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The Great Recession left a hangover that has been particularly harsh for Minnesota's young adults, who continue to experience high levels of unemployment and poverty while delaying major life events such as moving out on their own and getting married....
The centennial observance of Julia Child's birth continues with a fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 4 at Roth Distributing, 11300 W. 47th St., Minnetonka. Along with a silent auction and Julia-inspired food and wine samplings, chef Marianne Miller of Saga Hill Cooking and Events and sommelier Leslee Miller of Amusée will offer a cooking demonstration and wine pairing every half-hour. Tickets are $75 and may be purchased by next Thursday at tinyurl.com/julia-child-100th-celebration. Proceeds benefit culinary educational grants through Les Dames...
Students will get an extra 10 minutes of math each day at Central Park Elementary in Roseville....
Federal authorities are investigating a scheme in which they believe a man bought food stamp cards at half their value from homeless-shelter residents in the St. Paul area and redeemed them at local grocery stores....
Maybe it's the candlelight and caviar. Mitt Romney's stunningly divisive attack on those Americans he classifies as the "47 percent" immediately reminded us of then-candidate Barack Obama's spring 2008 comments in which he labeled many Americans as "bitter" people who "cling to guns or religion."...
WASHINGTON – In the ongoing battle over millions of dollars in legal fees related to the pending $3.4 billion Cobell settlement, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has rebutted claims by the Cobell lawyers that the non-profit Native legal organization does not deserve to be compensated for its role in the case. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/09/19/native-american-rights-fund-fires-back-at-cobell-lawyers-over-fees-134793 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/09/19/native-american-rights-...
On the final day for aboriginal residential school survivors to apply for compensation from the federal government, First Nations communities in BC continue to seek justice for "day scholars"--former students ineligible for compensation because they attended schools that didn't require them to stay overnight....
PUYALLUP, Wash. — State and federal agents swarmed a Native American smoke shop in Puyallup Wednesday, seizing scores of items. Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2012/09/19/federal-agents-raid-puyallup-smoke-shop/#storylink=cpy...
Three tribal leaders testified before the U.S. Congress on September 15 that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was moving to tax non-gaming per capita payments paid by tribes to their tribal citizens through trust accounts held by the U.S. Department of the Interior. They charged that this would be a violation of federal law—a charge that at least one IRS official seemed convinced of by the end of the hearing. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/09/19/tribes-say-irs-moves-to-tax-tribal-per-capita-paymen...
A South Dakota hospital that nearly closed earlier this year because of financial problems is suing the Indian Health Service, saying the federal agency doesn’t pay its bills....
Some parents in the Labrador community of Natuashish want their children placed in foster care so they won't sniff gas....
COVE, Ariz. (AP) - Three areas of the Navajo Nation that are contaminated with uranium mining waste are being cleaned up....
Longfellow neighborhood resident Anita Reyes (White Earth Band of Ojibwe) and Occupy Homes Minnesota (Occupy) have been protesting the foreclosure of Reyes's house and her eviction from the premises. The property is held by Woodlands National Bank (Woodlands), one of only a few tribally-owned financial institutions in the country and owned by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. The Minneapolis branch of the bank was opened in 2009 with programs specifically geared toward low-income and Native American clients. The battle has caused bad feeling...
An Akwesasne man facing charges in connection with a human smuggling case recently trumpeted by the Conservative government says the Nigerian network allegedly behind the underground operation has put a hit out on his life....
NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. -- The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe has paid an $11,600 fine and made safety changes at its Lake of Isles golf course after a lightning strike in June injured 15 workers....
Policing from across northern Canada are looking at ways to keep Aboriginal youth out of trouble....
South Dakota’s Board of Regents believes one answer to solving teacher shortages at the state’s tribal schools might exist right there on the reservations....
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An anti-abortion poster depicting a fetus in an American Indian headdress has sparked a protest at the University of New Mexico....
After a solid rookie season in which Sam Bradford, Cherokee, posted a 76.5 passer rating for the St. Louis Rams in 2010, there was a lot of hope in Indian country and in St. Louis in general that they’d found their quarterback for of the future. Drafted as the first overall pick in the 2010 draft, Bradford lived up to the expectations by throwing for 3,512 yards and 18 TDs, completing a very respectable 60% of his passes. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/09/18/sam-bradford-scorching-hot-for-the-st-lou...
Some 50 kilometres outside Whitehorse there is a housing subdivision for members of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nation....
FARMINGTON — Years after he sexually assaulted two children on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, a Shiprock man will face 10 years in prison for his crimes....