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  • Crystal Faye Gutierrez-Dorr

    Aug 16, 2021

    Crystal Faye Gutierrez-Dorr February 23, 1974 ~ August 9, 2021 (age 47) Crystal Faye Gutierrez-Dorr, age 47, "Chibahjiwanikwe" which means "Spirit in the water" of the Makwa Doodem (Bear Clan) and Richfield, Minnesota journeyed to the spirit world from her home on Monday, August 9th, 2021. She was born in Minneapolis, MN on February 23rd, 1974, to Judith Dorr and Lawrence "Hank" Kingbird. Crystal loved spending time with her family, especially swimming with the kids. She enjoyed beading and...

  • Mary Ann Bedausky

    Aug 16, 2021

    Mary Ann Bedausky October 17, 1956 - August 13, 2021 Mary Ann Bedausky, 64-year-old resident of Onamia, MN passed away on Friday, August 13, 2021, at Esentia Health in Brainerd, MN. Visitation will begin at 7 PM on Monday, August 16, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10 AM on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at the District 1 Community Center on the Mille Lacs Reservation. Interment will be in the Bedausky Burial Grounds....

  • Keveon James Feather

    Aug 16, 2021

    Keveon James Feather December 11, 2005 - August 11, 2021 Keveon James Feather "Sonny" "Ota Wic'acu'" (Gives a lot/generous) Loving Son, Brother, Uncle, Grandson, Cousin, Nephew and Friend, Keveon James Feather began his Earthly Journey on December 11, 2005, in Devils Lake ND and began his Spiritual Journey on August 11, 2021, at rural St. Michael ND. The Wake for Keveon will be held at the St. Michael's Wellness Center on Thursday, August 19, 2021, beginning at 5:00 p.m. with a prayer service...

  • Mya Marie DeMarrias

    Aug 16, 2021

    Mya Marie DeMarrias July 25, 2005 - August 11, 2021 Mya Maria Demarrias "Wahačanka Duta Winyan" (Red Shield Woman) Mya Marie DeMarrias was born on July 25, 2005, at Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake ND. (Her cousin Clevelynn was born on the same day). She was a sweet, happy child with that special laugh that we all loved. Mya was raised in Fort Totten on the Spirit Lake Reservation. She lived with her family, her father Brent DeMarrias and Mother Tamara Whitetail, sister Shaylynn and four brothers...

  • Ninyo Raul Mendez

    Aug 16, 2021

    Ninyo Raul Mendez December 14, 1998 - August 11, 2021 Ninyo Raul Mendez, 22 of St. Michael ND began his journey to the Spirit World on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at rural St. Michael ND. The Wake for Ninyo will be held on Thursday, August 12, 2021 at the St. Michael Wellness Center beginning at 5:00 p.m. with a time of prayer and remembrance at 7:00 p.m. led by Reverend Larry Thiele. The procession to St. Michael will leave at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday from City Plaza in Devils Lake. Mass of...

  • Taliban sweep into Afghan capital after government collapses

    Aug 16, 2021

    KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban swept into Afghanistan's capital Sunday after the government collapsed and the embattled president joined an exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners, signaling the end of a costly two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country. Heavily armed Taliban fighters fanned out across the capital, and several entered Kabul's abandoned presidential palace. Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman and negotiator, told The Associated Press that the militants would hold...

  • Growing GOP calls for chairwoman's resignation following sex trafficking indictment against top donor

    Aug 16, 2021

    A growing number of Minnesota Republican legislators and other party leaders are calling on state party chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan to resign immediately after a top GOP donor was indicted last week on sex trafficking charges. Minnesota GOP strategist and donor Anton "Tony" Lazzaro, 30, was arrested Thursday and faces federal charges of recruiting and sex trafficking minors. Also Thursday, 19-year-old Gisela Castro Medina, chairwoman of the University of St. Thomas College Republicans, was...

  • U.S. Forest Service monitoring wildfire in Superior National Forest

    Aug 16, 2021

    Crews spent Sunday fighting a new wildfire in the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. The Greenwood Fire was detected around 3 p.m. Sunday near Greenwood Lake, about 15 miles south of Isabella, according to officials with the U.S. Forest Service - Superior National Forest. On Sunday evening, the fire was "moving quickly" with an estimated size of around couple hundred acres, the forest service said in a Facebook post. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear. An aircraft...

  • Jorge Polanco's ninth-inning sacrifice fly lifts Twins over Rays 5-4

    Aug 16, 2021

    The boxscore says Jorge Polanco had a quiet game, just 0-for-1. The reality is, it was plenty loud. And his team is finally making some noise, too. Polanco hit a fly ball to the right-field warning track in the bottom of the ninth off former teammate Matt Wisler, deep enough to score Max Kepler from third base with the winning run. Once he did, the Twins celebrated their 5-4 victory over the Rays, finishing off their third consecutive series victory over first-place teams in the past 11 days....

  • Chanhassen man indicted for first-degree murder in sister's shooting death

    Aug 16, 2021

    A 21-year-old Chanhassen man was indicted on charges of premeditated first-degree murder by a Carver County grand jury last week for shooting his sister 18 times inside their family home filled with hundreds of spent bullet casings. Joseph T. Ness was initially charged with intentional second-degree murder in connection with the May killing of Noelle Ness, 25, according to Carver County attorney Mark Metz, but the jury came back Aug. 10 with the indictment. An omnibus hearing for Ness is slated...

  • Man killed in W. Lake Street shooting in Minneapolis early Sunday morning

    Aug 16, 2021

    Minneapolis police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in his 20s early Sunday morning on W. Lake Street. Shortly before 2 a.m., multiple 911 calls of shots fired sent police to the 100 block of W. Lake Street where an unresponsive man believed to be in his 20s was suffering from a gunshot wound. First responders rendered aid, but he died at the scene. Police say a preliminary investigation suggests that occupants of two vehicles were exchanging gunfire when a man in one vehicle was wounded. The other vehicle then fled the scene....

  • Death toll of powerful earthquake in Haiti soars to 1,297

    Aug 16, 2021

    LES CAYES, Haiti - The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm. Saturday's earthquake also left at least 5,700 people injured in the Caribbean nation, with thousands more displaced from their destroyed or damaged homes. Survivors in some areas were forced to wait out in the open amid...

  • 3-year-old Bena girl dies in accidental shooting

    Aug 16, 2021

    Aug. 14—BENA — A 3-year-old girl is dead as a result of an accidental shooting in Bena. According to a press release from the Cass County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a report of an accidental shooting at a residence in Bena on Friday, Aug. 13, just before 4 a.m. Deputies learned that a girl had been shot by accidental gunfire by a 5-year-old boy in the household. The victim was being transported to the Essentia Health-Deer River Hospital by family members and was intercepted by an ambulance from Deer River and lifesaving eff...

  • Potawatomi Celebrate Their Culture in West Michigan Art Community

    Aug 16, 2021

    DOUGLAS, Mich. - American Indian drumming could be heard a couple of blocks away from the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center on a beautiful West Michigan summer Saturday afternoon in the small village of Douglas, Mich., an art community located 40 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. The Iron Bear drum was on hand for the "Creative Spark - Celebration of the Bodewadmi (Potawatomi) Tribe" program. Several dancers were also present to demonstrate their skills as traditional dancers before a mostly...

  • Indian Health Service Staff Required to Receive Covid-19 Vaccine

    Aug 16, 2021

    On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Indian Health Service (IHS) staff who serve in federally-operated health care facilities and interact with, or have the potential to have contact with, patients will be required to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. “Our number one goal is the health and safety of the American public, including our federal workforce. And vaccines are the best tool we have to protect people from COVID-19, prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and save lives,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Bec...

  • Thousands of Indigenous children perished in 'genocide boarding schools'

    Aug 16, 2021

    Hunger. Starvation. Beatings. Ill-clothed in the cold of winter. Forbidden to speak their Native tongues. Sexual predators roaming the dormitory halls in the middle of the night like wild animals searching for prey and snatching youngsters from their beds. Such was the lot of thousands of Indigenous children in the heyday of the Indian boarding school era which stretched from the 1870s to the 1960s in the United States and Canada. The finding of almost 2,000 unmarked graves so far at former...

  • U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Redistricting Data and a First Look at AI/AN Population Data

    Aug 16, 2021

    The U.S. Census Bureau held a news conference on August 12, 2021 on their release of the 2020 Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data File. This is the second major data product from the 2020 Census after the release of apportionment data in April 2021. This data release begins the official redistricting process at the state and local levels and the data is available in the “legacy format,” which requires special methods to analyze. By September 30, 2021, the data will be released to the public in easier to use formats. States primarily use the...

  • Child support changes reflect modern families' needs

    Aug 16, 2021

    With new legislation passed in 2021 to reflect modern economics and family dynamics, Minnesota’s child support program helps children get the financial support they need to reach their highest potential. The Minnesota Department of Human Services, with its county and tribal partners, supports parents and their children through the child support program. Over the next several years, implementing the new legislation will better support children and their families in several ways, including by: • Eliminating interest on child support debt • Helpin...

  • Blackduck Golf Course - Take a Kid Golfing Event - Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021

    Blackduck Golf Course - Take a Kid Golfing Event - Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 9 AM Check in - Tee off at 10 AM - Free Event Includes 9-holes of golfing, clubs and lunch afterwards....

  • Red Lake Tribal Council - Daily update on COVID-19 information

    Aug 16, 2021

    Red Lake Nation: Active cases: 12* *4 in Red Lake *8 in Redby *0 in Ponemah *0 in Little Rock Of the 12 active cases: * 2 are in the hospital * 2 are minors * 2 adults were fully vaccinated Total cases: 582 Total Recovered: 570 Deaths: 10 The Red Lake Hospital continues to provide on-demand COVID-19 vaccines as well as COVID testing at the drive-thru building by the hospital. Vaccines and COVID testing are available from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Ponemah clinic provides vaccine...

  • Housing Rights and Economic Opportunities Were Focus of August's Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Forum

    Anisa Hajimumin, Assistant Commissioner for Immigrant and Refugee Affairs|Aug 16, 2021

    August’s Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Forum shared a lot of great information for community members regarding housing and eviction resources as well as upcoming programs aimed at small businesses and grant opportunities geared toward employment and training programs. Eviction Moratorium Off Ramp Alyssa Wetzel-Moore, director of Community Development for Minnesota Housing, kicked off our discussion with an overview of the Eviction Off-Ramp that was recently passed in the legislative session. Now that the eviction moratorium has ended, s...

  • St. Mary's Mission School Open House - Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021

    St. Mary's Mission School Open House - Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 2 PM - 5 PM - School Gymnasium https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRTe-SIzGOhD2p3pO6hwNC-_bvDOzW9W94Vcy4_NQorG088dVtofzPFhUDDYCW4jV59uWlhv9gtMEwE/pub...

  • Weekly student vaccinations more than doubled since 'Vax to School' launch

    Aug 16, 2021

    Student COVID-19 vaccinations have been on the rise since the state launched the 'Vax to School' campaign last month. Two weeks into the campaign, more than 20,000 12-17-year-olds across the state have now received their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and are on their way to being fully vaccinated by the beginning of the school year. The weekly number of first doses administered to 12-15-year-old and 16-17-year-old students is up 107% and 112% respectively since the campaign began. Mo...

  • Groundbreaking Ceremony held for new Red Lake Nation Radio Facility, WRLN - P8

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 16, 2021

    RED LAKE, MN - A Groundbreaking Ceremony was held for new Red Lake Nation Radio facility at 11 AM on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. This new Red Lake Tribal radio station, WRLN 105.3 FM, which some say took over 20 years to fully develop, is expected to be live and operational by early 2022, and will employ about 30-40 people. The facility will be constructed in Red Lake across the street from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office Building, where the old Red Lake Police Department and Jail once was...

  • Red Lake Celebrates its own Independence Day: Thursday Afternoon Pow Wow - P40

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 16, 2021

    Red Lake celebrated its own Independence Day on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 starting with a feast at 4 PM at the Red Lake Humanities Center, followed by the first of three-days of pow wows and other activities. Some events were postponed due to rain and held on the following day. However, earlier in the day a Horseshoe Tournament was held at the Redby Community Center. Redby Community Center Horseshoe Tournament Winners 1st Corky Clark (Redby) 2nd Willfred K (Cass Lake) 3rd Josh Neadeau (Red Lake)...

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