Parks, National Forests, and other public lands, and permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund at $900 million each year. The Senate passed the legislation by an overwhelming bipartisan vote in June. The bill will benefit the millions of Americans who get outside each year and, crucially, will help fund t...
Roseau County, Minn.-Today, the Roseau County Landowners Coalition parked two 50-foot trailers in Roseau to spread the word about a project that would devastate their productive family farmlands for no real benefit. At over 50 farmers and landowners strong, the Coalition is launching a campaign in collaboration with the Institute for Justice (IJ), a national nonprofit dedicated to stopping the misuse of eminent domain. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Roseau River Watershed...
WASHINGTON, July 28 – As COVID-19 infections continue to surge across America and nearly 30 states impose public mask-wearing requirements, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and over three dozen of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate and House introduced lifesaving legislation today to manufacture and distribute high-quality, reusable masks to everyone in America. Senate co-sponsors of Sanders’ Masks for All Act include Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Pet...
ADA, Okla. – A Chickasaw constable from the days of Indian Territory is the newest addition to a roster of walking partners available within the AYA walking app – an interactive step-counting experience which gives users a way to explore Chickasaw history and culture while pursuing better health. "Chokma, I'm Silas. I live in Tishomingo, the capital city of the Chickasaw Nation, deep in the heart of Indian Territory. I'm a constable. Friends call me Si, but outlaws call me trouble. I was not bor...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (July 28, 2020) — Hy-Vee, Inc. announces today that the flu vaccine will be available inside its more than 270 Hy-Vee pharmacy locations throughout its eight-state region without an appointment or prescription, and will also be offered via a drive-up option at Hy-Vee pharmacy locations between Aug. 17 and Oct. 31. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends people 6 months and older get a flu vaccine each year to prevent getting and spreading the flu virus. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Hy-Vee conti...
The presidential election is 98 days away. It will be an election we have never seen or experienced before all due to COVID-19. The pandemic has changed the usual ways campaigns are handled, there are no public gatherings and even the polling sites will be restricted. It's a challenge to reach Indian Country in any election and now in the age of the coronavirus it's especially challenging. Clara Pratte, Navajo, was hired as the tribal engagement director for the Joe Biden campaign. She served as the chief of staff for Navajo Nation President...
The fatal shooting of Rodney Levi by RCMP last month will be examined through a coroner's inquest. Coreen Enos, a spokesperson for the province's Department of Public Safety, confirmed in an email Tuesday that an inquest will take place sometime in the future. The announcement means there are now three coroner's inquests that will take place in the province into fatal police shootings, and the second called this year to look at the death of a First Nations person at the hands of police. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bru...
MENOMINEE COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) – Two people are in custody after a traffic stop early Sunday morning. The Menominee Tribal Police say officers attempted to stop a vehicle on State Highway 47 in the area of Midway Road for traffic violations and suspicious activity Sunday at around 1:32 a.m. The vehicle failed to stop and continued briefly down Midway Road. Authorities say the vehicle eventually came to a stop in a driveway on Midway Road. A woman exited the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot. A short foot chase ensued and the woman was t...
MENOMINEE INDIAN RESERVATION, Wis. (WFRV) – The Menominee Indian Reservation will have a curfew starting Wednesday, July 29, and running through August 31. The curfew comes as part of the Menominee Indian Tribe’s proactive steps to address the spread of the coronavirus in the community. The Menominee Indian Tribe is also temporarily closing its tribal government offices and facilities for two weeks. The Tribe says the number of positive COVID-19 cases on the Menominee Indian Reservation have nearly doubled within a week’s time. The Menom...
New Mexico U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson appointed a Navajo criminal investigator to a new post Monday (July 27) where she will assist the state's tribal nations in solving missing persons and homicide cases, part of a new Department of Justice initiative. As the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Coordinator for New Mexico, Denise Billy will gather data on new cases connected to tribal lands. She will also work with victims, tribal, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to develop protocols and procedures to respond to them....
Several tribal leaders in Washington state are denouncing “incredibly personal and targeted acts of violence” against Seattle’s lone Indigenous City Council member, Debora Juarez, who in recent weeks has received death threats and been harassed at home by mobs of protesters who support defunding police. Juarez, Blackfeet, says she began receiving “really vile” messages July 10, after protesters shared her home address and contact information online. “They put my personal cellphone number, my address and started putting pictures of my home and...
