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St. Mary's Mission Summer Adventures Updated Schedule Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays July 8th and 9th (No summer school on July 7th) July 14th, 15th and 16th July 21st, 22nd and 23rd July 28th, 29th and 30th August 4th, 5th and 6th We no longer provide a bus after school. You will need to provide a ride for your child....
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Census Bureau announced Wednesday plans to conduct eight tribal consultation meetings and one national webinar with 566 federally recognized tribes across the country from October 2015 through April 2016. “As we move toward the 2020 Census, we are eager to continue to receive feedback from the American Indian and Alaska Native community,” Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson said today at the National Congress of American Indians General Assembly. “Through this collaboration we can make progress in a way that meets t...
From the time she was young, Edna Bernard’s life had challenges. According to one family member, Edna spent time in foster care as child. As a teenager, she was exposed to the sex trade and later, drugs. Despite these obstacles, Edna, who was from Whitefish Lake First Nation, a Cree community in Alberta, loved her children deeply. “She'd do anything for them," said Irene Bernard, Edna’s aunt. Edna was mother to six boys. “She always telling me to take care of her boys,” said Bernard, who remembers Edna being afraid of something or someone....
Incumbent Chief Phyliss J. Anderson is the apparent winner in the Choctaw Tribal Chief Runoff Election polling 1,907 votes, or 52 percent, to former Tribal Chief Beasley's 1746 votes, or 48 percent. In the race for Tribal Council in the Tucker community, Wilma Simpson-McMillan won with 223 votes to Linda McMillan's 182 votes. The two tied in the first election with 80 votes each, forcing a runoff. http://neshobademocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=297&ArticleID=36128...
Washington State and Snohomish County officials contend they have the authority to tax business transactions conducted by non-Indians on Indian land, including the Tulalip Tribes municipality of Quil Ceda Village. The Tulalip Tribes contend that county and state taxes preclude Tulalip from imposing its own taxes to support public services at Quil Ceda Village, because an additional tax would drive businesses and consumers away. As a result, the Tulalip Tribes is subsidizing public services out of other revenues. Read more at...
I was wondering whether a long simmering controversy would reignite in the wake of the focus on the Confederate flag. Today. What’s the deal with this flag, Minnesota? http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2015/07/is-it-time-to-ditch-the-minnesota-flag/...
Claiming you had cancer is so early 2015. Claiming you’re black? That’s a June thing. Welcome to the now, people, where saying you’re Cherokee is where it’s at. In what has to be a news cycle first, on Tuesday two separate stories emerged of prominent Native Americans whose ancestry has come into question. First, ArtNet reported that federal prosecutors are charging Kansas City artist and musician Terry Lee Whetstone of selling “authentic Native American” paintings, sculptures and jewelry under the guise of “Native American Musician, Art...
ATLANTA—The WNBA announced on Thursday, July 2, 2015, Shoni Schimmel (Umatilla) ranks second among guards in early returns of WNBA All-Star Balloting by Boost Mobile. Schimmel is playing in her second season with the Atlanta Dream. She has 4,419 votes to rank second among guards and if the voting were over now, Schimmel would be named a starter for Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star 2015. The WNBA will announce the All-Star starters during an ESPN telecast of “SportsCenter” on Tuesday, July 14. Reserves will be announced on Tuesday, July 21, durin...
PIKANGIKUM FIRST NATION, Ont. – Three police vehicles and the remote reserve's police building were damaged during a violent protest following an officer's altercation with a community member. About 200 members of Pikangikum First Nation demonstrated outside the community’s police headquarters on Saturday. OPP Sgt. Peter Leon confirmed the incident began when a Pikangikum Police officer used a stun gun on an individual who was interfering with an investigation. http://www.tbnewswatch.com/News/372767/200_people_riot_in_Pikang...
The suspicious death of a 29-year-old woman in May has now been ruled a homicide. The body of Nellie Angutiguluk, an Inuit woman originally from Nunavik, was found inside an apartment in Côte-des-Neiges on May 18. "Investigators are reaching out to the public in order to connect with anyone who has information about the victim, Miss Angutiguluk," said Montreal Police Const. Abdullah Emran. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/nellie-angutiguluk-s-death-ruled-a-homicide-1.3135455...
