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(Bemidji, Minn., October 27, 2011) – “Why Treaties Matter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations” is a new traveling exhibition that will explore the Native nations in Minnesota and their history of treaty making with the United States. The exhibit will open will on Friday November 4 at 1 PM at the American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) on campus at Bemidji State University, where it will be on view through November 16. The exhibit will then move to the Beltrami County Admin...
Open House at the Red Lake Elementary School in August 2011....
Open House at the Red Lake Elementary School in August 2011....
Open House at the Red Lake Elementary School in August 2011....
Grandparent's Breakfast with RLES Students held in September 2011 at the Red Lake Elementary School....
Grandparent's Breakfast with RLES Students held in September 2011 at the Red Lake Elementary School....
Grandparent's Breakfast with RLES Students held in September 2011 at the Red Lake Elementary School....
A man has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender when he moved onto the Red Lake (Minn.) Indian Reservation earlier this year. According to a U.S. Department of Justice release, Glenn Lee Fairbanks allegedly lived on the reservation from Feb. 16 to Sept. 22 without updating his address He was indicted in federal court Oct. 17. The indictment was unsealed today when he was arraigned in federal court. According to an affidavit, Fairbanks was convicted of criminal sexual conduct on Dec. 19, 2001, with a condition being offender...
BEMIDJI, Minn. – Paving on the newly constructed southbound lanes of Highway 71 south of Bemidji is expected to be complete Oct. 28 allowing traffic to be switched, according to Larry Randall, MnDOT project supervisor. To accommodate the traffic switch, motorists will encounter temporary 4-way stops at the Highway 2 ramp intersections at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 28 until the traffic signal for the south bound traffic is activated later that day. Motorists will experience temporary lane closures beginning Oct. 29 as crews finish paving the new n...
WASHINGTON – Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske and the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced that on Saturday, October 29, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, Americans will be able to drop off their expired, unused and unwanted prescription drug pills at sites across Indian Country free of charge, no questions asked. By doing so, they will be helping prevent drug abuse and theft. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is partnering with national, state, l...
On Wednesday October 26, 2011 in the Red Lake Radiology Department we will be celebrating “Breast Cancer Awareness” with PRIZES, GAMES, BREAST CANCER RISK ACCESSMENT, EDUCATION AND CAKE! The Grand prize will be a one night stay at the casino with 6 water passes!! Also, ALL who are up-to-date on their mammograms by this Friday, October 28th will be eligible to win a pendant with a pink stone donated by Ken K Thompson!! So make sure you’re current on your mammograms so you have the chance to wi...
St. Paul, Minnesota – The Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition and Prostitution Research & Education have released the landmark report, Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota, the first study to detail the personal experiences of Native women who have been prostituted and trafficked in the state, as well as the specific resources and support they need to escape prostitution and trafficking. The report follows on earlier studies by Amnesty International and the US Justice Department which f...
She chose the name of a flower - Violet - much as the other American Indian women who took part in the anonymous survey were encouraged to do. But what the young woman related to Minnesota researchers was anything but pretty or soothing....
Next HAE support group: November 1st Time: 6pm at the Red Lake Hospital Come ready to discuss your needs RSVP Elli @ 679-3912 ext.222...
Mobile Food Distribution Residents of the Senior Apartments - Food available for those who need it. Please call St. Mary's Mission and Register with your name and apartment number. This month's Food Shelf is FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th. You will need to register before then. Register with St. Mary's Mission - 218-679-3615...
** POSITION OPENING ** EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN RATE OF PAY: Depending upon experience LOCATION: Seven Clans Casinos –Thief River Falls, MN OPENS: October 25, 2011 CLOSES: November 08, 2011 POSITION OBJECTIVES: Under the general supervision of the prevailing General Manager, Risk Manager is responsible to oversee an emergency medical need for Seven Clans Casinos. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Responsible to respond to emergency situations and handle according to need. • Conducts patie...
WASHINGTON - Pushing a campaign to act without Congress, President Barack Obama will announce on Friday two more executive actions on the economy, both of them small steps intended to give a boost to businesses....
Domestic violence against Native American women and pollution of American Indian land—mostly at the hands of non-Native Americans—are just two of many issues that could destroy the American Indian way of life, says Michigan State University law professor Matthew Fletcher....
Two years ago, a Miami jury ordered a pair of Miccosukee Indians to pay about $3.2 million to a local truck driver for causing the death of his wife in a 1998 car accident. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/27/2475343/2-miccosukees-wont-pay-32m-judgment.html#ixzz1c4k3LX1i...
UPPER MOENKOPI, Ariz. - The Hopi Tribe has filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) over the BIA's operation of the Tuba City Open Dump. The Tuba City Open Dump has contaminated groundwater that the Hopi Villages of Upper Moenkopi and Lower Moenkopi rely on as their only source of drinking water....
KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. - In the third public meeting held in Kykotsmovi village, which was labeled as an "open public" meeting by Kykotsmovi Village Gov. Antone Honanie, both information sharing and the topic of removal of Leroy Shingoitewa from the Hopi chairman's office is proceeding successfully, according to Silent Majority organizer and co-petition author, former Hopi Vice Chairman Phillip Quochytewa....
The special depicted the daily lives of young people on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, home of one of the poorest counties in the United States. Like ABC reporter Diane Sawyer inquired at the end of the special, you may also be wondering why American Indians even stay on their reservations....
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A pilot project that is being called the first of its kind in Canada is aiming to give aboriginal children a role model....
The first people to inhabit North America came across the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska about 12,000 years ago, right? Maybe not. A provocative new theory proposed by archaeologists Dennis Stanford and Bruce Bradley asserts that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought....
Sweet memories were entwined with sadness as a B.C. native leader marked his late sister's birthday and derided the circumstances that led to her death....