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BRAINERD, Minn. -- The Anishinaabe treaty rights group behind wild rice and gill netting protests last week may stage more demonstrations depending on the outcome of an upcoming meeting with federal officials. The 1855 Treaty Authority plans on meeting with the federal government Wednesday regarding their claim to off-reservation harvesting rights, spokesperson Frank Bibeau said Monday. Bibeau declined to specify which federal officials. Bibeau said the goal of the talks is to eventually have Minnesota officials join in, however....
Scott Reps, a 28-year State Patrol veteran, was speeding at more than 100 miles per hour toward an accident that had injured a motorcyclist in Cannon Falls, Minn., last July 4th. When Norman Scott, 78, failed to yield as he pulled out of a fast-food parking lot, his car was broadsided by Reps’ squad car. He and his wife, Geneva, 79, were killed instantly, and Reps was seriously injured. http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-trooper-s-attorney-challenges-prosecution-s-conduct-in-rare-manslaughter-case/323803051/...
Six months after the ax fell on hundreds of workers at Target Corp. headquarters, the company’s technology operations finally felt the effect of its downsizing, with 235 people in the Twin Cities told they were out of a job Tuesday. The retailer’s information technology units were spared in earlier rounds of layoffs as the senior executives in charge of them were in flux. In addition to the new job cuts, Target said Tuesday it will close about 35 open positions at its corporate offices in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Park. Target laid off 40 peo...
Adam Halverson is fast becoming the most recognizable police officer in Lino Lakes. From July 1 to Aug. 27, he made 535 traffic stops in the north metro city of 21,000. That’s two more than the rest of the 25-officer department combined made in the same period. If he keeps up that pace, Halverson, the city’s dedicated DWI enforcement officer, will have pulled over the equivalent of 15 percent of the city’s population in a year’s time. http://www.startribune.com/lino-lakes-officer-makes-535-traffic-stops-in-2-months/323802881...
As U.S. senators — one from Minnesota and one from Wisconsin — we have always understood how important railroads are to the economy in each of our states. Our businesses and farmers rely upon rail service as a reliable way to move their products to markets across the country and around the world. But on Wednesday, at a meeting in Minneapolis, we’ll hear from residents and local officials who have deep concerns about the dramatic expansion of rail cars carrying highly volatile and flammable crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakot...
New state data show that nearly two-thirds of Minnesota schools are making significant progress in closing achievement gaps in reading and math, but few schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul are making major gains. The state is plagued with one of the largest achievement gaps in the U.S. between white students and students of color. The gaps are most prevalent in the Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools. As a way to track progress in closing the gap, the state in 2012 devised the Multiple Measurements Ratings (MMR) system, which relies on...
After months of behind-the-scenes debate, state and federal regulators have conceded for the first time that some potentially polluted water from Minnesota’s first proposed copper-nickel mine could flow north toward the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. As a result, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is urging state officials to disclose that possibility and propose a solution in the final version of the 10-year-old environmental review of the controversial project, which is due out later this year. http://www.sta...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – If you’re a member of the Cherokee Nation and need to renew your tribal license plate, you can now do so online. The Cherokee Nation is offering an online renewal program to make it easier for people change their license plates. Those with regular motor vehicles and motorcycles in need of new stickers are eligible to use the online service. http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/tahlequah/cherokee-nation-kicks-off-start-of-online-access-to-tribal-license-plate-renewal...
First Nations have until midnight to file their financial information or risk losing a portion of federal government funding, according to Aboriginal Affairs. Under the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, which came into effect last year, First Nations must submit their audited financial statements for the past fiscal year to the government, including salaries and expenses of chiefs and councillors. Aboriginal Affairs says there are 617 First Nations in Canada but the act only applies to 581. The remaining First Nations have...
OTTAWA—Nearly 200 First Nations face having their federal funding cut short because they have not yet disclosed financial information — including salaries and expenses of chiefs and band councillors — as required by controversial transparency legislation. The controversial First Nations Financial Transparency Act brought into force by the Conservative government requires 581 band administrations to submit audited financial statements for fiscal 2014-15 to be published on the Aboriginal and Northern Development Canada website. http:...
Executives of a firm that once worked with the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana are facing a criminal probe, the Associated Press reports. Zachary Roberts, Richard Lee Broome and Martin Mazzara of Encore Services LLC disclosed the probe by asking a federal judge to delay a civil lawsuit filed by the tribe, the AP said. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Montana, though, would not confirm or deny an investigation. "The criminal investigation mirrors the civil action and is substantially similar if not identical to the subject matter of the civil...
British Columbia's latest education experiment starts this fall with the launch of a new curriculum that will be phased in over the next three years. The curriculum has Aboriginal perspectives integrated at all grade levels, and includes the history and legacy of the residential school system. It also has new content on the historical experiences of South and East Asian immigrants, and a renewed emphasis on environmental sciences, according to a government release. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-new-curric...
TRAVERSE CITY — Derek Bailey's attorney contends investigators located no evidence of criminal sexual conduct on Bailey's digital devices because there wasn't any to be found. Bailey, a former Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians tribal council member, is scheduled to stand trial on Nov. 3 in Leelanau County, where a sheriff's department investigation uncovered accusations that he sexually assaulted two young girls. Police reports state one girl alleged Bailey, 42, recorded a sexual encounter, but Bailey's attorney Craig Elhart s...
A former tribal council member of the Grand Traverse County Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians back in court Tuesday--- facing more sex crime charges. Derek Bailey is accused of sexually abusing young girls. On Tuesday Bailey was in front a judge in Grand Traverse County. He is charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct first degree and one count of being a sexually delinquent person. http://www.9and10news.com/story/29932999/derek-bailey-back-in-court-for-more-sex-crime-charges...
The president speaks about issues facing native Alaskans during a roundtable meeting with Native American tribal leaders in Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday night. The president said the government was committed to supporting tribal youth, as well as offering increased healthcare and disaster relief. He also highlighted the change in the name of North America’s tallest mountain, previously known as Mount McKinley http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/sep/01/barack-obama-tribal-leaders-alaska-video...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man accused of using racial slurs and spilling beer on American Indian students during a hockey game was cleared of a disorderly conduct charge Tuesday, more than a month after a trial in the controversial case attracted more than 200 people. Trace O'Connell was charged after authorities alleged he sprayed beer and used racially charged language near a large group of Native American students during a minor league hockey game in Rapid City. Native American groups said the January incident highlighted r...
The children's advocate for Manitoba's First Nations says social workers are seizing an average of one newborn baby a day and "shoving them anywhere." Cora Morgan told The Canadian Press that she was with a mother in hospital on Monday when Child and Family Services took the woman's three-day-old son. The only reason given was that the mother had been a ward of family services until she was 18, Morgan said. "It was heart-wrenching," she said. "It just seemed so utterly heartless." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/cfs-s...
Eagle Butte, S.D. - Zigmund Hollow Horn sat inside the deanery of a small Episcopal church just off Eagle Butte's main street. A thick fog had settled over town. The engine of his pickup, parked outside, pinged and crackled. Sitting on a couch, his eyes trained outward and down, he began to talk about his life. "I'm a 65-year-old male, Native American, recovering alcoholic of 25 years," he said. "I've been in pain ever since I can remember," emotional pain, physical pain. "Day in and day out, I go to bed with it," he said. h...
Two former Métis students of schools over which the Manitoba government had jurisdiction are suing the Winnipeg archdiocese, the Sisters of Notre Dame des Mission and the province over alleged sexual abuse. The lawsuit outlines allegations that date back more than 50 years, naming two priests and a nun, both now deceased, as the perpetrators. The plaintiffs' counsel, Israel Ludwig, hopes to settle the case outside the courtroom. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/catholic-church-province-sued-over-sexual-assault-allegati...
Isaiah Tootoosis had no idea who Leonardo DiCaprio was when his aunt brought him to a movie audition in Calgary. The seven-year-old lives on the Poundmaker First Nation, west of North Battleford. He and his cousin were playing at a hockey tournament when a friend suggested they attend an open call for First Nations actors in Calgary. The audition took 15 minutes. Within days, they learned Isaiah would be playing Leonardo DiCaprio's son in The Revenant. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/leonardo-dicaprio-to-star-with-sa...
Julianna Rosynelle Venego, 29, a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe who resides in Mescalero, was sentenced Aug. 24 in federal court in Las Cruces, for an assault conviction. Venego was sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Venego was arrested on July 11, 2013, on a criminal complaint alleging that she drove a vehicle while a defendant in a separate case, Rufus Juan Lester, 23, also a member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, fired multiple shots at a residence located on the Mescalero Apache Reservation...
KANSAS CITY – The Kansas City Chiefs waived 11 players on Sunday afternoon to prepare for the NFL’s mandated 75-player roster limit by Sept. 1. Notably not on the list was Indian Country’s very own James Winchester (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) who was signed earlier this spring to tryout for the Long Snapper position. He was in closely contested battle for the position along side rookie long snapper Andrew East who was 1 of the 11 players waived by Kansas City. “I think both of them are going to snap in this league,” Kansas City Chiefs he...
