Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Many First Nations groups across the North are at risk of losing federal funding after failing to publish their financial information to the public by a Sept. 1 deadline. Seventeen groups from the Northwest Territories and four from the Yukon are among the 197 First Nations bands across the country that have not released their financial information as of the deadline. The First Nations Financial Transparency Act (FNFTA) requires 581 bands across Canada to release the financial information. For those that failed to file their finances in time,...
A 32-year-old man authorities say was involved in an April home invasion and kidnapping on the Kickapoo Reservation was bound over for arraignment and trial on Wednesday in Brown County District Court. Tyler Narcissus “Tiger” Banks, 32, has been charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault and criminal threat. http://cjonline.com/news/2015-09-03/third-man-charged-kickapoo-reservation-home-invasion-bound-over-trial...
Cattle rustling is becoming a problem once again on the Navajo Reservation. “It’s really a problem that is related to the economy,” said Stan Milford, a ranger sergeant for the Navajo Nation Resource Enforcement Department. With cattle now bringing in as much as $1,200 a head, more ranchers on the reservation are sending in reports to the tribal rangers that their cattle herd is being reduced by rustlers who come in during the dead of the night and steal a few head and then drive off the reservation to sell them at auction or to slaug...
RAPID CITY –– On Sept. 1, Magistrate Judge Eric Strawn issued a not guilty verdict in the case of Trace O’Connell. O’Connell’s disorderly conduct trial ended on July 23 in Rapid City at the Performing Arts Center. This trial was attended by nearly 200 people in support of both O’Connell and the American Horse students and chaperones. In a press release, City Attorney Joel Landeen issued a statement: “Overall, I believe the City was able to present the best argument available to support prosecution of disorderly conduct.” http://www.indi...
The aunt of a teenage girl who dated the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooter says releasing her text messages could inflame the community and haunt her for the rest of her life. The Everett Herald KUOW and other media organizations have filed briefs advocating for the texts to be made public. Her request is expected to be heard in Snohomish County Superior Court on Thursday. Advocates for a teenage girl caught up in the investigation of last year’s shootings at Marysville-Pilchuck High School say releasing her personal text messages from t...
EVERETT — The girl sent Jaylen Fryberg's dad a text message, asking him to make sure his son didn't do anything stupid. When she sent that text, at 10:43 a.m. on Oct. 24, she didn't know that Jaylen, a 15-year-old freshman, already had shot five of his friends and killed himself in a Marysville Pilchuck High School cafeteria. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150903/NEWS01/150909673/Texts-between-Marysville-Pilchuck-shooter-ex-girlfriend-must-be-released-judge-rules...
President Obama's been known to bust a move now and then -- and he's not a bad dancer. Today, he had the opportunity to show off his moves on the last day of his three-day trip to Alaska. Obama stopped at Dillingham Middle School and was treated to a cultural performance by the school kids, featuring native dances and songs. After the kids had finished performing a number of dances, POTUS joined in. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/watch-president-obama-native-alaskan-dance-kids/story?id=33493004...
A media release from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reports Monday, August 31, 2015, the Tribal Council placed two Tribal judges on paid leave pending a personnel review. An interim Tribal judge has been appointed to handle the current court cases. Tribal judges are employees of the Lac du Flambeau of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and the Tribe does not comment on personnel issues. The Tribal Council has retained an independent third-party attorney to review the concerns regarding the Tribal judges placed on leave. The...
SALT LAKE CITY — Federal agents have secured a search warrant for a sport-utility vehicle that was involved in an April crash on the Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation that killed one man and injured five others. Investigators want to recover any data from the SUV's internal computer system that might provide them with additional forensic evidence about the crash, according to a sworn statement filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court by FBI agent Dustin Grant. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=36357992&nid=148&title=fbi-investigating-fatal-...
At the age of 47, Emery Three Persons is proving it’s never too late to start over. This week marked the official grand reopening of his business, Cyclone Towing. Not too long ago, it seemed like an impossible proposition. “I was the baddest and the worst guy around,” said Three Persons. http://globalnews.ca/news/2202441/blood-tribe-man-says-drugs-alcohol-addictions-can-be-beat/...
SEATTLE — When Microsoft announced a few years ago it would reboot the Killer Instinct fighting game, fans were ecstatic. The original game came out in 1996, but now it would come out as a free-to-play game on the Xbox One video game console. But Shannon Loftis, the general manager of Microsoft Global Games Publishing, said in a talk at the IGDA Leadership Summit that at least one of the characters from the series didn’t age well. The team at Rare wanted to bring back Chief Thunder from Killer Instinct 2. But as they designed the modern cha...
A woman from Big Grassy River First Nation (Mishkosiminiziibiing) in northwestern Ontario broke down the door of her neighbour's home to rescue two teens from a house fire on Tuesday night. Ivory Tuesday, 30, said she was compelled to act after a 911 dispatcher told her no fire trucks would be sent from neighbouring municipalities, since there are no funding agreements in place. The First Nation's own fire truck is under repair. She said she set aside her own fear after spotting flames through the window of her neighbour's house and hearing...
