Articles from the August 15, 2013 edition
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Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow held in Little Rock
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013, the Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow was held at the Little Rock Ball Field. There they celebrated the Ojibwe language, listened to Ojibwe speakers and honor songs, enjoyed a walleye feast, capped by a community giveaway and games and prizes for the kids. All Ojibwe speakers and...
Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow held in Little Rock - P2
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013, the Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow was held at the Little Rock Ball Field. There they celebrated the Ojibwe language, listened to Ojibwe speakers and honor songs, enjoyed a walleye feast, capped by a community giveaway and games and prizes for the kids. All Ojibwe speakers and...
Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow held in Little Rock - P3
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013, the Ojibwemowin Revitalization Celebration Pow-wow was held at the Little Rock Ball Field. There they celebrated the Ojibwe language, listened to Ojibwe speakers and honor songs, enjoyed a walleye feast, capped by a community giveaway and games and prizes for the kids. All Ojibwe speakers and...
Ojibwe Language and Culture Camp held in Ponemah
A three-day Ojibwe Language and Culture Camp began on Tuesday, August 13, 2013, and will conclude on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at the Ponemah Round House. Open to kids ages 10-14, the camp began at 9 AM and ran until 6 PM each day. The camp featured, canoeing, Ojibwe Bingo, scavenger hunts, plant identification, tobacco pouch...
Congresswoman Betty McCollum vists Red Lake Nation - P7
On Sunday, August 11, 2013, Congresswoman Betty McCollum visited the Red Lake Nation and was hosted to a dinner at the Seven Clans Event Center by the Red Lake Tribal Council and the Political Education Committee. Representative McCollum, Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representative Native American Caucus and member of the House...
Congresswoman Betty McCollum vists Red Lake Nation - P8
On Sunday, August 11, 2013, Congresswoman Betty McCollum visited the Red Lake Nation and was hosted to a dinner at the Seven Clans Event Center by the Red Lake Tribal Council and the Political Education Committee. Representative McCollum, Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representative Native American Caucus and member of the House...
Congresswoman Betty McCollum vists Red Lake Nation - P9
On Sunday, August 11, 2013, Congresswoman Betty McCollum visited the Red Lake Nation and was hosted to a dinner at the Seven Clans Event Center by the Red Lake Tribal Council and the Political Education Committee. Representative McCollum, Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representative Native American Caucus and member of the House...
Ojibwe youth camp helps restore once-forbidden language
My Norwegian-born grandmother, who arrived on America’s shores in 1912, played an outsize role in my childhood telling stories of what seemed to us her exotic homeland where children skied to school, had summer homes on the fjords and every Christmas baked hundreds of Scandinavian cookies for family and friends. Though she...
Practive starts for 2013 Red Lake High School Football Season - P5
On Monday, August 12, 2013, the Red Lake High School Varsity Football team held their first practice of the year. The schedule for their season will be coming out soon and this year they will be playing in a conference. R.L.H.S FOOTBALL 2013 8/30/13 - Cass Lake - Home - 5pm 9/6/13 - Fosston - Home - 4pm 9/13/13 - Prairie Valley...
Practive starts for 2013 Red Lake High School Football Season - P6
On Monday, August 12, 2013, the Red Lake High School Varsity Football team held their first practice of the year. The schedule for their season will be coming out soon and this year they will be playing in a conference. R.L.H.S FOOTBALL 2013 8/30/13 - Cass Lake - Home - 5pm 9/6/13 - Fosston - Home - 4pm 9/13/13 - Prairie Valley...
Smokey Bear celebrates 69th Birthday at Red Lake DNR - P5
On Friday, August 9, 2013, Smokey Bear celebrated his 69th Birthday at the Red Lake Department of Natural Resources. Sponsored by the Fire Prevention Program, games, entertainment and cake were provided to all visitors....
Smokey Bear celebrates 69th Birthday at Red Lake DNR - P6
On Friday, August 9, 2013, Smokey Bear celebrated his 69th Birthday at the Red Lake Department of Natural Resources. Sponsored by the Fire Prevention Program, games, entertainment and cake were provided to all visitors....
Annual 4-Day Run to Mashkawisen begins in Red Lake - P24
At the Red Lake Chemical Health Programs site at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, the annual four day run for sobriety and health began in Red Lake, and would finish at the Mash-ka-wisen pow-wow grounds in Fon du Lac on Saturday, August 3. They would run as far as Leech Lake on Day one....
2013 Independence Day Celebration - P45
2013 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
2013 Independence Day Celebration - P46
2013 Independence Day Celebration Saturday Afternoon Session...
Group wants wolf hunt canceled
ST. PAUL -- An organization opposed to wolf hunting says a drop in the animal’s population means this year’s Minnesota hunting season should be canceled. See more at: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/group-wants-wolf-hunt-canceled-0#sthash.E5qYHh3r.dpuf...
Henry Chosa
Henry Chosa December 10, 1956 - Friday, August 9, 2013 Service Information and Visitation Information MCT Bldg, Minneapolis, MN...
Judge scolds Fed for its inaction on credit card swipe fees
WASHINGTON – A federal judge lashed out Wednesday at the Federal Reserve for dragging its feet on his order to lower fees that financial institutions are allowed to charge on debit card transactions....
Oregon governor signs bill legalizing dispensaries for medical marijuana
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries....
Oklahoma Governor Caves; Now Ready to Extradite Baby Veronica's Dad
This morning, after a downtown Tulsa press conference in which Matt and Melanie Capobianco made an emotional plea for the return of Veronica Brown to them, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin reversed her position from yesterday and issued a threat to Oklahoma native Dusten Brown in signing an extradition warrant from South Carolina unless Brown "cooperated" with the Capobiancos....
Indian Tribes to Banks: Ignore That Man Behind the Curtain
Indian tribes are urging banks to ignore attempts by New York’s top banking regulator to stop processing transactions for online lenders whose loans allegedly violate state interest-rate caps....
Tribal Online Lenders Ask Banks to Resist Regulatory Pressure
An association of online lenders operated by Native American tribes called on banks to resist pressure from New York State to cut them off from the nation’s primary payment system....
It's official: Pine Ridge Reservation legalizes alcohol in historic referendum
Following months of tense debate, angry protests, and one of the closest election results in living memory, the Oglala Sioux Tribe announced Wednesday that alcohol will be legalized on the Pine Ridge Reservation....
Oglala Sioux to allow beer at Pine Ridge
For the first time in its history, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation put its 124-year-old prohibition on alcohol to a public vote — and the ban was overturned, 1,645 for to 1,494 against....
Vote to legalize alcohol on SD's Pine Ridge passes
Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation _ home to some of the highest rates of unemployment, domestic abuse and suicide in Indian Country _ have voted to end prohibition and legalize alcohol so the tribe can use the profits for education and treatment....
