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Ambitions to grow healthy new skin for patients disfigured by burns or diseases received a boost Tuesday with a $2.4 million private grant to University of Minnesota researchers. A team at the university’s Stem Cell Institute has already had success in taking stem cells from patients’ skin, correcting genetic deficiencies if necessary, and then coaxing them to produce healthy skin tissue. The next step is creating a biological scaffold that helps direct stem cells to the sites of wounds or injuries and grows new skin in the right locations and...
BOISE, Idaho — If you're looking for milepost 420, you won't find it in Idaho. Idaho transportation officials say the mile marker has been replaced with 419.9 signs to curb thieves eager to own a number associated with marijuana enthusiasts. Turns out, Idaho isn't alone in this problem. States like Washington and Colorado have also replaced 420 signs with 419.9 after consistently having to replace them after thefts by supposed sticky-fingered stoners. http://www.startribune.com/idaho-replaces-mile-marker-420-with-419-9-to-th...
A settlement between Target Corp. and Visa Inc. moves the retailer a step closer to resolving most of the financial claims against it from the 2013 data breach. However, an attorney representing banks and other card issuers and a trade group representing credit unions pressed Target for more. Under the settlement announced Tuesday, Target will pay up to $67 million to cover the costs that Visa Inc. and issuers of Visa cards incurred when cyberthieves broke into Target’s data system. The amount is more than three times larger than a $19 m...
Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday appointed Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Natalie E. Hudson to the state’s Supreme Court, elevating a jurist described as moderate with a reputation for plainly stated legal opinions. Hudson, 58, has served on the appellate court since 2002, when former Gov. Jesse Ventura appointed her to the bench. She will succeed Justice Alan Page, who reached the state's mandatory retirement age of 70 earlier in August. Page has served on the state’s highest court for more than two decades. Dayton, who has now appointed thr...
Eyebrows were raised when US satellite and cable operator Dish cleverly gamed the rules of the AWS-3 spectrum auction held earlier this year, using affiliates to bid for spectrum at a reduced price. Now, seven months later, the US regulator has decided that Dish was being far too cheeky and has denied bidding credits to SNR Wireless and Northstar Wireless on the grounds that they were ineligible. The idea behind the credits was to encourage small businesses to participate alongside the telco giants in the auction. And whilst SNR and Northstar...
A longtime leader of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas is accused of what tribal leaders call a "breach of fiduciary duty." In a written statement released by the tribe Monday, it was announced that a petition has been filed in the Kickapoo Nation Tribe's District Court against former Tribal Chairman Clifford "Steve" Cadue, who has served as tribal chairman several times during the past three decades. The petition stems from findings of violations of the Tribe's Standard Procedures for preparing, enacting and administering an annual tribal budget...
Celebrations from this summer’s landmark decision on same-sex marriage haven’t quite reached all corners of the 50 states — specifically American Indian lands. Federally recognized tribes able to self-govern aren’t subject to decisions like the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 vote to legalize same-sex marriage — one change they aren’t likely to mirror in their own communities. Many have passed laws preventing same-sex marriages on tribal lands; other tribes still under federal jurisdiction generally discourage it. Read more: http://www.da...
Enbridge Energy officials will visit the White Earth Indian Reservation Tuesday to hear concerns about the company's proposed pipeline replacement project. The Calgary-based energy company is looking to replace 1,031 miles of the 50-year-old oil pipeline, known as Line 3. Nearly 300 miles of that line run through northern Minnesota, from Neche, N.D., to Superior, Wis., often following Highway 2. Enbridge plans to re-route the replacement line 55 miles farther along the proposed Sandpiper corridor from Clearbrook to Superior, but the project...
The drumbeat grew louder for a national inquiry into a missing and murdered First Nations woman Monday night in Winnipeg, as family members sang and prayed in commemoration of their 15 year-old “beauty queen” whose body was discovered in the city's Red River one year ago. Tina Fontaine’s body was pulled from the river in a plastic bag Aug. 17, 2014. Police believe her killer, still at large, left her in that state. It was about a week after she went missing from Child and Family Services' care. “It feels like yesterday that she’s been gone...
PIERRE (AP) — Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe who became unemployed due to severe storms on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in May are eligible for disaster assistance. South Dakota's Department of Labor and Regulation announced the availability of disaster unemployment assistance on Monday for tribal members whose employment, self-employment or prospective employment was lost or interrupted as a direct result of straight-line winds and flooding. Claims must be filed by Sept. 16. http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/stat...
TULALIP — Four young adults died early Tuesday morning after their truck left the roadway and landed in a pond on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. A call came in to 911 around 3:30 a.m. reporting that a truck had crashed near the 7500 block of Totem Beach Road. It climbed over a concrete barrier and landed in a tribal fish-rearing pond, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150818/NEWS01/150819206/4-killed-when-truck-leaves-road-lands-in-pond-in-Tulalip...
The 1855 Treaty Authority sent a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton dated Aug. 7 in which it announced its intention to hold the harvest in territory ceded in the year 1855 between the Chippewa tribes and the United States. A Dayton spokesperson said Monday the governor had just returned from a state visit to Mexico and had not yet read the letter. Dayton will respond to the Treaty Authority after he has had a chance to review the letter with administration officials, the spokesperson said. The letter to Dayton said in the event Department of Natural...
ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday said it will issue citations to any Chippewa tribal member caught harvesting wild rice off reservations without a state-issued license, a move that could culminate in a treaty rights battle in federal court. Chippewa wild rice harvesters announced Monday that they would challenge state licensing laws, saying an 1855 treaty between the many bands of Chippewa in the region and the U.S. government allows them to hunt, fish and gather without regulation by the state. The 1855 T...
An Ojibwe group’s plan for a wild rice gathering event next week could lead to a legal test of the tribe’s rights under an 1855 treaty with the U.S. A group called the 1855 Treaty Authority, which includes members of several northern Minnesota bands, has announced a wild rice gathering event on Hole-in-the-day Lake in Nisswa on Aug. 27. But as the Associated Press reports, the group’s leader notified the Dayton administration they plan to harvest the rice without purchasing a license from the state. http://bringmethenews.com...
The Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana has announced that O'Neil Darden has been elected as its new chairman. Darden, who was recently sworn in, has been elected to serve a two year term. As chairman, Darden will oversee all governmental operations of the Chitimacha Tribe and all tribal enterprises, including Cypress Bayou Casino Hotel. "I am honored to serve as the new Chairman and look forward to leading the Chitimacha Tribe and its work to better the lives of its members. I will focus on endeavors that create strong opportunities for the tribe,...
Minorities are more likely than whites to gain weight in their childhood years. This increases their risk of being obese or overweight in adulthood, according to new research. In the research study, Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians were more likely to surpass the average weight by the time they are 18 than their white peers. http://atlantablackstar.com/2015/08/18/black-childhood-obesity-children-color-gaining-weight/...
In dual deals with prosecutors from the state and from Hughes County for separate cases dating back a decade and a half, a Harrold woman celebrated for her work with American Indian foster children pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single felony count in each of two cases. Janice Howe, 54, has been jailed without bond in Pierre since her arrest July 13 at gunpoint on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation east of Pierre, said her husband, Louis Adrian. http://www.capjournal.com/news/crow-creek-woman-gets-plea-deal-on-petition-crimes/ar...
A Lummi man accused of slamming his wife’s head through a wall was sentenced to two years in federal prison Tuesday, Aug. 18. Lonnie Jess James Sr., 50, assaulted his estranged wife in November 2014 when he thought she had a boyfriend, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The woman reported that James entered her house on Lummi Reservation and began punching her, throwing her around the room and slamming her head on the floor. When she tried to call 911, he shoved her into drywall, which had a hole where she h...
Standoff, Alberta – Demonstrating the strength and conviction that enabled their ancestors to defend a territory that once stretched over two US states and two Canadian provinces, leaders of the Blackfoot Confederacy are mounting a vigorous challenge to the US government’s proposed removal of Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections from the grizzly bear. “Here in Blackfoot Country the grizzly is revered as a very spiritual part of our ceremonies, especially the Medicine Pipe bundles,” explains Blood Tribe Councilman, Mike Bruised Head. I...
