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Red Lake School District COVID-19 Current Active Numbers Update as of 11/3/2021 (The graphic was developed today and will be updated a minimum of 3 times per week. It is difficult to read as it currently is, and will be redeveloped.) https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vScfJHwwzqPXDTyJdpRWf2BBnC1oXPIZrYwk_VIRnusF70f3a0jELT7HArXcKwCKRM2PvY-alivz5TO/pub...
The United Tribes women's basketball team opened their season against Turtle Mountain Community College Tuesday evening in the James Henry Gymnasium. A great all-around team performace lifted the Thunderbirds over the Mickinocks, 123-67. Amaya Ramsey scored 27 points on 11-of-19 shooting in just 22 minutes of action. Tyleigh Brady and Gerika Kingbird each contributed 19 points on a combined 10-of-15 shooting from the arch. Sandie Friday and Sossity Spotted Wolf contributed 16 points and 12...
Gloria Jean Negrette December 3, 1940 - October 29, 2021 Gloria Jean Negrette, age 80 of Saint Paul, Minnesota journeyed to the Spirit World on Friday, October 29, 2021. She was born on December 3, 1940 in Red Lake, Minnesota, the eldest daughter of Paul and Jennie (Johnson) Lussier. Gloria created beautiful beadwork, learned from her grandmother, sewn quilts for all her loved ones, and loved unconditionally. She loved to watch movies, cartoons, read books, go to the casino and having family parties with lots of laughs. She was proud to be a...
Robert "Bubba" Joseph Beaulieu June 3, 1969 ~ October 29, 2021 (age 52) Robert Joseph "Bubba" Beaulieu, 52 years young, of Bemidji, Minnesota made his journey to the spirit world on Friday, October 29th, 2021, from the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, North Dakota. He was born the son of Margaret (Beaulieu) and Kenneth Smith on June 3rd, 1969, in Bemidji, MN. Robert was a quiet man who kept to himself, yet he had the jokes when he wanted to, razzing on everyone. He played football in high...
Don and Doll Berry 2021 Donald Orville Berry was born February 17, 1931 in Racine Wisconsin, the son of Joseph and Armilla (Gardner) Berry. He passed away October 31, 2021 at the Mahnomen Health Center. Don grew up and attended school in Kenosha Wisconsin. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy. Upon his honorable discharge, he returned to Kenosha and took a job with American Motors. Marcella (Doll) Berry was born August 26, 1936 in White Earth Minnesota, the daughter of Samuel and...
[ST. PAUL, MN]- Following an extensive clinical trial and final recommendations from CDC for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds, Governor Tim Walz announced that Minnesota will begin vaccinating children this week. To aid families, the state has launched a new webpage (mn.gov/vaxforkids) to help parents and guardians find 5- to 11-year-old children a vaccine and answer questions they may have about the vaccine. Minnesota providers have ordered as many doses as possible from the f...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey won a second term, defeating opponents who aligned against him in a campaign focusing heavily on his track record on policing. City officials announced that Frey won after two rounds of ranked-choice voting tabulation. Challenger Kate Knuth came in second in the final round, pulling in 38% of votes compared to Frey's 49%. In a victory speech Wednesday afternoon, Frey said the election marked a turning point for the city to put aside politics and unite to address...
For the first time in Minneapolis history, the majority of the City Council will be made up of people of color, results of ranked-choice voting tallies showed Wednesday. Voters ushered in a slate of seven new members along with six incumbents and an eclectic mix of perspectives about a year and a half after the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd ignited a global racial reckoning. A grueling election season saw 58 candidates compete for the 13 City Council seats. Eight winners scored...
Approval of pediatric doses of COVID-19 vaccine for grade school children set off a scramble Wednesday as parents jammed clinic and pharmacy phone lines and websites in search of appointments. Angela Carpio signed up on a clinic waiting list last week and jumped at the first offering Wednesday morning to make an appointment on Thursday for her son, who had breathing problems and sleep apnea after COVID-19 earlier this year. He was the rare 6-year-old begging for a shot. "I went and got my...
WASHINGTON - The FBI released hundreds of pages of newly declassified documents Wednesday about its long effort to explore connections between the Saudi government and the Sept. 11 attacks, revealing the scope of a strenuous but ultimately fruitless investigation whose outcome many question to this day. Agents for years investigated support given to several of the hijackers upon their arrival in the U.S., focusing in particular on whether three Saudi nationals - including a Saudi Embassy...
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is in the NFL's COVID-19 protocol, leaving the NFL's hottest team without the reigning MVP. Packers coach Matt LaFleur confirmed Wednesday that Rodgers was in the protocol, but would not say if Rodgers had tested positive nor if Rodgers has been vaccinated. LaFleur acknowledged that Rodgers won't be available Sunday when the Packers (7-1) put their seven-game winning streak on the line at Kansas City (4-4). "It was just crazy, man,"...
Candidates in three suburban school districts who hoped to take opposition to racial equity policies and steer their school boards in a new conservative direction came up well short Tuesday. None of the seven board hopefuls running in multicandidate slates in Wayzata and White Bear Lake won. In South Washington County, Eric Tessmer, a parent and police officer, was the lone candidate among four conservatives running on a "common sense" platform to capture a seat. The other three seats went to...
WASHINGTON - It was a month after the 2020 presidential election, and Bernard Kerik was starting to panic. The former New York City police chief and his friend Rudy Giuliani were shelling out thousands of dollars for hotel rooms and travel in their effort to find evidence of voting fraud and persuade state legislators to overturn Joe Biden's victory. Yet President Donald Trump's campaign had turned down Kerik's request for a campaign credit card. The bills were piling up. "How do I know I'm...
CHICAGO - Earlier this week, the Field Museum hosted a kick-off event for Native American Heritage month, a celebratory observance in the city of Chicago. An inter-tribal song by David and Niyel Spencer, both singers of the local drum group Red Line Singers, was organized by Field Museum staff to officially begin the month-long celebration at the world-renowned museum. The museum organized a series of events about the objects at the museum, both at the museum and online with staff members and...
According to Andy Wells, Sr. of Wells Technology in Bemidji, the manufacturing company will partner with Oshkiimaajitahdah Center in Redby, MN in machinists training. The manufacturing industry across America is in great need of CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machinists for production jobs says Wells. "Therefore, Wells Academy, the Native American skill training school for Wells Technology, has opened a new branch in the Oshkiimaajitahdah center in Redby, MN.", said Wells. "We have relocated...
Larry Wright Jr. -– a fixture in Indian Country politics for more than a decade –- resigned his position as chairman of the Ponca Tribe on Tuesday after accepting a job offer with a new unnamed employer, he told Indianz.Com on Wednesday. "I'm looking at this as an opportunity for growth for me," he said. "It was an opportunity that I felt was too good to pass up. At the end of the day, I still want what's best for our Ponca people." Wright has served as his tribe's chairman since being re-...
It’s still 12 months before Election Day 2022 and the midterm election. While Tuesday’s election results hold some truths as to what might happen, they are merely clues. The Democrats hold the majority at the federal level. For now. Democrats’ worst fears are that they’re on course for a 2010-like drubbing in next year’s midterm elections and that they can’t use the specter of former President Donald Trump to stop it. https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/native-candidates-show-up-on-election-day...
Oklahoma tribal public safety officials say the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling is strengthening momentum for improvements to public safety infrastructure in their police departments. The Choctaw and Muscogee nations have hired additional public safety officers and are entering into more cross-deputization agreements with tribal, state and federal agencies. Choctaw Public Safety has hired 30 additional public safety officers since application of the McGirt decision on the Choctaw reservation, according to Michael Hall, the tribe’s exe...
St. Paul, MN: Businesses, schools, nonprofits, local governments, and tribal entities seeking to promote urban youth agricultural education and urban agricultural community development can apply for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Urban Agriculture Grant. The MDA will award up to $551,000 to eligible applicants serving communities within cities with a population over 10,000 or cities with population of at least 5,000 where at least 10% of the population is living at or b...
WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced today that regulations submitted by three federally recognized Tribes – the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in California and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona – have been approved under the Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home Ownership Act of 2012. The Tribes now have the authority to govern and manage the leasing of their Indian trust and restricted fee lands for certain purposes authorized under the HEARTH Act without having such l...
BEMIDJI, Minn. – Sanford Health will begin scheduling and administering the COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 on Thursday, Nov. 4. “This approval is game changing for protecting our children, and it allows us to take another step toward ending this pandemic,” said Dr. Colleen Swank, vice president, clinic and pediatrician at Sanford Health in Bemidji. “This vaccine continues to be proven to be the safest and most effective tool to fight this virus. As a pediatrician, I am excited that we are now able to offer this vaccine for school-...
After hours Vaccination Event - Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 4:30 pm - 7 PM - Red Lake Hospital https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT6sqnA5_yvA6-UCH2atfC3tmxK_bpb-MOetSesfipVQj_kSFNivS0Q8XspB9JbycXQP-Yobl62M1j0/pub...
November 3, 2021 White Earth, Minn. -- Tribal small businesses, with the support of the White Earth Tribal Council, have partnered with a business development consulting firm, Total Spectrum, to conduct third party due diligence and technical assessment for a utility-scale renewable energy project. This analysis will include strategic development, legal review, construction requirements, regulatory environment, workforce needs, bid letting and procurement, financing, ethics and the environment and education to assist in the focus of leading to...
Minnesota's estimated workplace injury and illnesses rate for 2020 rose slightly from that of 2019. According to the annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, the state had an estimated 3.5 OSHA-recordable, nonfatal, workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time-equivalent (FTE) workers in 2020; the estimated rate for 2019 was 3.2 cases per 100 FTE workers, the lowest ever recorded since 1973. The survey estimated Minnesota had 76,700 workers with OSHA-recordable, nonfatal, workplace injuries and illnesses in 2020, compared to...
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (11/03/2021) - Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School have published an academic article laying the framework for more diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) opportunities in medicine and science. The article highlights reflections from early-career female faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The COVID-19 pandemic unearthed weaknesses within our national systems' ability to rapidly respond to significant challenges," said first author Sade Spencer,...
