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15th Annual Red Lake Nation Youth Foundation Golf Tournament
15th Annual Red Lake Nation Youth Foundation Golf Tournament held on Friday, July 26 - Sunday, July 28, 2013....
15th Annual Red Lake Nation Youth Foundation Golf Tournament - P2
15th Annual Red Lake Nation Youth Foundation Golf Tournament held on Friday, July 26 - Sunday, July 28, 2013....
15th Annual Red Lake Nation Youth Foundation Golf Tournament - P3
15th Annual Red Lake Nation Youth Foundation Golf Tournament held on Friday, July 26 - Sunday, July 28, 2013....
Four-Day Run in Celebration of Sobriety and Health
The annual four day run for sobriety and health will begin at Red Lake Chemical Health Programs at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, and finish at the Mash-ka-wisen pow-wow grounds at Fon du Lac on Saturday, August 3. The runners will be coming down Highway #89 starting about 10:30 AM, coming across Highway 2, through the City of...
Culture/Language Camp Coming for Youth of Red Lake Nation
On August 13–15, 2013 Red Lake Nation will host their first Ojibwe Language and Culture Camp for youth, with many more to come for all ages. The camp will be at the Round House in Ponemah, near the Point, home to nearly 2/3 of the remaining fluent Ojibwemowin speakers in the United States. At 9:00 AM Wednesday, August 13,...
Groundbreaking for Little Rock Community Center Held
The Little Rock Community on the Red Lake Indian Reservation recently held a groundbreaking for a much needed new Community Center. The much anticipated event was held on Monday, July 15, 2013 All four districts on the Red Lake Reservation will be getting new Community Centers. Ponemah's Multi-use Community Center, was the...
Ground Breaking Ceremony held for New Red Lake Government Center and Red Lake Nation College - P6
RED LAKE, Minn ., July 25 – Red Lake Tribal Nation Chairman Jourdain Jr. and other Tribal Nation leaders welcomed USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer today to break ground with local, state, and national officials on a project that will result in new facilities for a Government Center and Red Lake Nation...
Ground Breaking Ceremony held for New Red Lake Government Center and Red Lake Nation College - P5
RED LAKE, Minn ., July 25 – Red Lake Tribal Nation Chairman Jourdain Jr. and other Tribal Nation leaders welcomed USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer today to break ground with local, state, and national officials on a project that will result in new facilities for a Government Center and Red Lake Nation...
Ground Breaking Ceremony held for New Red Lake Government Center and Red Lake Nation College - P8
RED LAKE, Minn ., July 25 – Red Lake Tribal Nation Chairman Jourdain Jr. and other Tribal Nation leaders welcomed USDA Rural Development State Director Colleen Landkamer today to break ground with local, state, and national officials on a project that will result in new facilities for a Government Center and Red Lake Nation...
St. Mary's Parish Festival of Sunday, July 28, 2013
St. Mary's Parish Festival of Sunday, July 28, 2013 that featured a 10:45 AM Mass followed by a feast of Red Lake Walleye and favorite local dishes....
Red Lake women charged with kidnapping
MINNEAPOLIS -- An indictment filed Tuesday charges two Red Lake women with kidnapping for a June 13 incident. Melanie Rose Benais, 27 and Ronalda Myra Smith, 33, were both charged with one count of kidnapping, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In its description of the crime, the release stated “the defendants kidnapped another person while on...
Red Lake man pleads guilty to assault with vehicle
DULUTH — A Red Lake man pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Duluth to running a vehicle off the road at the Red Lake Indian Reservation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Minnesota. Tony Lee Lussier, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. He was charged May 21. In his plea agreement, Lussier admitted that, while driving a...
$21 million Red Lake Nation project includes government center, tribal college
RED LAKE, Minn. — The Red Lake Nation has broken ground on a $21 million project that includes a government center and tribal college in northern Minnesota. The tribe will build two new buildings on the top of a bluff overlooking Red Lake. The college will have an Ojibwe Language Center, a 5,330 square-foot library, student cafe, fitness center and sweat lodge. It will also...
Red Lake Nation begins building new college, government center on reservation
The Red Lake Nation has secured more than $21 million in low-interest loans to start building a new tribal college and government center. The separate structures, designed to resemble a soaring eagle, will include 42,000 square feet for the college. About 90 percent of the 130 students who currently attend classes in an old...
2013 Independence Day Celebration - P14
2013 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
2013 independence day celebration - p15
2013 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
2013 Independence Day Celebration - P16
2013 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
Bringing the community together: Cass Lake Rib Fest ends weekend with high attendance
CASS LAKE — The laughter of children and the buzz of adult conversation lined downtown Cass Lake Saturday morning, as the 13th annual Rib Fest began its last day of events, which began with its annual parade. "Rib Fest has been family time," Sheena Cabritit said as she and her three-year-old son sat on the street curb,...
DNR objects to band's plan to hunt moose this fall
ST. PAUL — The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will offer an off-reservation moose hunt to its members this fall, taking up to 25 bull moose, band leaders say. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/dnr-objects-bands-plan-hunt-moose-fall#sthash.8WC2nJ8o.dpuf...
Teen shot at Spirit Lake; five people in custody
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. — A 16-year-old boy was shot Thursday at the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, according to the FBI. Kyle Loven, a spokesman for the agency in Minneapolis, said the teen was airlifted Thursday to Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/teen-shot-spirit-lake-five-people-custody#sthash.j8Kbdl2K.dpuf...
Woman's death in Deer River ruled a homicide
DEER RIVER — Itasca County authorities say the death of a woman found in her Deer River home Wednesday has been ruled a homicide. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/womans-death-deer-river-ruled-homicide#sthash.cucVJEvg.dpuf...
7th Annual AIRC Scholarship Golf Tournament - Friday, August 2nd. 2013
7th Annual AIRC Scholarship Golf Tournament - Friday, August 2nd, 2013 Castle Highlands Golf Course - Turtle River, Mirnesota (10 miles north of Bemidji on Highway 71)...
Perpich Arts High School recruits for innovative artscience program
Perpich Arts High School, a two-year arts-based program open to all Minnesota juniors and seniors, is offering admission opportunities for this fall in its newest program, artscience. Using a different scientific theme each year as a jumping-off point, artscience students explore the world and how to make it better, using...
First IHS facility designated as a Level III Trauma Center
Gallup Indian Medical Center (GIMC) in Gallup, New Mexico, is the first Indian Health Service (IHS) facility to be designated as a Level III Trauma Center. The designation means GIMC has the staff, training, equipment, supplies, and policies to provide trauma care to injured patients and improve outcomes for survival. The...
TRIBAL JUSTICE NEWS - July 26, 2013
Public Safety Initiatives and Special Announcements Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission and Civil Rights Division Indian Working Group Create Communication Bridge (Washington, D.C.) On July 15, 2013 a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was established between the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Indian Working Group (IW...
