Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts says he's determined to address the problems that plague the village of Whiteclay and is working with a Native American activist to seek solutions. Whiteclay's four beer stores sell primarily to residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation across the border in South Dakota, home of the Oglala Lakota Nation. The reservation does not sell alcoholic beverages. http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/nation/3859139-gov-ricketts-determined-address-whiteclay-beer-sales...
A 13 minute documentary about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up in Maine to investigate the forcible removal of Native American children from their homes over many years, debuts today. For hundreds of years, Federal and state governments wrested Native American children from their parents and placed them in institutions of one kind or another or in the homes of white families in an effort to “civilize the savage born”. This practice and policy left many of those children psychologically battered for the rest of their liv...
Now that it has an Indigenous Peoples Day, Minneapolis will focus some of its historic preservation efforts on better understanding its American Indian past. The city’s historic preservation staff will oversee the study of native people in the area both before and since white exploration and settlement. It plans to complete a background study by the summer of 2016 that is expected to lead to local designation of historic districts and properties. That study will be used to identify areas, buildings, structures, objects, sites and cultural l...
ST. PAUL — Here are 11 more reasons to visit the land of 10,000 lakes: the state’s American Indian reservations. Lt. Gov. Tina Smith and Melanie Benjamin, tribal chairman of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, are promoting tourism to what Benjamin referred to as “Indian Land” as another reason to explore Minnesota. http://www.wctrib.com/news/state/3859609-state-promotes-indian-lands-tourism-amid-changing-views-columbus...
Evelyn Inez Garrett and Edwin Cornelius Garrett Jr. of the Shinnecock Indian Reservation died within three days of each other at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Ms. Garrett died on October 1, and three days later her husband, devastated by the death of his wife, died on October 4. Both were 89. Ms. Garrett, affectionately called “Nana,” was born September 21, 1926, in Piney Grove, Virginia, to Hazel Sawyer Hicks and Edmond Hicks. The family moved from Virginia to New York before the birth of their youngest child, Eve...
A grass fire fanned by strong winds destroyed buildings in Cannon Ball and prompted the evacuation of the town on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. There were no reports of injuries in the Sunday afternoon fire, but the flames burned at least three homes and a church. Tribal Emergency Manager Elliott Ward tells The Bismarck Tribune that several hay bales caught fire north of Cannon Ball on Saturday night, and the flames spread into town Sunday when winds gusted up to 60 mph. http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20151012...
