Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Clifford Clarence Hardy February 17, 1946 ~ October 24, 2021 (age 75) Clifford Clarence Hardy, 75, "Enimajiwed" which means "Person Going Over the Hill", of Ponemah, Minnesota began his journey to the spirit world on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, from the Red Lake IHS Hospital in Red Lake, MN. Clifford was born to Constance (Johnson) and Clarence Hardy on February 17th, 1946, in Ponemah, MN. Cliff grew up in Ponemah and attended the Ponemah Elementary and Red Lake High Schools. He enlisted in the...
Wanda Lee Graves September 12, 1950 ~ October 24, 2021 (age 71) Wanda Lee Graves, Niigaanikwe which means "Leading Woman", age 71, of Red Lake, MN and the Eagle Clan started her spiritual journey on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, from Red Lake IHS, Red Lake, MN. Wanda was born on September 12th, 1950, in Red Lake, MN to Frances and Kenneth Graves. Wanda grew up and went to school in Minneapolis, MN. Wanda married the love of her life, Harold Graves, Sr. on January 10th, 1976, in Minneapolis, MN....
Jodi R. May November 6, 1964 ~ October 24, 2021 (age 56) Jodi Renee May, age 56, of Red Lake, MN, journeyed to the spirit world on Sunday, October 24, 2021. Jodi was born on November 6, 1964, in Hennepin County, MN, to Barbara Cloud and John Marion. As an infant, she was adopted by the May family and was raised as one of their own children in Red Lake, MN. She graduated from Red Lake High School. She worked as a cook for various places and later worked as a school bus driver for Red Lake School...
Vernon Harry Vannett July 13, 1948 ~ October 24, 2021 (age 73) Vernon Harry Vannett, age 73, of Cass Lake, MN journeyed to the spirit world on Sunday, October 24th, 2021, from St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, MN. Vernon was born on July 13, 1948, in Deer River, MN the son of Margaret (Roy) and Randall Vannett. Vernon joined the U.S. Army June 4, 1968, in Minneapolis, MN. During his time served he was stationed in Germany and earned a National Defense Service Medal and a Sharpshooter award. Vernon...
Francis Anthony Brown April 08, 1940 - October 24, 2021 Francis Anthony Brown, aka "Frenchy", "Wawáŋyaŋg waŋkátahaŋ" (He watches from the clouds) 81 of Fort Totten, ND passed away on Sunday, October 24,2021 at Eventide Heartland in Devils Lake, ND with his loving family at his side. Frenchy began his earthly journey in Fort Totten, ND to Mary Jane (Grandbois) Belgarde and Israel Gourd on April 8, 1940. He was soon adopted by Agnes Littlewind-Brown and Steve Brown of Crow Hill where he was raise...
Minnesota legislators are at an impasse over how to divvy up $250 million in aid to workers on the front lines of the pandemic, failing to agree on a single plan on Wednesday after months of gridlock. A legislative working group voted to send two different plans to the full House and Senate, one backed by Republicans that would provide checks to those who worked directly with COVID-19 patients and long-term care residents, and another supported by Democrats that would touch a broader group of...
More than 1,100 Minnesota vaccinators have signed up to give COVID-19 shots to kids 5-11 after the expected federal regulatory approvals come next week, state health officials said Wednesday. There are about 505,000 children in the state who will become eligible for the lower-dose Pfizer vaccine. Minnesota has ordered 170,000 doses and the state's pharmacies will receive about 85,000 doses from the federal government. https://www.startribune.com/more-than-1-100-minnesota-prov...
Campaign signs have popped up in clusters and candidates are offering more pointed messaging than voters typically hear in suburban school board races: Educate, not indoctrinate, they say. Academics, not activism. These are conservative voices and they're rising - many as part of multicandidate slates - seeking to flip school board seats in elections next week and then set what they describe as a new common-sense direction. Fervent challenges to racial equity policies have turned what are...
WASHINGTON - China recently conducted a "very concerning" test of a hypersonic weapon system as part of its aggressive advance in space and military technologies, the top U.S. military officer says. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the first Pentagon official to confirm on the record the nature of a test this year by the Chinese military that the Financial Times had reported was a nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon that was launched into space and orbited the Earth...
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples following shocking revelations of the Catholic Church's role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children, the Vatican said on Wednesday. In a brief statement, the Holy See's press office said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops invited the pope to make an apostolic journey to Canada "also in the context of the long-standing pastoral process of reconciliation with...
WASHINGTON — With his signature domestic initiative at stake, President Joe Biden is urging Democrats to wrap up talks and bring the social services and climate change bill "over the finish line" before he departs Thursday for global summits overseas. Top Democratic leaders are signaling a deal is within reach even though momentum fizzled and tempers flared late Wednesday after a billionaires' tax and a paid family leave program fell out of the Democrats' sweeping bill, mostly to satisfy a pivotal senator in the 50-50 Senate. But expanded h...
No buffalo have roamed north-central Montana's Rocky Boy Reservation since the 1990s. And the palpable absence of the animals left a hole in the health and harmony of its Chippewa Cree residents. "The buffalo is one of the main dudes in our biggest ceremony. We offer ourselves to him in that setting," said Jason Belcourt, Rocky Boy Sustainability Coordinator, and head of the Rocky Boy Buffalo Project. "When we have that ceremony, I look around and there's no buffalo. How can we have a ceremony...
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is planning prescribed burns this fall in several locations on SMSC lands listed below. The SMSC conducts prescribed burns on SMSC lands and, upon request and through mutual aid agreements, in neighboring jurisdictions each spring and fall as an effective land management tool. SMSC locations this fall: Shutrop prairie located southeast of the junction of Eagle Creek Boulevard and Mckenna Road Dakotah Parkway prairie located south of junction of Dakotah Parkway and Sioux T...
Bemidji, Minn. -The Beltrami Electric Cooperative Trust Board for Operation Round Up® met in October and awarded grants to 18 area nonprofit and community organizations totaling $43,222. Many local programs and non-profit organizations benefit from Operation Round Up®, a charitable program unique to electric cooperatives. The program is designed to give cooperative members a means of working together to use small change to make a big impact in their local communities. The next...
Redby, Minn. (Oct. 27, 2021) – In honor of National First Responders Day, which takes place annually on Oct. 28, Western Governors University (WGU) is launching a new scholarship to show appreciation for first responders – including EMTs, police officers, firefighters, corrections officers and others – who have demonstrated unprecedented selflessness and commitment in serving area communities as they carried out their duties throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The fully online, nonprofit university plans to award up to $80,000 in schol...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota communities and schools seeking to develop safer places for students to walk and bicycle can apply for $8 million in grant opportunities through the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program. Letters of intent for infrastructure grants are due by Oct. 29, 2021; application deadlines are due in early January 2022. Planning assistance grants are available to help engage stakeholders, analyze existing data and prioritize strategies to make it safer and easier for students to walk and bic...
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded $2 million to redevelop 9 sites in eight different cities, including a demolition grant throughout Minnesota. Redevelopment projects made possible through the grants are expected to create 74 new jobs and retain 48 jobs while providing more than 524 new housing units, 148 of which will be affordable housing units. “The redevelopment grant program is highly sought-after because it sparks private investment and creates new opportunities for industrial, commercial, and...
Governor Tim Walz declared today as Immigrant Integration Day in Minnesota. From including immigrant and refugee Minnesotans in the conversation for economic growth and workforce development to preparing for and settling Afghan Evacuees, Minnesotans has been at the forefront creating pathways for success to enrich the integration processes for immigrants and refugees. “DEED and the Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Office are working with businesses to recruit, hire and retain immigrants and refugees as a part of their workforce,” said DEED Com...
Today, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) launched a first of its kind coordinated campaign with businesses and economic development partners across the state. The goal is to share with the world why Minnesota is a phenomenal place to build a business or advance your career. The platform is founded on Minnesota's long history of building things that matter. Minnesotans have pioneered open heart surgery and supercomputing, invented in-ear hearing aids and the pacemaker, and we've created such innovations as...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is excited to announce the availability of mini grants through the extremely popular No Child Left Inside Grant Program. These grants help more children cast a line, study animal tracks, hike or bike, or simply learn more about nature. “We’ve had a great response to the first couple phases of the grant program and we’re excited to be able to continue to support getting more kids outdoors,” said Jeff Ledermann, DNR education and skills team supervisor. “These mini grants are here to boost outdoor p...
Bemidji, Minn. – MnDOT announced today motorists on Highway 2 between Fisher and East Grand Forks can now access both eastbound and westbound lanes. Eastbound traffic will experience lane closure during the construction of turn lanes as well as the J-turn at the intersection of Highway 2/2B. The project is expected to be complete by mid-November, weather permitting. The contractor for this $9.4 million dollar project is Knife River. This project will create a safer, longer lasting road surface. Visit the project website below for more i...
WASHINGTON – Indian Affairs announced today it has published a proposal to revise its regulations implementing the Buy Indian Act (25 U.S.C. 47) to remove barriers to equal opportunity for American Indian economic enterprises. The Department recently reviewed the Acquisition Regulation consistent with Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, and determined the current regulations have inadvertently created barriers to Indian Economic Enterprises from full participatio...
St. Paul, MN: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is awarding the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and 11 project partners $500,000 to advance work in farm stress and rural mental health in Minnesota. The MDA’s “Bend, Don’t Break” initiative will build upon existing efforts to connect farmers and rural Minnesotans with resources to help reduce stress, anxiety, and crisis situations, such as the drought that is affecting many Minnesota farms and ranches. It will support, improve,...
The Warrior Classic Balloween Mixed Softball Tournament was held in at the Art Thunder Ball Field on Saturday, October 23, 2021. Prizes were gyarabteed fir 1st~$500 and champions T-shirts, 2nd~$300, 3rd~$200. Costume contest prizes: were Best Male $50 and T-shirt, Best Female $50 and T-shirt, and Best Team - $200 and T-shirts. Photographs by members of the community....
The new Ponemah Ambulance Station Grand Opening was held on Monday, October 18, 2021 at 1 PM in Ponemah....
