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Four people were shot inside a house in Brooklyn Center early Wednesday in what police are calling a home invasion. Police were called to the 5000 block of Drew Avenue N. about 3:15 a.m. When they arrived they found three adult men and one woman with gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to a hospital and are expected to survive their injuries, said Cmdr. Tony Gruenig. Three hours after the shooting, police were still looking for four adult males believed responsible for the shootings. K-9 dogs were brought into the neighborhood, but were...
Several people ambushed a pickup truck driver immediately after he ran over a 4-year-old boy who was crossing a street with other children in Winona, authorities said Tuesday. The 18-year-old driver and the boy were both treated at a hospital for their injuries, which were not considered life-threatening, police said. In the meantime, officers were continuing their efforts to find the people who tried to take the law into their own hands late Monday afternoon when they reportedly descended on the driver and started hitting and kicking him,...
WASHINGTON — More jobs and cheaper gasoline come with a big, honking downside: U.S. roads are more clogged than ever now that the recession is in the rearview mirror. Commuters in Washington, D.C., suffer the most, losing an average of 82 hours a year to rush-hour slowdowns, a new study finds. Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York come next on the list of urban areas with the longest delays. But the pain reaches across the nation. http://www.startribune.com/you-can-blame-the-beeping-economy-for-worst-us-traffic-ever/322913...
Beware, swimmers. Something may be lurking in the water, waiting to strike. Cue the “Jaws” music. Unlike the predator from the granddaddy of all shark dramas, this menace to swimmers has no fins. In fact, it can’t even be seen. Worse, it takes many forms — parasite, bacteria or virus — and can make you really sick. http://www.startribune.com/swim-at-your-own-risk-as-minnesota-lakes-turn-green/322847591/...
LAS VEGAS — President Barack Obama is putting people on notice: He's back from vacation feeling "refreshed, renewed, recharged" — and "a little feisty." He immediately showed his feisty side. At a Democratic fundraiser Monday night in Nevada, Obama declared himself ready for the challenges he faces this fall in dealing with a Republican Congress that disagrees with him on the budget, energy policy, education and much more. http://www.startribune.com/obama-feeling-feisty-ready-to-take-on-the-crazies/322779861/...
Informing and educating our citizens about the Cherokee Nation government is crucial to remaining vigilant in our mission to serve the Cherokee people. Open and transparent communication allows Cherokee Nation citizens their inherent right to a government they can monitor and closely follow. To fulfill this mission we have launched an exciting new project, the Citizens’ Access to Transparency initiative. Today, the Cherokee Nation population is close to 320,000 citizens, making us the largest tribe in the United States. However, many of the a...
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is cutting ties with the City of Flandreau Police Department because of a rift over marijuana legalization, city officials said. The tribe gave the city a 90-day notice in June that it will end its 16-year policing agreement, effective Sept. 4, and form its own police department. “I think their business venture had something to do with it and they decided to start their own police force,” Flandreau Mayor Mark Bonrud. “We had just renegotiated the agreement, then a couple of weeks later it was dissolved witho...
Members of the Menominee Indian Tribe endorsed legalization of medicinal and recreational marijuana use on a northeastern Wisconsin reservation. Tribal leaders referred to the endorsement as an advisory vote, with about 77 percent of tribal citizens voting for medical marijuana and 58 backing recreational use. Next, said chairman Gary Besaw, tribal legislators will study whether to move forward. http://www.wisconsingazette.com/wisconsin/tribe-votes-to-legalize-marijuana-use-on-wisconsin-reservation.html...
Mashantucket — The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council has reappointed a former tribal court judge and named two new judges to the Mashantucket Pequot Court of Appeals. Jean Lucasey, a Native American woman of Oneida (Wisconsin), Blackfeet and Salish descent, previously served as a Mashantucket tribal court judge from 2002 to 2004. Since leaving the court for family reasons, she has remained active in the field of law, serving as an impartial hearing officer in cases involving students with special needs. Mashantucket — The Mashantucket Peq...
A man already serving a life sentence for killing and dismembering his wife pleaded guilty today to the murder of Myrna Letandre, whose remains were found in a Winnipeg rooming house in 2013 after she went missing years earlier. Traigo Ehkid Andretti, 40, who represented himself in court, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder as Letandre's family members wept in a Winnipeg courtroom on Tuesday morning. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/traigo-andretti-pleads-guilty-in-murder-of-myrna-letandre-1.3203154...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two former executives of an online lending company owned by the Chippewa Cree Tribe embezzled more than $55,000 by funneling the money through the company to themselves and an ex-councilman who was previously convicted of corruption, prosecutors said Tuesday. Neal Rosette and Billi Anne Morsette pleaded not guilty Tuesday to embezzlement and conspiracy charges in U.S. District Court in Great Falls. http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Former-tribal-lending-executives-charged-with-6464957.php...
“I remember being in the dining room having a meal. I got sick and through up on the floor. Sister Mary Immaculate [Anna Wesley] slapped me many times and made me eat my own vomit. So I did, I ate all of it. And then I threw up again … Sister Mary Immaculate slapped me and told me again to eat my vomit. … I was sick for a few days after that.” The speaker is the Rev. Andrew Wesley, a survivor of St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ontario, quoted in Charlie Angus’s new bookChildren of the Broken Treaty, which traces the...
In response to a wide-spread, mounting problem on the reservation the leaders of the Spirit Lake Nation have taken a bold stand by declaring a “state of emergency” on Friday, Aug. 21. According to Nancy Greene-Robertson who serves on the Spirit Lake Nation Tribal Council in the dual role of Secretary-Treasurer, this is one of many steps to come in the battle against illegal drug use, abuse and trafficking on the Spirit Lake Nation. “It has become an epidemic and the tribe is determined to do whatever it takes to address it within our borde...
The black PVC circular object was left on the front deck of the mailroom with a 4-by-4-inch Post-it note underneath, according to a tribal press release. It was immediately reported to the Grand Ronde Police Department. Sgt. Jake McKnight cordoned off the area and contacted Salem police. It was later determined the item was a hobo meter used to gauge water temperature, which was accidently left at the mailroom instead of the Natural Resources building, according to the Smoke Signals newspaper. http://newsregister.com/article...
The Justice Department is trying to make it easier for Native American tribes to gain access to national crime databases. Federal authorities say the program could prevent criminals from buying guns and help keep battered women and foster children safe. The issue of who can see information in federal criminal databases might sound boring, until one considers a deadly shooting at a high school in Washington state last year. http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/25/434381921/pilot-program-aims-to-close-trust-gap-b...
Some districts in Montana that serve Native American students are attempting to increase the percentage of Native teachers in the hopes that those teachers will have a positive impact on achievement, according to a story by Slate. Although the percentage of Native teachers in Montana has only increased by 0.4 percentage points since the 1995-96 school year, several districts have seen a sharp rise. The Hays-Lodge Pole school district in northern Montana has increased its percentage of American Indian teachers from 38 percent in 1997 to 78...
There are 5.1 million Native Americans living in the United States right now, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite this, when you Google “Native Americans,” here’s what comes up: There are barely any photos of contemporary Native Americans in the search result. The silencing — and erasure — of Native American stories is one of the reasons Megan Red Shirt-Shaw, a 27-year-old member of the Oglala Sioux tribe, decided to create an online literary publication written for — and by — young Native Americans. MTV News spoke to Megan about t...
The Umatilla Tribal Fire Department defended three homes Monday from a fire that burned more than 200 acres on reservation land. Umatilla Tribal Fire Chief Rob Burnside said the cause remains under investigation. Burnside said tribal fire received the alarm at 12:10 p.m. for two fires “right there together” at the old Grubb’s Pit off Emigrant Road. The fires burned about 140 acres on the east side of the road, he said, and 110-120 acres on the west side, which was mostly scrub brush land. Oregon Department of Forestry took command of the fire...
MISSION, Ore. – A fire on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation burned an estimated 280 acres Monday. Fire Chief Rob Burnside reports that the grass fire threatened three homes, but none were lost. Umatilla Tribal Fire was on the scene, backed up by crews from the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, East Umatilla County Rural Fire District and Helix Fire district in fighting the blaze. Mop up continued throughout the night. http://www.mycolumbiabasin.com/2015/08/25/wildfire-updat...
HELENA – Federal prosecutors may seek the death penalty for an 18-year-old man charged in the deaths of a husband and wife who authorities say stopped to offer him help on the side of the road on the Crow Indian Reservation. A new grand jury indictment filed Friday includes death as a possible punishment if Jesus Deniz Mendoza of Worland, Wyoming, is convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, carjacking that resulted in death or use of a firearm during crimes of violence. http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/pr...
Susan Chippewa, who repeatedly stabbed an Ethete man last year on the Wind River Indian Reservation, will spend 35 years in federal prison, U.S. District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl said Tuesday. “This murder was a heinous and senseless act,” Skavdahl told Chippewa during her sentencing hearing. Jared Dean Little Whiteman didn’t die quickly from a car crash or some other kind of accident, he said. Instead, he was tied to a bed in a trailer during an alcohol-fueled and pointless interrogation about drugs and money on June 3, 2014, Skavdahl said....
