Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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A founding member of Six Nations cigarette manufacturer Grand River Enterprises is alleged to be the financial mastermind behind a massive marijuana grow operation that was recently busted on native land in the remote northeastern corner of California. U.S. federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have seized at least 12,000 marijuana plants and about 50 kilograms of processed marijuana from two parcels of native land near the small town of Alturas, Calif., not far from the Oregon border....
ALTURAS, Calif. - A week after a major raid of two marijuana grows owned by two separate tribes in Modoc County, tribal leaders expressed their disappointment with federal investigators. The operations are owned by the Alturas Indian Rancheria and the Pit River Tribe. The leaders of the Alturas Indian Rancheria released a statement Wednesday to give their side of the story. In the statement, tribal leaders said they had tried several times to reach out to the U.S. Attorney's Office as they created their Medical Marijuana Program. However, they...
This past Presidents Day, a website called Native News Online compiled a list of statements that American presidents have made about American Indians. “The reader,” blogger Levi Rickert wrote, “will get a sense of how the hostility towards American Indians has lessened during the past two hundred plus years,” from George Washington: https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-16/obama-highlights-racial-injustice-faced-by-american-indians...
Following the adoption of the Affordable Care Act, Wyoming’s Northern Arapahoe tribal members signed up in high numbers for fully subsidized health insurance, many of whom had never received any before. Now, a federal judge in Casper says it’s not the responsibility of the federal government to pay for tribal health care. It’s the responsibly of the tribe. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl ruled against the tribe in its lawsuit with the IRS, arguing that under the ACA the Northern Arapaho tribe qualifies as a large employer. http:...
RAPID CITY –– The trial of Trace O’Connell is set to begin at 1 p.m. on July 22 at the Performing Arts Center of Rapid City. This is the man charged with Disorderly Conduct for a city ordinance violation for an alleged Jan. 24 occurrence at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center involving Budlight, racial taunting, and children splashed below with beer. During the Motions Hearing on Monday, July 6, nine family members and friends of Trace O’Connell exchanged subtle glances with the two American Horse School (AHS) parents present as they sat in Cour...
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Thune is calling for a federal study of the chronically high suicide rate among young Native Americans. Suicide by Native American adolescents and young adults 15- to -34 years old has long been a problem, with a rate 4 times higher than the national average. Since December, 11 people on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation age 12 to 24 have killed themselves. http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2015/07/16/thune-legislation-targets-suicide-native-american-youth/30256783/...
People living in Nunavut don't need to be reminded they pay more for groceries than other Canadians, but the Nunavut Bureau of Statistics has released some new statistics showing exactly how much more they pay. The territorial statistics collector sampled food and non-food item prices in all 25 Nunavut communities in March 2015. It then compared them with what Statistics Canada says is the Canadian average for those same items. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/food-in-nunavut-costs-twice-as-much-as-canadian-average-1.3152...
SACRAMENTO (CN) - A federal judge dismissed the Bishop Paiute Tribe's claims that Inyo County officials illegally arrested and prosecuting a tribal police officer for "impersonating" a police officer by trying to enforce a restraining order against a non-Indian on the reservation. U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell Jr. ruled that the tribe did not show that a justiciable case or controversy triggered the California federal court's jurisdiction. http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/07/16/judge-tosses-tribes-case-against-sherif...
Pennington County is in the running for a grant, one that could potentially bring in $2 million. In order to receive the MacArthur Foundation Grant, they are being challenged to come up with a plan with one goal in mind - reducing jail populations while safeguarding the community. Leaders joined for a second information session in the hopes of receiving ideas and feedback. Tuesday's meeting was one of many round table discussions in an effort to take steps towards building community outreach. Mark Vargo, Pennington County State Attorney, says...
WASHINGTON — President Obama set a goal of bringing high-speed Internet to most schools by 2017. Now he’s promoting a new program to help close the digital divide even further by bringing that faster Internet to more people, particularly students who live in public and assisted housing. Obama on Wednesday announced a pilot program under which the public, private and nonprofit sectors will work together to provide high-speed Internet and digital devices to more families at a lower cost, the White House said. http://www.sfgate...
Canada’s largest First Nations newspaper is apologizing to British Columbia MP Joyce Murray for running an ad in her name that included an “inappropriate” salute to the “sobriety” of aboriginal students. At the same time, Ms. Murray, the Liberal Party’s defence critic, is taking responsibility for the text, even though she said she was unaware of it. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/first-nations-newspaper-apologizes-to-bc-mp-for-inappropriate-ad/article25525353/...
On a walk along the Columbia River on Wednesday afternoon, Frank Carr spotted what he thought was a log in the river. But as he, his fiancee and her cousin got closer, they could see fins and whiskers gently waving in the water. It was a dead 7-foot sturgeon, being pushed back and forth in shallow water as the river lapped along the shore. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/dozens-of-sturgeon-found-dead-in-columbia-river/...
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — The second of two suspects in an armed robbery of an Aberdeen casino has pleaded not guilty. The American News reports (http://bit.ly/1Kaj3kq ) that Michael Washington on Wednesday requested a jury trial. A trial date was not immediately scheduled. http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Second-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-in-Aberdeen-6388447.php...
A study at the University of Saskatchewan suggests more care must be taken to protect family and culture when wild fire threatens northern communities. The study, by Julia Scharbach and James Waldram in the department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the U of S, takes a look at the experiences of the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation who were evacuated due to wildfire back in 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/university-of-saskatchewan-study-tracks-risk-to-family-ties-due-to-wildfires-1.3154459...
