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BEMIDJI — "The fire is back," said Dan Ninham as he discussed bringing lacrosse back to the area. A lacrosse clinic will be held today at the Bemidji State University soccer practice field, or if it rains it will be moved into the John S. Glas Fieldhouse. More than 50 youths have pre-registered — 12 players from the Green Bay area alone — for the free clinic, open to players of all ages interested in learning to play lacrosse. Lacrosse sticks and equipment will be provided. "We will teach both...
When the clock struck midnight on Tuesday, ushering in a massive federal government shutdown, the calendar also flipped back to 1949 for Minnesota farmers like Kevin Paap....
WASHINGTON – A scientific panel that shaped the federal government’s policy for testing the safety and effectiveness of painkillers was funded by major pharmaceutical companies that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the chance to affect the thinking of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to hundreds of e-mails obtained by a public records request....
Minnesota is about to unleash one of the most unorthodox insurance sales forces in state history as it moves to the next phase of enrolling people for health coverage under the grand experiment known as Obamacare....
Despite a string of disappointments at 26.2 miles, Nick Arciniaga never felt discouraged. He believed his experience and training were carrying him toward a breakthrough race, and he promised himself he wasn’t going to let anything slow him down in Sunday’s Twin Cities Marathon....
Last month, U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., claimed that efforts to rein in government spending are pointless. “There’s no more cuts to make,” she said, “The cupboard is bare.” In fact, with a nearly $4 trillion federal budget, there is plenty in the “cupboard” Washington could clearly do without — starting with its jar of sugar subsidies....
A Minnesota firm, quietly working for two years on employer-sponsored private insurance exchanges stimulated by Obamacare, plans to double in size over the next year, thanks in part to the Affordable Care Act....
Elda Bothun lay unconscious on her bed inside a Bloomington nursing home. She had stopped breathing, but the two nurses assigned to care for her had left the room....
The Internet messages were so vicious that they pushed 16-year-old Ivy Griffiths into therapy for depression....
WASHINGTON — The United States moved closer to the possibility of the first-ever default on the government's debt Sunday as Speaker John Boehner adamantly ruled out a House vote on a straightforward bill to boost the borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama....
WASHINGTON — Little Amelia Sloan is a pioneer: Shortly after her birth, scientists took drops of the healthy baby's blood to map her genetic code....
MONCTON–Elsipogtog Chief, NB Premier keep talks going as blockade continuesA round of high-level talks between New Brunswick Premier David Alward and Elsipogtog Chief Arren Sock have begun with the aim of ending a more than week-long anti-fracking blockade on a highway in the northern part of the province....
The tribal payday lending business finds itself facing a flurry of class action lawsuits and state crackdowns painting the lenders as loan sharks preying upon vulnerable consumers with usurious rates and fees. The tribal payday lenders respond that they are immune from state regulation, service a legitimate market need, and generate much needed jobs and income for Indian tribes....
A day after national residential school abuse hearings wrapped up in Vancouver, B.C., tens of thousands of people sprawled through the city's downtown, calling for a new relationship between Canadians and aboriginals. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/06/reconciliation-week-brings-out-70000-marchers-honors-residential-school-survivors-canada...
Oglala Sioux Tribe President Bryan Brewer’s plans to meet with Wounded Knee owner James Czywczynski have been cancelled after Brewer met with a representative from the Bush Foundation and the Trust for Public Land. Brewer told ICTMN that, “There was nothing to talk about.” Read more at https://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/04/native-sun-news-brandon-ecoffey-says-deal-works-wounded-knee-151615...
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Cherokee Nation officials said they are better equipped to handle the current government shutdown than they were in 1995 and 1996 when the government shutdown twice for a total of 27 days....
The government shutdown has forced the nation’s national parks to close. Below is a snapshot of access at some of the most popular parks under the shutdown, as well as alternatives for those who are determined to try to salvage their vacations:...
Poverty is a root cause of crime, and without solving the poverty issue it may not be possible to solve the violent crime issues plaguing Indian reservations. Where there are high rates of poverty, so there are high rates of crime. The official poverty rate for individual Indians in the United States on reservations is 29.4 percent, compared to the U.S. national average of 15.3 percent. The reservation poverty rate for Indian families on reservations is 36 percent, compared to the national average of 9.2 percent. Urban Indians have a poverty...
These questions were either submitted algorithmically or by seriously confused folks sitting at their computers with nothing better to do. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/05/7-ridiculous-google-search-questions-about-native-americans-151616...
Yes, that was Chaske Spencer walking down the alley near Edison High School, and hanging out talking on his cell phone last week. He stars in “an immigrant story,” The Jingle Dress, about an Ojibwe family that moves from the White Earth Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota to Minneapolis. It becomes a murder mystery. “We follow the Red Elk family as they discover a new culture and through their experiences and unvarnished perspective we are able to view our own Minnesota culture with fresh...
ARCADIA, Duchesne County — Two people were arrested Thursday after federal and local law enforcement agencies served a search warrant on a suspected drug house on Ute tribal land in Duchesne County....
A multi-agency law enforcement drug raid targeting a residence on the Ute Indian Tribe’s Uintah and Ouray Reservation resulted in two arrests....
Vigils and gatherings will be held in communities across the north Friday to honour missing or murdered Aboriginal women....
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, already embroiled in a battle over a government shutdown, jumped into another dispute on Saturday - a long-running fight over the name of the Washington Redskins NFL team....
How far do you have to travel to vote? Some Native Americans in Montana have to drive as far as 120 miles round trip in order to reach early voting polling stations. Requests for satellite polling stations on reservations led to a legal battle right before Election Day in 2012, but were ultimately denied. The Ninth Circuit will hear an appeal of last year's case on October 10....
