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Oct. 3, 2014 — Bemidji State University is one of 12 partner institutions with the 360° Manufacturing and Applied Engineering ATE Regional Center of Excellence which will benefit from a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program. The Minnesota Advanced Manufacturing Partnership has been selected to receive the grant for advanced manufacturing education throughout Minnesota. South Central College, a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universiti...
A Chickasaw language instructor was among those recognized during the Chickasaw Nation Arts and Culture Awards ceremony Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Chickasaw Cultural Center, Sulphur, Okla. Virginia Alexander Bolen, a native speaker and teacher of Chickasaw language, was honored as the recipient of the 2014 Silver Feather Award, one of the highest honors given by the Chickasaw Nation. Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby presented the award. "As a nation, we are extremely fortunate to have a...
The *National Marine Fisheries Service* [ http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aboutus.htm ] (NMFS) recognizes the unique importance of many protected species to tribes, and it values ongoing efforts by tribal nations to conserve and protect species under NMFS' jurisdiction. NMFS is authorized to provide federal assistance to tribes to support conservation programs for marine and anadromous species under its jurisdiction. These grants can be used to support conservation of endangered, threatened, and candidate or proposed species, as well as...
Minnesota’s new antibullying effort pulled Bill Mack out of retirement near Grand Rapids. A former principal who had witnessed how harassment and abuse can harm children, Mack is now the head of the state’s new antibullying effort....
Many parents are understandably relieved Minnesota schools are no longer labeled “failures’’ by federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) laws. Under those overly prescriptive, unrealistic rules, as recently as 2010 about half of the state’s 2,000 schools were on the dreaded AYP list for failing to make adequate yearly progress based on standardized tests....
Are e-cigarettes, the popular battery-powered devices marketed as a smoking alternative, tobacco products?...
OMAHA, Neb. — An American photojournalist who contracted the deadly Ebola virus while working in West Africa has begun his journey home for treatment....
With a new season, a new coach and a $1 billion stadium on the way, the Minnesota Vikings turned to their undisputed star last summer to appear on the team’s yearbook cover: Adrian Peterson, standing confidently in a dirty purple jersey....
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced that an additional $1 million has been transferred to the Cobell Education Scholarship Fund, bringing the total transferred in 2014 to more than $4.5 million. The Scholarship Fund was authorized by the historic Cobell Settlement and is funded in part by the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). The Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance through scholarships to American Indian and Alaska Native students wishing to pursue post-secondary e...
April Negrette and Kimball Bighorse have filed tort claims against the City and County of San Francisco. The claims are the first step in suing the City and County for police brutality that occurred when the Giants called in SFPD to eject Negrette and Bighorse from its June 23, 2014, “Native American Heritage Night” event and game. SFPD officers threw Ms. Negrette to the ground by her hair, violently twisted her arms and kept her in an excruciating pain compliance hold for an extended period of time. When Mr. Bighorse video-recorded this wit...
WINNEBAGO, Neb. | A Ho-Chunk Inc. subsidiary has been awarded a $6.5 million federal contract to supply furniture and equipment to a Defense Department agency. All Native Solutions, a company of the Flatwater Group, has a five-year deal with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency/US Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction/Standing Joint Force Headquarters-Elimination, or DTRA/SCC-WMD/SJFHQ-E. The contract was announced Wednesday by Ho-Chunk, the economic development...
WINNEBAGO, Nebraska — A subsidiary of the Winnebago Tribe's economic development company has won a $6.5 million contract to provide furniture to a federal agency....
A federal appeals court on Wednesday denied a request by two American Indian tribes to stop New York State’s top financial regulator from cracking down on their online lending businesses, the latest victory in a sweeping battle to stamp out the high-cost loans....
Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s top banking regulator, has the power to regulate online lenders, including those owned by American Indian tribes, a U.S. appeals court said in a preliminary victory for the state....
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday it has awarded more than $2.2 million in grants to five Montana Indian reservations to assist in developing the tribes’ energy and mineral resources....
BELLINGHAM — For some, Columbus Day invokes memories of grade-school rhymes that tell the singsong story of an explorer who set out for India in 1492 to sail the ocean blue, and instead found America. Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/10/01/3887004_bellingham-to-consider-celebrating.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy...
SEATTLE — This past Wednesday the Seattle School Board passed a resolution to recognize “Indigenous People’s Day,” which passed unanimously....
They say when you go into public service, you sacrifice the potential for more lucrative income in the private sector. But why make such a difficult decision?...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced 22 new grant awards in the amount of copy1.3 million to reduce chronic diseases and promote health and wellness in Indian country. These awards, financed by the Affordable Care Act, are part of a coordinated initiative in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to reduce chronic diseases, promote healthier lifestyles, reduce health disparities, and control health care spending. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/10/05/cdc-awards-over-11m...
For two decades, the Dakota Consortium of Treaty Schools (DACTS), has worked with our friends in Congress to address the sad state of school facilities in Indian country. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/10/02/building-hope-building-schools...
MINNEAPOLIS - As the number of speakers fluent in Native American languages continues to fade, a Minnesota school like few others in this nation is helping to keep those languages alive. See more at: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2014-10-01/education/mn-school-helps-revival-of-native-american-languages/a41990-1#sthash.eSbNkjum.dpuf...
OKLAHOMA CITY — The federal government owes Oklahoma school districts more than $30 million for tax revenue lost from lands owned by Indian tribes and federal agencies, state education officials said Tuesday....
Conservative hero Ben Carson is worried about American teenagers joining ISIS. But it’s not because of “radical Islam.” It’s because of new high school history standards....
On June 21, 1963, lightning strikes sparked series of wildfires in Dinosaur National Monument. One fast-spreading blaze already consumed acres of wilderness land when the National Park Service called into action the newly established northern Ute Indian Fire Fighters....
PHOENIX -- A federal judge Tuesday upheld the U.S. Department of the Interior's 20-year ban on new uranium mines on 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, rejecting a challenge by a coalition of mining industry groups....