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  • 23rd Annual Sobriety Run started from Red Lake Pow Wow Grounds - P16

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 21, 2019

    RED LAKE, MN - "Mind, Body, Spirit" is the theme of the 23rd Annual Spirit Run, formerly "Sobriety Run" sponsored by the Red Lake Chemical Health programs of Red Lake. The Leech Lake Youth Chemical Dependency Prevention Programs and the Mash Ka Wisen Treatment Center of Sawyer, Minnesota also co-sponsored the event. The 200-mile journey kicked off with an opening ceremony and remarks at 10:00 a.m. July 31st at the Red Lake Pow wow grounds and will conclude on August 3rd in Sawyer, MN where...

  • 30th Annual Community Health Day held in Red Lake - P24

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 21, 2019

    RED LAKE - The 30th Annual Community Health Day was held in Red Lake on Thursday, July 25, 2019, beginning with a Hike for Health from the Red Lake Hospital Compound to the Red Lake Humanities Center. At 10 AM inside and outside of the Humanities, numerous Programs and Exhibitors were set up to provide information on good health a healthy lifestyles. After a chicken dinner at about noon, youth activities were held at the Red Lake football field, giving youth participants opportunities to earn...

  • 2019 July Celebration: Saturday Afternoon Pow Wow - P44

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 21, 2019

    12 July Celebration: Saturday Afternoon Pow Wow Red Lake Independence Day Pow Wow Winners 2019: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2019/07/09/news/red-lake-independence-day-pow-wow-winners-2019/81714.html See all July 2019 Pow Wow: https://www.facebook.com/michael.barrett.35/media_set?set=a.2622813704447375&type=3 https://www.facebook.com/michael.barrett.35/media_set?set=a.2623615457700533&type=3...

  • 2019 July Celebration: Saturday Afternoon Parade - P44

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 21, 2019

    12 July Celebration: Saturday Afternoon Parade Red Lake Independence Day Pow Wow Winners 2019: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2019/07/09/news/red-lake-independence-day-pow-wow-winners-2019/81714.html See all July 2019 Pow Wow: https://www.facebook.com/michael.barrett.35/media_set?set=a.2622813704447375&type=3 https://www.facebook.com/michael.barrett.35/media_set?set=a.2623615457700533&type=3...

  • 2019 July Celebration: Friday Evening Pow Wow - P44

    Michael Barrett, RLNN|Aug 21, 2019

    12 July Celebration: Friday Evening Pow Wow Red Lake Independence Day Pow Wow Winners 2019: https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2019/07/09/news/red-lake-independence-day-pow-wow-winners-2019/81714.html See all July 2019 Pow Wow: https://www.facebook.com/michael.barrett.35/media_set?set=a.2622813704447375&type=3 https://www.facebook.com/michael.barrett.35/media_set?set=a.2623615457700533&type=3...

  • New study finds Minnesota youth with asthma are more likely to vape

    Aug 21, 2019

    A new analysis by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) finds that Minnesota high school and middle school students who have asthma are more likely than their peers without asthma to vape, smoke, and be exposed to secondhand smoke. Analyzing data from the 2017 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey, MDH researchers found nearly 30% of youth who have asthma are using a tobacco product compared to 24% of youth without asthma. E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco products among youth with or...

  • Tribal Leaders Still Awaiting Decision on Pipeline Hearing as Public Pressure Mounts

    Aug 21, 2019

    Leaders from several tribes of the Great Sioux Nation remain in the dark about whether or not the North Dakota Public Service Commission will grant a public hearing around a plan to double the oil the Dakota Access pipeline will carry in close proximity to their reservations. The Commission set an original deadline of Aug. 9 for public comment on whether or not hearing should be held, but has yet to annouce a decision. In partnership with Lakota leadership and in support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council’s recent resolution calling f...

  • Services for young people with autism to be highlighted

    Aug 21, 2019

    Parents, caregivers and health care providers will have an opportunity in Mankato this month to learn about services available through Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare for children and young adults (up to age 21) with autism spectrum disorder and related conditions. The Minnesota Department of Human Services will host the next in a series of public meetings about these services from 3 to 5 p.m. Aug. 29 in the second-floor conference room of the Blue Earth County Justice Center, 401 Carver Road, Mankato. Other stakeholders are invited to...

  • MN350Action Joins National Push for a Presidential Climate Debate

    Aug 21, 2019

    Tuesday, August 20th, St. Paul -- Today, activists with MN350 Action delivered a petition in support of a presidential climate debate to the office of Ken Martin, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). This petition delivery follows weeks of connecting with local DNC voting members and collecting hundreds of signatures from Minnesotans through online actions and tabling at community events. The petition delivery highlights the local support for a climate debate both within and outside the Democratic party. “I think it’s rea...

  • As they ask for more money, two Indiana virtual schools say they are all but closed

    Aug 21, 2019

    As two scandal-plagued virtual charter schools face losing their charters, their attorney appeared before an authorizing board Monday night and described the schools as effectively closed: Students have been told to wrap up their work this week. Teachers haven’t been paid. School bank accounts have been shuttered. Federal investigators have been looking into enrollment discrepancies and how Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy spent tens of millions in public dollars, the schools’ attorney, Mary Jane LaPointe, con...

  • OPINION: Culture-based education - a path to healing for Native youth?

    Aug 21, 2019

    The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education. Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get stories like this delivered directly to your inbox. On a sweltering summer day, students run back and forth on a grassy field. Frequently erupting in laughter, they playfully dodge one another. On the ground, two balls about the size of tennis balls are connected by a leather strap, and the children race to lift the balls from the ground with long sticks. https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-cu...

  • 'Cutting-edge' tribal school puts emphasis on collaborative learning, Seminole culture

    Aug 21, 2019

    Since around 1965, the Ahfachkee school on the Big Cypress Reservation has operated out of a few small trailers. This year, they got a whopping $15 million upgrade in the form of a new "cutting-edge" facility, just south of Clewiston on the Josie Billie Highway. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was Tuesday. https://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2019/08/19/cutting-edge-tribal-school-collaborative-learning-seminole-culture-sw-fl-big-cypress-reservation/2007534001/...

  • Burlington teachers denied back pay for 2017 strike

    Aug 21, 2019

    BURLINGTON — The Vermont Labor Relations Board has ruled against Burlington teachers who were seeking payment docked during their four-day strike in September 2017. According to a July 9 opinion, the labor board found the Burlington School Board was within its rights to withhold pay from the teachers during the “four days in which they performed no work.” https://vtdigger.org/2019/08/19/burlington-teachers-denied-back-pay-for-2017-strike/...

  • Back-to-school supplies in some Colorado schools include kitty litter and buckets for lockdowns

    Aug 21, 2019

    Beyond the supplies themselves, which she’s grateful to have, it was the nonchalant way the buckets, kitty litter, and Sharpie marker were handed out during a routine back-to-school training that shook Jeffco Public Schools teacher Cassie Lopez. “We were doing [professional development], and it was like, ‘Oh, get your buckets, and this is what your buckets are for,’” Lopez sad. “It was shocking. I was pretty upset afterward.” https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2019/08/19/back-to-school-supplies-in-some-colorado-schools-inclu...

  • Academic Interventionist - Red Lake School District, ISD #38

    Aug 21, 2019

    Academic Interventionist Red Lake School District, ISD #38 P.O. Box 499, Red Lake, MN 56671 218-679-3353 ext. 1001 "...where each child is valued, life long-learning is embraced and students are empowered to become Red Lake Nation ambassadors in the global community." When the Children thrive, the Nation Thrives Posted: 08/20/2019 JOB TITLE: Academic Interventionist; beginning the 2019-20 SY (anticipated) BUILDING: To be Determined REPORTS TO: Principal TERMS: Per Teacher's Master Agreement JOB...

  • CASE MANAGER - RED LAKE HOMELESS SHELTER

    Aug 21, 2019

    VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT CASE MANAGER RED LAKE HOMELESS SHELTER Open: August 20, 2019 Closing: August 30, 2019 @ 3:00 pm PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Case Manager will work from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday occasional evening /weekends hours, reports Executive Director, full-time position with benefits, salary: $ 15.00 hourly. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES: • Provide the following essential components of Housing Support case management to shelter residents and other program participants, b...

  • Davis Rosebear Sr. Softball Tournament 2019 - August 31, 2019

    Davis Rosebear Sr. Softball Tournament 2019 - August 31, 2019 10 AM - Art Thunder Memorial Park 1st Place: $1,000. Trophy & Jacket 2nd Place: $800. Trophy & Sweater 3rd Place: $600. Trophy & T-shirt MVP MENS, MVP WOMENS ************* BEST LEFT FIELDER & HOMERUN DERBY, The BAT and GLOVE are both DONATED by Jan & Toady Thunder....