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Today, Representatives Collin C. Peterson (D-MN), Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Paul Gosar (R-AZ), introduced the bipartisan Local Government Taxpayer Fairness Act that would require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to pay local property taxes like a private landowner on land acquired by the agency following the enactment of the legislation. “The Fish and Wildlife Service continues to squeeze taxpayers in rural communities each time they take productive land off the tax rolls. My bill will ensure that worthy c...
Parent concerns about learning loss during COVID-19 remain high as most report their children are still learning remotely either full or part time, concludes a new survey. More than 3 of every 4 parents, 76 percent, reported that their children are attending school remotely either full time or part time, according to a survey of 1,140 public school parents by the National Parents Union, a nonprofit that supports parents' role in making decisions about their child's education. The remainder reported their children are receving primarily...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today released the 2017-18 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). This data, which are self-reported by 17,604 public school districts and 97,632 public schools and educational programs, have been collected and published biennially by OCR since 1968. The CRDC is a universal collection of data related to OCR’s civil rights enforcement responsibilities at Pre-K through 12th grade levels, including charter schools, magnet schools or programs, alter...
This story was updated to reflect that Chicago will start the second quarter virtually for all students and phase in younger learners and students with disabilities. Click here for more. Chicago wants to reopen school buildings for its youngest learners and some students with special needs, with all other students sticking with virtual learning for now, Chalkbeat has learned. The district will start the second quarter virtually and phase in pre-kindergarten students and students in special education “cluster” programs five days a week lat...
Shelby County Schools board members aren't ready to reopen school buildings anytime soon. Chalkbeat talked to seven of the nine school board members this week to hear their thoughts on reopening buildings to about 90,000 students. Three of them said January is the earliest they feel comfortable reopening school buildings, especially as county health officials this week declared the virus' autumn "surge" has arrived. Others said they want to see a plan for COVID-19 testing in schools along with...
PHOENIX (AP) - Schools should maintain options for parents whether they prefer in-person or online instruction for their children, Gov. Doug Ducey said Thursday as the state sees an uptick in newly confirmed virus cases. "We want to provide those options to our kids and families," Ducey said after touring a Phoenix charter school with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. "We think options are very important." "It's important not only academically, but for their social and emotional growth, for...
As many schools return to in-person classes even as coronavirus cases are mounting nationwide, school bus drivers, cafeteria workers and janitors are left in an impossible bind: worried about being exposed to COVID-19 but also terrified they’ll lose their jobs if schools stay shut. “We’re back at work. We don’t get the choice of virtual or brick-and-mortar. We’re behind the wheel, five days a week,” said Rhonda Miller, 54, a school bus driver in Florida’s Palm Beach County. “How can you social distance on a bus? It’s impossible,” Mill...
WASHINGTON, October 18 – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Rules Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) today released a report summarizing for the American people what to expect on Election Day and reinforcing the Democrats’ call to encourage everyone to vote. The report follows the months-long effort by President Trump to undermine the ele...
Almost a month after Jason Many Fingers was last seen, family and friends are pleading for the public's help in locating the 46-year-old man. His father, Randy Manyfingers, said it is uncharacteristic of his son to go away like this and not contact his family. "Jason is very friendly, outgoing, and he was staying at our house the past two months with his daughter," said Randy. https://globalnews.ca/news/7402674/family-pleads-for-help-finding-missing-blood-tribe-man/...
With voters already lining up to cast early ballots across America ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, Native American voters whose ancestors called this land home before there was a U.S. president told The Associated Press they must overcome undue barriers of distance and language just to do their civic duty. "If the middle class white people had to go through the same barriers that natives do throughout the United States in Indian country the turnout for those voters would plummet also," says OJ Semans. Seamans is a Rosebud Sioux tribe...
As the new coronavirus ravaged the White Mountain Apache Tribe in eastern Arizona, Eugenia Cromwell did her best to stay home to keep herself safe. Visits to the grocery store and post office were instead passed off to her daughter, with whom she shared a home near Whiteriver. So it came as a surprise to the 79-year-old Apache woman when she learned in August she tested positive for COVID-19 along with two other people in her home. Knowing the virus could severely impact older adults, Cromwell feared for her life. More than 15,000 members make...
SIOUX CITY -- One of the joys of being a Sioux City police officer for Calvin Chang is handing out police badge stickers to children at Asian Fest. He tells these young, future recruits to, "Do the right thing" and "Stay in School," so that one day, they can follow in his footsteps. "It's great seeing all the kids come up saying, 'I want to be just like you,'" said Chang, who is one of just two officers on the force who are of Asian American heritage. Eddie Thiphasouk, the department's first...
AURORA, Colo. — For both children and adults, mental health disorders can have damaging effects on all aspects of their lives. As scientists examine the causes of attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD) and bipolar disorder, a new catalyst is emerging. Researchers from the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus say sugar intake may play a major role in these disorders and even aggressive behavior. Their study suggests fructose (a type of simple sugar) and uric acid increases the risk for developing various behavioral con...
He's mused out loud about an embarrassing 2020 defeat. He's acknowledged his severe deficit in key polls. And he's made naked appeals to the critical voting blocs of suburban women and older adults - two demographics he has struggled to win over. Just weeks from Election Day, President Donald Trump is saying the quiet part out loud about his own campaign. The president is crisscrossing the country with a packed schedule, flying to some states he won handily in 2016, to deliver a final pitch for...
Mark Sorensen and members of the Navajo-run nonprofit Protect Native Elders wheeled squeaky metal carts stacked high with boxes of digital tablets along the winding gray sidewalk toward the STAR School. On this humid August day, the STAR School, an acronym for "Service to All Relations," is receiving a shipment of devices for their 130 students who are now spread out across the reservation, learning virtually. As Sorensen pulls a cart, he passes his school's sign greeting visitors in Navajo...
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - The Lummi Nation, which made headlines in September for being among the first tribes nationwide to participate in coronavirus vaccination trials, has pulled out of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial. The announcement was made by the Lummi Indian Business Council. Lummi Nation doctors noted ongoing communication problems with AstraZeneca representatives as a primary factor in the tribe's decision to withdraw from the trial, according to a press release. The British...
ROSEBUD INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. — Due to the increase of COVID-19 and new reports of Influenza A cases, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe has issued a lockdown of the Rosebud Indian Reservation. In a video from the tribe’s YouTube Channel, Vice President Scott Herman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, made the announcement that said an alarming amount of the cases on the reservation were found in children and that a quarter of the amount of active cases are among elders. The order came from President Rodney M. Bordeaux. https://www.newscent...
Lt. Gov. Flanagan has made it known that she does not support the reinstallation of a Christopher Columbus statue that was torn down at the capitol by protesters. Gov. Walz spokesperson Teddy Tschann said, "while Lieutenant Governor Flanagan has made it clear she does not support reinstalling the statue, she is just one vote on the 12-member, bipartisan board. If the board votes to do so, the statue will be reinstalled." He is referring to the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, a...
Speaking Saturday at his Muskegon, Michigan rally, President Donald Trump spurred the crowd to boo the idea of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. "So last week, Biden attacked Christopher Columbus by refusing to recognize Columbus Day. And he wants to change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. Who likes that idea?" Donald Trump asked the crowd, who responded by loudly booing. "What the heck are you saying? That's politically incorrect! What they don't understand is that they're politically incorrection. So he...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum has placed North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Executive Director Scott Davis on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into allegations of misconduct. “We take allegations of misconduct very seriously, “ Burgum said in a statement released late Friday. ”The State of North Dakota is committed to a safe and equitable workplace environment for all team members,” Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki would not provide any details of the allegations. https://indiancountrytoday.com/o...
DULUTH -- In late September, Jeff Tibbetts walked quietly through the Superior National Forest north of Isabella, past a spot where, the day before, he had startled a bull moose, only to watch it run away before he had a chance to shoot. After the miss, as a thunderstorm raged, he had lain awake in his tent, stewing over his mistake, unsure if he would get another chance. But in the morning, he was encouraged. It was a beautiful fall day in the north woods, the sun filtering through the trees....
Red Lake Tribal Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction of the person or persons who vandalized a boundary sign near Ponemah. The sign was spray painted with the message: "Trump 2020," along with a Nazi swastika symbol. In a press release on their Facebook Page, Red Lake Tribal Police said: "The nature of these racist messages is very concerning to the Red Lake Band, in light of the fact that white supremacists have recently been emboldened throughout the...
PHILADELPHIA - Over 200 American Indian leaders and influencers have endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominee. The endorsements were announced on Thursday, Oct. 15, with 19 days until the Nov. 3 election. The endorsement comes a week after the Biden for President campaign released the Biden-Harris Plan for Tribal Nations. The joint endorsement reads: https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/over-200-native-leaders-endorse-joe-biden...
An Indigenous elder's family is calling for two staff members at a Winnipeg hospital to be fired after the 72-year-old woman, suffering from sepsis, was accused of being drunk. "They assumed she was consumed with alcohol," Sheila North said about her mom, Sadie North, who was so sick she could hardly form words. Instead of being tended to with compassion, a doctor and a clerk at Grace Hospital were "scolding her and berating her and accusing her," Sheila told reporters at a news conference on Friday. https://www.cbc.ca/news/...