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DOWAGIAC, Mich. – August 26, 2015 – The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians announced today that it broke ground on Pokégnek Édawat Hartford, its new Tribal Village located on Red Arrow Highway approximately one mile east of Four Winds Hartford® in Hartford, Mich. The first phase is expected to be completed in spring 2016 and will include eight homes consisting of townhomes and two duplexes. Two additional phases are planned at Pokégnek Édawat Hartford which will include more homes, a community center, and a park. Half of the homes will be...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services and the Tulalip Tribes of Washington will co-host a VAWA Tribal Trial Advocacy Skills Training session September 2-4, 2015, for tribal court judges, prosecutors and criminal defenders covering basic trial advocacy skills and the use of special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) authority granted federally recognized tribes by the Violence Against Women Act of 2013 (VAWA). The training will take place on the Tulalip Reservation. “VAWA is a historic step for...
SAINT PAUL, Minn — Today, Americans for Prosperity Minnesota issued the following statement in response to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s hearing on a proposed plan to adopt the Federal Social Cost of Carbon standard, which will raise the cost of carbon emissions from $4.53 per ton to as much as $117 per ton. This change will make it more expensive to generate electricity, increase electric bills, and result in the closure of many safely functioning power plants providing affordable energy to hard working Minnesota families. State Dir...
BILLINGS, Mont. – Kennard Real Bird and Randy Taylor have been selected to be announcers for the All Nations Indian Relay Championships being held in Billings, Mont. Sept. 17-20, 2015. Both Native American men have many years of experience announcing Indian Relay and will elevate this Championship event with their considerable talent. Real Bird, a member of the Crow Indian Tribe, states that his family, “has been in the horse business for 400 years!” Since the horse was first introduced in North America, his ancestors have raised, train...
BEMIDJI—The first thing Bill Blackwell Jr. plans to do as executive director of BSU's American Indian Resource Center is focus on student retention. While he works on that task, he's also going to look at revamping the AIRC web presence, implement programs for student-parents and bring new life into the aging center. A BSU alumnus, Blackwell was hired as director in June. Blackwell succeeds Anton Treuer, who was director for three years before returning to faculty as Professor of Ojibwe at the university. Blackwell said having Treuer on c...
Minnesota cities are declaring war on flushable wipes, fighting damage awards to homeowners victimized by a rising tide of sewer line backups. State law has long held that cities aren’t responsible for foreign objects in the sewer system. But the popularity of flushable wipes has forced cities to defend themselves aggressively against homeowners who seek payment for damages from sewer backups caused by wipes and other “rags,” as they’re called in industry lingo. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-cities-fighting-back-again...
NISSWA, Minn. — Conservation enforcement officers for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources were stationed near Hole-in-the-day Lake early this morning in anticipation of an unauthorized harvest of wild rice by Chippewa band members who live on treaty lands west of Duluth. The DNR was notified by a group called the 1855 Treaty Authority that some band members will conduct an “en masse wild rice harvest” some time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday without obtaining DNR licenses. The act of civil disobedience is meant to ch...
Jose Gonzalez awakes at daybreak under a bridge on the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis on one side of a concrete wall. On the other are cyclists training in colorful jerseys, commuters pedaling sluggishly to work and pedestrians of all ages and speeds. Gonzalez lies wedged in the acute angle between the wall that supports the bridge piers and a steep bridge slope. The roofer-construction worker gets to sleep each night in his concrete boudoir by curling his mattress for cushioning against the two surfaces. http://www.startri...
BEIJING — Asian stocks rose Thursday after Wall Street soared overnight, breaking a six-day string of losses. The recovery brought a measure of relief to many investors, although experts warned that more volatility could be ahead. The Shanghai Composite Index, whose sharp drop Monday triggered a global sell-off, rose 2.2 percent to 2,992.99 points, rebounding from several days' declines. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was up 2 percent at 18,753 and Seoul's Kospi gained 1.1 percent to 1,915.70. http://www.startribune.com/us-stocks-move-s...
SANTA ANA, Calif. — While drought-plagued California is eager for rain, the forecast of a potentially Godzilla-like El Nino event has communities clearing out debris basins, urging residents to stock up on emergency supplies and even talking about how a deluge could affect the 50th Super Bowl. Roofers, on the other hand, are reveling in the uptick in business as homeowners ready for the prospect of downpours after four years of dry weather. http://www.startribune.com/drought-plagued-california-readies-for-el-nino-storms/3229...
FAIRBANKS — A Beaver woman was sentenced in Fairbanks Superior Court on Tuesday for her part in an embezzlement scheme that took more than $250,000 in shareholder funds from the Beaver Kwit’chin Corporation. Antoinette Pitka, 65, originally was charged with one count each of felony first-degree theft of more than $25,000, felony second-degree theft of $500 to $24,999, scheming to defraud more than $10,000 and misapplying property of more than $500. http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/beaver-woman-sentenced-for-embezzlem...
Joe Martin had never worked for a newspaper or owned a handgun when he took the reins of the tribally owned Cherokee One Feather in 1995. But when the first changed, so did the second. Then a 26-year-old whose only job experience since graduation from college was as a cage cashier at the casino, Martin found himself fast-tracked to a steep, steep learning curve. “I’ve gotten death threats here and there,” he said. “I don’t know how many times I’ve had somebody say they were going to go to the chief or council and make sure that I got fired....
BROWN COUNTY, Kan. (WIBW) Two former Kickapoo Tribal council members are now facing legal action amid allegations of financial misconduct. Kickapoo Tribal Chair Lester Randall said former Chairman Clifford "Steve" Cadue and former Tribal Council Treasurer Bobbi Darnell violated tribal procedures and law in adoption of a budget. http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Former-tribal-leaders-face-legal-action-323030721.html...
Kickapoo Tribal Chair Lester Randall announced earlier this week the Tribal Council amended its suit brought against former Tribal Chairman clifford "Steve" Cadue and Tribal Council Treasurer Bobbi Darnell for violating tribal procedures in adoption of a budget and related financial transgressions in violation of tribal law. Specifically, Cadue was charged with violating tribal procedures for preparing, enacting and administering an annual tribal budget ordinance. The suit also alleges former Treasurer for Tribal Council Bobbi Darnell violated...
PIERRE An attorney on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation wants residents to decide whether the tribe should legalize industrial hemp, but the tribal chairman is concerned about legalizing the plant without the federal government's blessing. Attorney Chase Iron Eyes has been collecting signatures to put the decision before voters Sept. 30. He says hemp would be a boon to the economy of the reservation that straddles North Dakota and South Dakota. http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2015/08/26/attorney-legalize-hemp/324309...
An attorney for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe said Wednesday that conversations about cutting ties with the city of Flandreau’s police department predated the tribe’s decision to legalize marijuana. Flandreau city officials said this week they think the tribe is ending a 16-year-old law enforcement contract with its police department on Sept. 4 because of a disagreement about marijuana enforcement. http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2015/08/26/marijuana-blame-police-split-tribe-says/32453175/...
The owner of Washington D.C.’s football team has been fighting to keep the trademark to his team’s name and mascot for decades now. Even President Obama has said he would consider changing the team’s name, which some Native Americans say is offensive. Now an artist from Oklahoma has come up with his own way to get people to consider how Native Americans feel when they see depictions of themselves as baseball or football team mascots. http://fusion.net/story/188747/native-american-mascot-helmet-art/...
BILLINGS, Mont. —An internal government investigation has found that federal and state regulators underestimated the potential for a blowout from a Colorado mine. The disclosure was contained in documents released Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Investigators concluded that EPA and state regulators underestimated how much water pressure had built up inside the inactive mine before a government cleanup crew triggered the release. The EPA previously offered only partial information on events leading up to the spill. h...
Three environmental groups and the White Earth Band of Ojibwe have asked state regulators to reconsider its decision on a proposed crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota, arguing that environmental risks and tribal rights haven’t been fully considered. Requests by the band, Friends of the Headwaters, Honor the Earth, and the Carlton County Land Stewards set the stage for potential litigation if the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission declines to reconsider its recent approval of the need for Enbridge Energy’s Sandpiper pipeline. http...
Chief Phyliss J. Anderson was re-elected Tuesday with 55 percent of the vote, defeating former chief Beasley Denson in complete but uncertified votes. Anderson polled 1,995 votes while Denson had 1,627 after absentees were tallied Wednesday afternoon. Anderson carried the communities of Pearl River, Bogue Chitto, Standing Pine, Tucker, Red Water and Conehatta. http://neshobademocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=297&ArticleID=36597...
LEUPP, Ariz. – A lifetime of declining snowfall on the Navajo Reservation is making an already unforgiving desert landscape increasingly uninhabitable. Snow tracked at six northeastern Arizona weather stations has plummeted by more than two-thirds on average since the 1930s, according to research led by the U.S. Geological Survey. Dozens of streams that flowed year-round on the reservation now dry up seasonally, and the parched springs and wells along their banks send isolated residents on long drives for store-bought water. h...
Two former executives of an online lending firm that was created by the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana have been charged in federal court. Neal Rosette and Billi Anne Morsette served as chief executive officer and the chief operating officer, respectively, of First American Capital Resources. Both are accused of writing checks to themselves and to entities controlled by the former head of an "oversight board" for the lending firm. http://www.indianz.com/News/2015/018673.asp...
An award-winning American photojournalist is using her lens to call attention to the haunting legacy of the residential school system in Saskatchewan and the rest of Canada. Daniella Zalcman's multiple-exposure photos of Saskatchewan residential school survivors are being featured on The New Yorker magazine's Instagram page this week. The portraits were taken both on her iPhone and a film camera during a visit to Saskatchewan last week. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/american-photojournalist-captures-portraits-of...
TULALIP — Detectives are seeking witnesses who can fill in details about a fatal crash that killed four young people on the Tulalip Indian Reservation last week. Collision Investigation Unit detectives with the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office are looking for information about the circumstances that led to a pickup truck plunging into a hatchery pond in the 7500 block of Totem Beach Road. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150826/NEWS01/150829419/Sheriffs-deputies-seek-witnesses-to-fatal-crash-into-Tulalip-pond...
IGNACIO – On the topic of public safety in tribal communities, U.S. attorneys had questions rather than answers for law-enforcement officials, prosecutors and victim-assistance workers attending the 23rd annual Four Corners Indian Country Conference on Wednesday. Moderated by Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh, the panel discussion included U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery and Montana U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter. http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150826/NEWS01/1...