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

In yet another sign of a thaw in relationships between formerly bitter foes, Shakopee will get $250,000 from the casino-rich Shakopee tribe in exchange for heightened police service. The immense wealth of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and its purported failure at times to support nearby governments offering it service have long been a sore point in Scott County. One...

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2013 -- USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has developed the world’s largest soil carbon dataset to help producers and planners estimate the impacts of conservation practices on soil carbon levels. USDA is committed to reducing agriculture’s carbon footprint, as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discussed in a June 5 address at the...

MOORHEAD — The bright yellow billboard outside Moorhead claiming North Dakota’s superiority in the business realm is gone. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/job-growth-past-decade-far-stronger-north-dakota-side-red#sthash.ZTLVZBls.dpuf...

Patients who monitor their blood pressure at home and discuss the results with a pharmacist can make dramatic progress against the disease, according to a Minnesota study that could chart a new course in treating the nation’s most common and costly chronic ailment....

WASHINGTON — In a major concession to business groups, the Obama administration Tuesday unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until after the 2014 elections, in a central requirement of the new health care law that many companies provide coverage for their workers or face fines....

MINNEAPOLIS – As Independence Day draws near, doctors and staff from BluePearl Veterinary Partners recommend keeping pet safety in mind during planned Fourth of July festivities. With all of the celebration, sweet savory barbequed dishes, open flames and fireworks, paying attention to detail is an important practice to prevent your pet from injury. Prevention is always the...

Prescription painkiller addiction has long been seen as mainly a man’s problem, but a new analysis of federal data released Tuesday shows that in recent years the death rate has risen far faster among women....

OKLAHOMA CITY - The biological father of baby Veronica is speaking out after a historic ruling at the U.S. Supreme Court. An Oklahoma child and Native American rights were at the center of the issue....

Two Manitoba First Nations are serving eviction notices to mining companies they say are operating illegally on their land. Read more: http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-first-nations-serve-eviction-notices-to-mining-companies-1.1348803#ixzz2XzFLNSPC...

FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (AP) — The Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota has a new leader, but the tribe's ousted chairman says he will fight to get his job back....

A Seneca Nation business owner won't have to comply with tax provisions of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in his favor on Friday....

Speaking about everything from Tonto to the Washington Red Skins, a panel of experts in Native American media spoke Monday night about the perpetuation of racist stereotypes in American society and their impact on the nation's five million Native Americans....

Statisticians who parsed data from first National Household Survey were surprised to find many Canadians who had reported no aboriginal identity in the census of 2006 were standing up five years later to declare themselves to be First Nations or Inuit or Métis....