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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced nearly $212 million in grant awards to all 50 states and the District of Columbia to support programs aimed at preventing chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Funded in part by the Affordable Care Act, the awards will strengthen state and local programs aimed at fighting these chronic diseases, which are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States, and help lower our nation’s health care costs. A total of 193 awards are being m...
Collaboration between federal Climate Science Centers, partner agencies and tribes is vital for minimizing and adapting to potential harmful effects of climate change on human society and surrounding ecosystems, according to a newly-released U.S. Geological Survey circular. “All eight of our Climate Science Centers are working closely with tribal nations to develop the practical science they need," said Anne Castle, DOI Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, "and we are looking forward to the addition of five new BIA tribal liaison p...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT CANVASSER SUPERVISOR POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE Open: September 15, 2014 Closing: September 26, 2014 @ 3:00 p.m. Primary Function: Supervise the 8 Canvassers that are registering voters and/or giving rides to the polls on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Reports to the Political Education Committee (PEC), temporary employment opportunity from October 1, 2014 to November 4, 2014, $12.00 hourly wage for 20 hours per week. Essential Responsibilities & Duties: • Door to Door...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT 8 - CANVASSERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE • 2 – Little Rock District • 2 – Ponemah District • 2 – Redby District • 2 – Red Lake District Open: September 15, 2014 Closing: September 26, 2014 @ 3:00 p.m. Primary Function: Register voters and/or give rides to the polling place on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Reports to Canvasser Supervisor, temporary employment opportunity from October 1, 2014 to November 4, 2014, $10.00 hourly wage for 20 hours per week. Essential...
The Red Lake Girls Volleyball Team hosted Kelliher-Northome on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. The JV Girls were swept 2-0 in their match, while the varsity took their first game, lost the second, won the third, lost the fourth, and while leading in the 5th and final game towards the end, came up short for the victory. Still looking for their first win on the season, they travel to Cass Lake on Thursday, September 11th, and Warren-Alverado-Oslo on September 13th. They won't play at home again until...
Bemidji area residents enjoyed a nearly perfect week of weather this past week, although there was a little extra wind on a couple of days if someone wanted to be picky....
Collaboration between federal Climate Science Centers, partner agencies and tribes is vital for minimizing and adapting to potential harmful effects of climate change on human society and surrounding ecosystems, according to a newly-released U.S. Geological Survey circular. “All eight of our Climate Science Centers are working closely with tribal nations to develop the practical science they need," said Anne Castle, DOI Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, "and we are looking forward to the addition of five new BIA tribal liaison p...
With more than 50 million tailgaters each year, Americans flock to acres of parking lots to gather with friends and family, grill delicious burgers, play horseshoes and celebrate their local sports team's game! Intertwined into routine fall Saturdays and Sundays, tailgating has become a true staple at sporting events. However, most fans don't know how or why tailgating was created. Believe it or not, tailgating has been around since the 1861 Civil War Battle of Bull Run. Civilians from the...
WHAT: Minnesota utilities are teaming up to fight back against scams aimed at our customers. Phone and email scams targeting Minnesota utility customers are increasing at an alarming rate, representing thousands of dollars lost by unsuspecting customers. At a news conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota utilities will launch “Slam the Scam,” an awareness campaign aimed at warning customers, exposing scammers’ tactics and preventing scams. WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Xcel Energy 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minn. Location map B...
The RLMS held their annual constitutional convention Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Student representatives from all pods gathered together. The representatives brought to the gathering the rules, guidelines, or social contracts they created in their pods. The students met for about an hour and a half where they discussed and compared the rules, guidelines, or social contracts they brought with them. The goal was to create one set, that everyone would follow in RLMS, with all voices heard and...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Bank is refunding about $48 million in the latest federal settlement by a major bank over improper billing for extra credit card products that customers didn't receive....
Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Thursday shot down speculation that she is a candidate to be the next U.S. attorney general....
A man who swindled dozens of people in a car business will serve an unusual jail sentence....
The nation’s top agriculture official came to St. Paul on Thursday to launch a successor to a much-criticized financial protection program for farmers....
A Shorewood lake could be the first in Minnesota in an effort to protect the state’s lakes from fast-spreading zebra mussels....
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation is poised to receive $554 million from the federal government over allegations of mismanagement of tribal resources in the largest settlement of its kind for an American Indian tribe....
The president of the Metis Nation of Ontario and the Mayor of the Municipality of Greenstone signed an historic agreement Thursday in Thunder Bay....
Police, paramedics and a child welfare worker separately had contact with Tina Fontaine on the last day the aboriginal teenager was seen alive, prompting an internal investigation into the handling of a case that has brought the issue of Canada’s missing and murdered aboriginal women to the fore....
Winnipeggers are reacting with anger and frustration over the news that Winnipeg police officers had contact with Tina Fontaine within 24 hours of her final disappearance....
As soon as Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and Speaker Pro Tem Lorenzo Bates ink their signatures with federal officials on the $554 million settlement, public hearings with the Navajo people will soon take place....
The Oglala Sioux Nation and a nonpartisan civil rights group formed at the request of President John Kennedy have filed a voting-rights lawsuit on behalf of voters from the tribe’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. “Our civil rights are being violated,” said Tom Poor Bear, Oglala Sioux vice president and lead plaintiff. The federal suit, Poor Bear v. The County of Jackson, cites the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/09/25/oglala-vp-our-civil-rights-are-be...
It’s common knowledge that the deals struck by the U.S. government and Indian tribes didn’t usually work out so well for native people. It’s not as simple, though, as the Big Bad United States taking advantage of poor, simple Indians....
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A former chairman of the Chippewa Cree tribe plans to plead guilty to theft and bribery charges in a deal with federal prosecutors after he was accused of accepting a $25,000 vehicle from a Havre businessman as a reward for past dealings....
Tower, MN -- State, county, and tribal leaders from Minnesota gathered at Fortune Bay Resort Casino on Thursday to talk about what they are calling a crisis of Indian children....
Documented footage of Native Americans in the early 1900s Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=717_1411532766#TuXDXlBcLTIAA9LT.99...
