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BOCA RATON, Fla. —More than 400 educators from across Palm Beach County are being trained at Omni Middle School, in Boca Raton. They're learning how to use a new program to help elementary students improve their reading and writing. Palm Beach County School Superintendent Robert Avossa said I-Ready is a dynamic, interactive tool being implemented in all Palm Beach County elementary schools. http://www.wpbf.com/news/technology-helping-educators-teach-their-students/40763724...
For more than 25 years, Joan Indart-Etienne has helped young students living on the margins of the academic world. The diverse group includes overage students, teen parents and young people receiving treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues, all fighting to complete their education. “I always thought they were overlooked,” Indart-Etienne, principal of the city’s ReStart Academy, said at her Hell’s Kitchen office. “People didn't pay attention to these students. I always felt like it was my moral obligation to help them.” ht...
CLEVELAND — Undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stubbornly refused to endorse Donald Trump Wednesday night as he addressed the GOP convention, igniting thunderous boos from furious delegates as he encouraged Americans to simply "vote your conscience" in November. In a surreal moment, Trump unexpectedly walked into the arena just as Cruz was wrapping up his remarks. Delegates chanted Trump's name and implored Cruz to voice his support for the businessman, to no avail. "Vote for candidates up and down the ticket who y...
Minneapolis police have arrested a second man in connection with the shooting death of a 2-year-old boy on the North Side July 8. The 31-year-old Circle Pines man, who is expected to face murder charges, was booked into the Hennepin County jail Wednesday night. The Star Tribune generally does not name suspects who have not been charged. The toddler, Le'Vonte King Jason Jones, was shot in the chest as he sat in his father's van during a drive-by shooting on July 8. His 25-year-old father, Melvonte L. Peterson, of Brooklyn Center, was jailed...
Sometimes the only option is to put your face in the freezer. Scorching temperatures and high humidity on Wednesday made it feel like it was well over 100 degrees in the Twin Cities and much of Minnesota. On Thursday, it will be worse, with higher temperatures and dew points, prompting an excessive heat warning to remain in effect through Friday. In addition, an air pollution health advisory has been issued for much of the Twin Cities area from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday. http://www.startribune.com/clouds-now-but-dangerous-h...
BEIRUT — A U.S.-supported Syrian rebel group said Wednesday it will open an investigation into the beheading of a Syrian boy on spy accusations, calling it an "individual mistake" that does not represent the overall policies of the group. The Nour el-Din al-Zinki group, a relatively moderate group that fights the Syrian government and the Islamic State group, condemned the beheading which was captured on video and triggered an instant backlash against the group. It is not clear who the boy was or why he was beheaded on camera. He was i...
OKLAHOMA CITY – The state may take a dispute over tribal sales tax collections to federal appeals court. An arbiter ruled in April that the state cannot force the Citizen Potawatomi Nation to collect sales tax from nonmembers at its retail businesses, and a court affirmed the decision in June. That seemed to end a months-long battle over tribal sovereignty and Oklahoma’s right to regulate tribes’ retail operations, including alcohol sales. In a meeting of the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission last week, Assistant Attorney Gener...
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. —A 27-year-old Cherokee woman accused of taking her three children to Mexico to avoid dealing with the fathers of a children has been indicted by a grand jury. Shira Elizabeth Raman was indicted Tuesday on three counts of international parental kidnapping. Cherokee One Feather reported that court documents filed in June say Mattocks had child custody disputes with Jonathan Reed Mattocks, the father of her 1-year-old daughter, Evelyn, and Donald James Owle, the father of her son 10-year-old son, James, and her 7-year-old s...
Lobbyists have so far raised $7 million for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, while Donald Trump’s campaign reports he has collected $0 from K Street fundraisers. These numbers, derived from Federal Election Commission reports filed Friday, highlight the different approaches being taken by the two candidates. Relying on lobbyists to raise, or bundle, contributions is a strategy employed by presidential candidates in both parties for several elections. But Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, has been reluctant to rely on tra...
The day before the Republican National Convention kicked off in Cleveland, Bee Schrull with Cleveland’s American Indian Movement joined a mishmash of progressive groups gathered to protest “hate” and “fascism.” Schrull gave a speech before the group marched toward downtown Cleveland, but it was a Black Lives Matter speaker who kicked off the march. “Indigenous lives, along with Latino lives, have also been lost to the police ... but we don’t hear about it,” the speaker said. “But we have to also remember that Black Lives Matter is in the...
(Deming, WA) – On Thursday night (July 14th), the Nooksack General Council convened an emergency meeting that resulted in the election of four interim Tribal Councilpersons and the unanimous passage of a Resolution that invoked the body’s inherent, reserved authority given the breakdown in Nooksack constitutional government. Because the holdover Tribal Council refused to convene an election for four Tribal Council seats that was constitutionally required by March 19, 2016, and overthrew the Court before the election was about to be jud...
The Wild Horse Stampede is a big deal in Wolf Point, Montana. The oldest rodeo in the state, the annual Stampede draws thousands of equestrian enthusiasts to the town of 3,000. But while visitors rushed into Wolf Point for the 2013 Wild Horse Stampede, some residents were allegedly pushed out. To clear the streets for 2013’s wave of horse-happy tourists, Wolf Point law enforcement led a raid on local Native Americans, illegally detaining them without charges or toilets in a makeshift outdoor jail, members of two area tribes allege in a new l...
MANDAREE, N.D. — A fundraising campaign launched by an oilfield company will enable a Head Start program on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation to build a new facility and serve more students. Crestwood Equity Partners, which operates a pipeline system on the reservation, has pledged to donate $1 million toward a new Mandaree Head Start facility. The company, which has 250 employees in North Dakota, also plans to lead a capital campaign to raise the remaining funds needed for the facility. "We are committed to investing in the communities w...
The national inquiry into Canada’s missing and murdered indigenous women will not have the authority to make findings of police misconduct or compel law-enforcement agencies to reopen cold cases, according to a draft of the terms of reference. The nine-page document, which the federal government circulated to the provinces and territories for review, says five people will be appointed to the commission, with one individual named chief commissioner. Sources have told The Globe that the following individuals are on the draft list: B.C. p...
The upcoming national inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered Indigenous women will focus on violence prevention, according to a draft document obtained by CBC News. A draft of the terms of reference says commissioners will be given the broad mandate to identify systemic causes of violence and recommend "concrete action" to help end violence against Indigenous women and girls. Five commissioners, including a chief commissioner, will be named, but the document does not identify them. The draft also does not include specifics about timing or...
A Navajo man has admitted shooting and killing a fellow tribe member last year on the Navajo Nation reservation in southeastern Utah, following an argument that was preceded by drinking. Raymus Sheldon Whitehorse, 26, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to one count of "manslaughter within Indian Country" for the August death of Anthony Judy. http://www.sltrib.com/home/4137330-155/navajo-man-admits-killing-fellow-tribe...
Pine Ridge, SD (KELO AM) - Authorities on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are trying to unravel an early morning shooting that killed a 12 year old girl as she was walking on Wednesday. The incident happened as the girl and her friends were walking down a street in Pine Ridge. It's unclear what the motive behind the shooting was or if it was an accident. The Bureau of Indian Affairs says a man fled the scene but he was later apprehended. The BIA says there's no reason to believe that the public is in danger. Names of those involved have not...
Oglala Sioux Tribe spokesman Kevin Steele says the girl was walking on a sidewalk with a friend in the reservation's community of Pine Ridge when she was shot. He says it is unclear why the girl was shot. Steele says the shooting happened in the community's main street, where homes and businesses are located. Tribal police and federal authorities are investigating. An FBI spokesman says the agency is aware of a shooting in the community but would not provide any details. http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Girl-fatally-...
The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne has been informed that a newly formed group named the “Mikinak Tribe,” is fighting for the recognition of their members as Status Indians. This self-identified group, which is based out of Beauharnois, Quebec, seems to have ulterior motives that are money driven, and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne does not recognize or support this group as a First Nation Community. During a radio interview on July 8, 2016 with the K103 Partyline Talkshow, Guillaume Carle, who identifies himself as the National Grand Chief and...
Newly elected Colville Business Council members were sworn into office Wednesday during the annual ceremony at the Colville Tribes’ center of government near Nespelem, the CBC announced. Council Members Sheilah Cleveland, Larry Allen, Georgia Simpson and William Womer were officially sworn in. Reelected council members are: Michael Marchand, Edwin Marchand and Joseph Somday, who will be working along with seated members: Ricky Gabriel, Jack Ferguson, Susie Allen, Bessie Simpson, Mel Tonasket, Andy Joseph Jr ., and Richard Tonasket. The c...
The Lake County Commissioners are considering backing out of a decades-old agreement that has allowed the state to prosecute Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes members’ felony crimes through Lake County District Court. Lake County Commissioner Gale Decker said in an interview that the commissioners will likely put forth a resolution later this summer that will propose removing the county from an agreement that allows state prosecutors to handle felony cases for tribal members. The County Commissioner’s weekly schedule was posted Mon...
Native American girls face the highest rates of incarceration of any ethnic group. They are five times as likely as white girls to be sentenced to do time in a juvenile detention facility. Incarceration rates for Native American women are also disproportionately high. For you this is probably just a startling statistic; for me it hits very close to home. My daughter is currently in her twelfth year of a 20-year sentence for drug possession. It’s an all-too-common story on the reservation: Our young people making serious mistakes with drugs a...
The first monthly Canada child benefit cheques, worth up to $533 per child, went out to more than 3 million homes Wednesday. But because 18-year-old Chantal Perrault has never filed a tax return, her 5-month-old baby Harlow is missing out. “Wow, that is a lot of money. It would buy a lot of baby formula,” she said in a phone interview from Red Gut First Nation reserve near Fort Frances, Ont., where she lives in band housing with Harlow’s father, grandparents and two cousins. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/07/20/ind...
SEATTLE — An Olympic Peninsula Native American tribe has joined a lawsuit challenging the federal government's approval of an Atlantic salmon genetically modified to grow faster. The Quinault Indian Nation on Friday joined the lawsuit that 11 other fishing and environmental groups filed against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and others in late March. The lawsuit alleges the FDA didn't fully analyze potential environmental effects before approving the faster-growing salmon for human consumption in November. http://www....
The first commercial fishing opening for fall chum started Wednesday for Marshall and Russian Mission, but still no solution has been found for the villages’ broken ice machine, forcing fishermen to either stop fishing or travel 60 miles and back to the village of St. Mary’s to get ice. Marshall’s Maserculiq Native Corp. owns the machine but has made no effort to fix it since the compressor quit working two weeks ago. Replacing the part would cost $15,000. Ten fishermen testified at the Maserculiq monthly board meeting Tuesday, asking the c...
