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  • Looking Back to 2011 - Red Lake Fair & Pow Wow - Saturday Parade - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jul 20, 2020

    Looking Back to 2011 - Red Lake Fair & Pow Wow - Saturday Parade...

  • Looking Back to 2011 - Red Lake Fair & Pow Wow - Saturday Afternoon Session - P10

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jul 20, 2020

    Looking Back to 2011 - Red Lake Fair & Pow Wow - Saturday Afternoon Session...

  • Looking Back to 2013 - Red Lake High School Baseball Vs. Nevis - P14

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Jul 20, 2020

    Looking Back to 2013 - Red Lake High School Baseball Vs. Nevis...

  • Peterson Statement on the Passing of Congressman John Lewis

    Jul 20, 2020

    DETROIT LAKES, MINN. - Congressman Collin Peterson issued the following statement on the passing of civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis: “John Lewis was not only a civil rights legend for the country, and an icon in Congress, he was my friend. It has been an honor to know and serve with him. I will miss John greatly and I join the country in mourning this loss....

  • LEGAL ADVOCATE - EQUAY WIIGAMIG (WOMEN SHELTER)

    Jul 20, 2020

    JOB ANNOUNCEMENT LEGAL ADVOCATE EQUAY WIIGAMIG (WOMEN SHELTER) Open: July 17, 2020 Closing: July 31, 2020 @12:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Legal Advocate provides direct services to victims of domestic violence, including providing support, information, advocacy, and court accompaniment to victims of domestic violence including assistance with restraining orders, civil, criminal, and other court matters, and legal referrals. Reports to Tribal Courts Administrator, full-time position with...

  • Assistant Secretary Sweeney Announces Approval of The Osage Nation's Land-into-Trust Applications for Bartlesville and Pawhuska Casinos

    Jul 20, 2020

    WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney announced today that she has approved two long-standing land-into-trust applications from The Osage Nation in Oklahoma for its casino projects in the cities of Bartlesville and Pawhuska. The applications were first submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in 2014 and 2016, respectively. The Nation lost more than 90 percent of its land base in 1907 when Oklahoma became a state and incorporated the Osage reservation as Osage County. The Nation relies on its own economic act...

  • PROGRAM MANAGER E- QUAY WIIGAMIG (WOMEN SHELTER)

    Jul 20, 2020

    JOB ANNOUNCEMENT PROGRAM MANAGER EQUAY WIIGAMIG (WOMEN SHELTER) Open: July 17, 2020 Closing: July 31, 2020 @12:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION: Coordinating office services such as personnel, records & budget control and other special management duties, Reports to Director, full-time position with benefits, salary; DOQ. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: • Maintain/update personnel files of all program employee's. • Provide cuff-accounting for all state and federal grants. • Process vendor payme...

  • TEACHER AIDE(S) - RED LAKE NATION HEAD START PROGRAM

    Jul 20, 2020

    JOB ANNOUNCEMENT TEACHER AIDE(S) RED LAKE NATION HEAD START PROGRAM Open: July 17, 2020 Closing: July 31, 2020 @12:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION: Assists the teachers with a group of no more than 20 preschool children in a supportive role while carrying out developmentally appropriate activities; promotes the health, nutrition, and education of the children; and attend to their safety and welfare. Reports to Director, full-time position, salary; $10.00 hrly working on CDA-$12.00 hourly with...

  • Federal Officers Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab People In Portland, DHS Confirms

    Jul 20, 2020

    In the early hours of Wednesday, after a night spent protesting at the Multnomah County Justice Center and Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse, Mark Pettibone and his friend Conner O'Shea decided to head home. It had been a calm night compared with most protesting downtown. By 2 a.m. law enforcement hadn't used any tear gas and, with only a few exceptions, both the Portland, Ore., Police Bureau and federal law enforcement officers had stayed out of sight. A block west of Chapman Square,...

  • CASE MANAGER - RED LAKE HOMELESS SHELTER

    Jul 20, 2020

    JOB ANNOUNCEMENT CASE MANAGER RED LAKE HOMELESS SHELTER Open: July 20, 2020 Closing: July 31, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Case Manager will work from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday occasional evening /weekends hours, reports Executive Director, full-time position with benefits, salary: $ 15.00 hourly. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: • Provide the following essential components of Housing Support case management to shelter residents and other program participants, both a...

  • Grants Compliance Assistant - RED LAKE NATION HEAD START

    Jul 20, 2020

    JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Grants Compliance Assistant RED LAKE NATION HEAD START Open: July 17, 2020 Closing: July 31, 2020 @ 12:00 p.m. Primary Function: The Grants Compliance Assistant will work with the Red Lake Head Start Director to support successful grant administration by means of facilitating procedural compliance on awarded grants. The Grant Compliance Assistant assists the Red Lake Nation Head Start Director to understand the compliance obligations of the grant awards and their binding...

  • Trump says he won't issue national mask mandate

    Jul 20, 2020

    President Trump says he will not issue a national mandate requiring Americans to wear masks in order to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Trump also seemed to express skepticism about the efficacy of masks, noting that public health officials initially said that facial coverings were not necessary for healthy individuals, before later adding that he is a “believer in masks.” “I don’t agree with the statement that if everyone wore a mask, everything disappears,” Trump said, referring to Wallace’s mention of the director of the Centers...

  • National Museum of the American People Joins in Mourning the Loss of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

    Jul 20, 2020

    icon Rep. John Lewis,” said Sam Eskenazi, Director of the coalition backing the museum. “Mr. Lewis was a cosponsor of a bipartisan resolution in the 113th Congress (H. Con. Res. 27) supporting the museum. He was the conscience of the House and devoted his life to making America a better place.” Another Civil Rights icon, Dorothy Height, the long-time leader of the National Council of Negro Women, also backed the National Museum of the American People. The NMAP will tell the story about the making of the American People from first peoples here...

  • Cherokee Nation announces $7M for career training, employment opportunities for tribal citizens during COVID

    Jul 20, 2020

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announced today the Cherokee Nation is dedicating more than $7 million in funding to increase career training and employment opportunities for Cherokees seeking relief through COVID-19. The funding is part of the Cherokee Nation's Respond, Recover and Rebuild spending relief plan. "We're committing more than $7 million to our Career Services Department to keep our existing programs at full strength and expand and create new programs to help...

  • Tribe receives funding for new homes, COVID-19 recovery efforts

    Jul 20, 2020

    MANISTEE COUNTY — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $25 million to tribes across the nation as part of the department's Indian Community Development Block Grant Imminent Threat program, which provides funding to help address problems that pose an imminent threat to public health or safety of tribal residents. The funding will specifically be used to help tribes prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19. This is in addition to the first $15 million announced July 2 of $100 million that will be going to tribes. F...

  • "A More Liberal Supreme Court? Not When It Comes to Voting Rights"

    Jul 20, 2020

    For the fourth time since April, the Supreme Court this week made it harder for Americans to vote. The ruling, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent, was part of “a trend of condoning disfranchisement.” The court’s rulings — in cases from Alabama, Florida, Texas and Wisconsin — provide a contrast to an image of the court that emerged at the end of the term that ended last week, one in which liberals achieved some significant victories. The recent run of election cases tell a different story. “One might have thought that the crisis in v...

  • Inside Trump's failure: The rush to abandon leadership role on the virus and ignoring warning signs

    Jul 20, 2020

    WASHINGTON: Each morning at 8 as the coronavirus crisis was raging in April, Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, convened a small group of aides to steer the administration through what had become a public health, economic and political disaster. They saw their immediate role as practical problem-solvers. Produce more ventilators. Find more personal protective equipment. Provide more testing. But their ultimate goal was to shift responsibility for leading the fight ag .. Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatim...

  • Meetings roundup: Navajo Nation Council to attempt override on primary election

    Jul 20, 2020

    FARMINGTON — The Navajo Nation Council will attempt to override a veto from tribal President Jonathan Nez on the primary election for chapter governments. Nez vetoed the council resolution to cancel the Aug. 4 primary election and conduct the general election on Nov. 3 by plurality vote, a move recommended by the Navajo Board of Election Supervisors to reduce the potential for exposure to COVID-19. The override is among the items listed on the proposed agenda for the council's summer session this week. https://www.daily-time...

  • 10th Circuit dismisses negligence claim against tribal officers in southern Colorado shooting

    Jul 20, 2020

    The actions of tribal police in shooting a man who mistook officers for brawling house guests did not meet the criteria for negligence under federal law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled on Friday. In December 2012, Anthony Martinez was hosting a party at his father's house in southwest Colorado when a fight erupted between guests. Martinez forced the combatants outside, where the fight ended. After leaving for a time, two of the guests returned around 1 a.m. with additional...

  • Native schools in Minneapolis prepare to open during pandemic, bemoan online learning hassle

    Jul 20, 2020

    Although American Indian schools in Minneapolis are awaiting a state mandate on reopening this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic, a consensus is that distance learning will continue in some form – at least initially. Minn. Gov. Tim Walz is expected to announce measures in late July that will have schools either reopening fully, continuing with distance learning or a hybrid of the two. But the Bdote Learning Center has already decided to begin its new quarter July 29 with distance learning ...

  • DOI Signs Agreement with USDA to Increase Investment in Infrastructure on Federal and Tribal Lands

    Jul 20, 2020

    WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 – Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) forged a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) by signing the National Programmatic Agreement among the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Programs, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for Sequencing Section 106 (USDA-RD NPA). “Under the leadership of President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Perdue, USDA is committed to being a strong partner to rural com...