Articles from the September 19, 2013 edition
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Albertina "Peggy" Thompson
Albertina “Peggy” Thompson, 68 of Cass Lake, MN died Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at her home. Memorial Services will be at 11:00 am Friday, September 20, 2013 at the St. Charles Catholic Church in Cass Lake, MN with Fr. Sebastian Ettolil officiating. Interment will be at the Thompson Cemetery in Cass Lake, MN under the direction of the Cease Family Funeral Home of Bemidji....
Wilfred Wind Jr.
Wilfred Wind Jr. March 21, 1978 - Friday, September 14, 2013 Service Information St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fort Thompson, SD Monday, September 23, 2013 10:00 A.M. Visitation Information St. Joseph Catholic Church Community Hall Sat. 9/21 & Sun 9/22 Beginning at 5:00 P.M....
Sonnie Ryan Ringley
Sonnie Ryan Ringley, 26, of Onigum, Minnesota passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Essentia Health in Fargo surrounded by his family. Sonnie was born June 12, 1987 in Norton, Virginia and graduated in 2007 from Denton High School in Denton, North Carolina. Following high school he worked for Parsons Masonry as a mason...
Minnesota's young 'invincibles' are key to health insurance overhaul
Paul Beach may not feel the weight of it, but he’s a linchpin in making the federal health care overhaul work....
11 tests and procedures you don't want ...
When Dr. Michael Mooney threads a catheter inside the arteries of a heart-attack patient, he often finds an obstruction beyond the big blockage that is his main target. But, as tempting as it would be to remove the obstruction and prevent it from causing the next heart attack, Mooney follows advice from leading medical authorities to leave it and exit his patient’s...
Don't bet against cereal, General Mills executives say
The cereal business has not gone soggy, General Mills maintains, and for the first time in more than a year the company posted results Wednesday to back up that claim....
House GOP raises odds of a shutdown
WASHINGTON – After three years of cajoling, finessing and occasionally strong-arming his fitful conservative majority, Speaker John Boehner waved the white flag on Wednesday, surrendering to demands from his right flank that he tie money to keep the government open after Sept. 30 to stripping President Obama’s health care law of any financing....
Michelle Obama urges companies to advertise more healthier foods to children
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama used the power of her bully pulpit Wednesday to push food companies and television broadcasters to do more to promote healthier foods to children — and to do it faster....
Most Alaskans get $900 in oil wealth checks
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Nearly every Alaska resident will receive $900 for their share of the state's oil wealth, a nice sum to be sure, but nowhere near the amount of the checks before the recession....
Rep. McCollum Urges NFL's Redskins to Change Nickname
Congresswoman Betty McCollum, co-chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus, last week announced her endorsement of the“Change the Mascot” campaign, which aims to change the name of the Washington Redskins....
Jurors see interview with boy who was in house when Spirit Lake siblings were killed
FARGO – Jurors watched the video of an interview with a 4-year-old boy who was in the house when his older siblings were stabbed to death on the Spirit Lake reservation....
NY man admits smuggling untaxed Ky. cigarettes
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Prosecutors say a New York man has admitted smuggling untaxed cigarettes from Kentucky through an upstate Indian reservation to smoke shops on Long Island....
Congress Seeing Dollar Signs When Tribal Leaders Visit DC
The week of September 9 was a big one for tribal visits to Washington, D.C. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/18/congress-seeing-dollar-signs-when-tribal-leaders-visit-dc-151339...
Child welfare failed girl nearly starved by grandparents
No less than three child welfare bodies failed on some level to protect an aboriginal girl who nearly starved after she was moved from the care of the B.C. government to her grandparents in Saskatchewan, according to B.C.'s child watchdog....
Aboriginal pipe ceremony commentary causes controversy
A University of Saskatchewan professor's letter to the editor this week is creating some controversy....
IHS proposes caps as federal budget deadline nears
The Indian Health Service is proposing caps for funding operational costs at tribally run hospitals and clinics. It’s an issue that pits a traditionally underfunded division of the federal government against the tribes it’s supposed to be advocating for....
Letts will make decision on jurisdiction for Cherokee murder suspect
Accused murderer George Nobles, on instructions from his defense attorney, raised his Peanuts cartoon “It’s All Good In The Hood” T-shirt so that Superior Court Judge Brad Letts could look at a tattoo on his back....
Suspicious box forces evacuation in Window Rock
WINDOW ROCK, AZ (AP) - About 300 people were evacuated from a Window Rock building Wednesday as authorities checked out a suspicious package that turned out to be computer hardware....
New fishing laws on Seneca Indian Reservation set
The Yellow perch fishing was great on Wednesday according to Rick Miller in Irving....
Charges dismissed against former Abenaki chief
ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — Embezzlement charges have been dropped against the former leader of an Indian tribe in Vermont....
