Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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WILLISTON, N.D. — A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train carrying unscented propane derailed near Canada's border with Minnesota and North Dakota early Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of about 40 people who live near the site, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said....
The irony of stacking police-related articles — “U.S. to review arming police” and “Slain cops now saving their own — on the Aug. 24 front page hopefully gave readers something to think about. The first article suggested that police have become too militarized with their “assault rifles,” body armor and armored vehicles. The second brought attention to Minnesota police officers killed in the line of duty and highlighted the deaths of St. Paul cops Ron Ryan Jr. and Tim Jones, who were killed 20 years ago this week. Readers may wonder how po...
The state of Minnesota will help underwrite DFL Gov. Mark Dayton’s re-election bid to the tune of $534,000 and give Republican challenger Jeff Johnson a nearly $400,000 cash boost....
Ira Jourdain will remain on the November ballot for the citywide school board seat. The city recounted 29,000 ballots Tuesday after Doug Mann, who finished fifth in the August primary, asked for the recount because he had 50 votes less than Jourdain. Jourdain had 49 votes over Mann after the recount, which lasted more than 6 hours. There were six candidates in the primary for two at-large school board seats. Only four candidates advanced, including Jourdain, the incumbent Rebecca Gagnon, former city council member Don Samuels and Iris...
WASHINGTON — Government investigators found no proof that delays in care caused veterans to die at a Phoenix VA hospital, but they found widespread problems that the Veterans Affairs Department is promising to fix....
FARGO, N.D. — Federal attorneys say an updated report released Tuesday on investigations and prosecutions on tribal lands shows continued improvement since a 5-year-old study that criticized the Department of Justice for turning its back on reservation crime....
MONROVIA, Liberia — Ebola still has the "upper hand" in the outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, but experts have the means to stop it, a top American health official said during a visit to the hardest-hit countries....
Once again, the second round, or Trust Administration Class Members of Cobell Payments has stalled. The recent court document filed as “Plaintiff’s Status Report Regarding Process on Efforts to Commence Trust Administration Class Payments” filed July 14, 2014, stated that the Department of Interior (“DOI”) reported that it would be completed by August 30, 2014 once they completed updating of approximately 200 class members impacting ownership certification of 17 Indian trust tracts....
Premier Dave Hancock said he’s not certain there is value in a public inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women, even as other provinces press the federal government to launch a national probe into the issue....
RAPID CITY - During a historic meeting, the Coalition of Large Tribes (COLT), the Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council and the Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association have banded together to support the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in protecting culturally significant sites and reservation lands....
ARLINGTON, Wash. - Twenty-eight years after beginning the process, the Stillaguamish Tribe finally has a reservation....
It's an environmental crisis. But not in the way that people typically think of the term....
I have subscribed to Lakota Country Times for several years and am always rewarded with yet another story of victorhood (as opposed to victimhood), especially among our youth up there. This time it’s in the art of film making....
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo President Ben Shelly’s hopes for a second term were dashed Tuesday when he failed to make it through the tribe’s primary election....
A Pine Ridge family is trying to pick up the pieces after a fire destroyed their mobile home Saturday evening....
PIERRE, South Dakota — Pierre officials want a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit alleging that a police officer used excessive force by using a stun gun on an 8-year-old girl....
A U.S. Justice Department report released Tuesday shows over the last three years the U.S. Attorney’s Office has prosecuted a lot more Indian Nation cases than previous years....
You won't see it on the itinerary for Stephen Harper's annual northern tour, and it's somewhere the prime minister would probably rather not be seen, anyway....
TULALIP — Chuck Thacker was working as the principal of Quil Ceda and Tulalip Elementary School when he was approached about starting a Boys and Girls Club on the reservation of the Tulalip Tribes....
(CN) - The Interior Department may be infringing on the religious freedom of Native Americans by limiting the right to possess eagle feathers to federally recognized tribes, the 5th Circuit ruled....
The queen of the plains has a gooey tongue that feels coarse and muscular when she grabs a biscuit from your fingers....