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Of 32 BNSF train cars that hurtled off the tracks near Alma, Wis., on Saturday, five of them broke open and spilled at least 18,000 gallons of ethanol into the Mississippi River, the railroad company said. Four damaged tanker cars leaked an estimated five to 500 gallons of ethanol each and a fifth one released about 18,000 gallons, BNSF said in a statement. A full tank car holds about 30,000 gallons. http://www.startribune.com/more-than-18-000-gallons-of-ethanol-went-into-mississippi-after-train-derailment/343246062/...
Sometimes family comes first. But saying “no” to a demanding work schedule is easier said than done — something some small-business owners know well. When business involves inflexible deadlines, travel and unexpected crises, owners find work-life balance hard to achieve. Putting family first can raise eyebrows. But experts on entrepreneurship say setting limits, delegating and being flexible are the only ways owners can build businesses without sacrificing family life. They must choose in a given moment, day or week between family and work....
STOCKHOLM — Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread of malaria and other diseases, the World Bank said in a report Sunday. Released just weeks ahead of a U.N. climate summit in Paris, the report highlighted how the impact of global warming is borne unevenly, with the world's poor woefully unprepared to deal with climate shocks such as rising seas or severe droughts. http://www.startribune.com/world-bank-climate-change-could-result-in...
WASHINGTON — In the battle against the Islamic State group, members of Congress talk tough against extremism, but many want to run for cover when it comes to voting on new war powers to fight the militants, preferring to let the president own the battle. They might not be able to run for long. The U.S. military intervention in Iraq and Syria is creeping forward, putting more pressure on Congress to vote on a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force. It would be the first war vote in Congress in 13 years. http://www.st...
Four Minnesota American Indian artists have won fellowships from the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation based in Vancouver, Washington. The fellowships include awards of up to $20,000 each from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation based in Eden Prairie. TheMinnesota winners are expressionist painter Jim Denomie who lives near Franconia, Mn and is of Annishinabe-Lac Courte Oreilles heritage; Pat Kruse, a maker of traditional birch-bark objects who lives in Onamia and is affiliated with the Red Cliff band of Chippewa and the Mille Lacs band of...
The U.S. Department of the Interior must pay $22,000 in attorney fees to members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe following their fight to get public documents about a tribal election. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones awarded the fees to Rudy St. Germain and Michelle Roberts as part of the final decision in their two-year case to get information under the Freedom of Information Act. The case was then dismissed Friday, Oct. 30. Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article43463106.html#storylink=cpy...
On Saturday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Council voted to temporarily suspend their marijuana operation. By that evening, their first marijuana crop was in flames. The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (FSST), of Flandreau, South Dakota, recently made national headlines after becoming the first tribal nation to legalize marijuana, this after the Department of Justice issued a memorandum in December 2014, which outlined that tribal nations may grow and sell marijuana as long as they comply with the same regulations as states who opt to...
FLANDREAU, SOUTH DAKOTA — The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has suspended its marijuana cultivation and distribution facilities after a consultation with officials of the United States. Additionally, the Tribe has agreed to burn its current crop. The Tribe legalized marijuana on June 11, 2015 through a 36-page ordinance with the intention of growing and selling marijuana. http://nativenewsonline.net/briefs/flandreau-santee-sioux-tribals-pot-crop-up-in-smoke/...
You know what our most impoverished, crime-ridden, ill-educated communities in the country need? More drugs. On Tuesday, the Seneca Nation in Western New York voted to consider growing and selling medical marijuana on its territory. Other Indians tribes are going to follow suit. Thanks to a new ruling by the Justice Department, tribes can now distribute marijuana, irrespective of the policy of the state in which they’re located. Perhaps this sounds familiar. It’s how we got Indian casinos. The 1998 Indian Gaming Regulation Act (IGRA) cem...
The problem of abandoned mine waste grabbed the nation’s attention in August when a blowout sent millions of gallons of heavy-metal contamination into waters in New Mexico and Colorado, turning the Animas and San Juan rivers into a mustard-colored stew. But the problem of heavy-metal waste leaking from an estimated 161,000 abandoned mines in 13 Western states is a chronic problem that Native American tribes have dealt with for decades. Potential consequences remain difficult to understand and harder to solve. http://www.abqj...
OTTAWA — The country’s prison watchdog wants the new Liberal government to act on outstanding recommendations from his office, including a call to create a deputy commissioner of Indigenous corrections. Howard Sapers, the correctional investigator, says outcomes for Indigenous inmates — who represent 24 per cent of the prison population — continue to be far worse than for other offenders. Sapers says issues facing Indigenous inmates, including more time spent in custody and segregation cells, are urgent enough that they require stand-a...
This past week brought no shortage of victories and sorrows to Indian country, ranging from the untimely death of a young, beloved singer-songwriter to the rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline by President Barack Obama. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR: No sooner had TransCanada Corp. asked the U.S. government to “pause” its review of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline than President Obama did just that, only permanently. Just days after the company’s request, the President outright rejected the proposal to build a 1,700-mile-long, $8 bi...
In 2008, when she was elected as Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Democrat Denise Juneau became the first American Indian woman ever elected to a statewide office in Montana. She was a speaker at the Democratic National Convention in 2012, and would like to add first American Indian Congresswoman to her resume. Juneau recently kicked off her campaign against the incumbent Ryan Zinke in a bid to claim Montana’s sole congressional representative spot. Juneau, who is an enrolled Mandan Hidatsa tribal member, grew up on Mon...
LINCOLN — In celebration of Veterans Day, Vision Maker Media is offering free viewings of three films–Aleut Story, Way of the Warrior and Choctaw Code Talkers. Watch these films for free, November 9-15, in honor of Veterans. It’s easy–select the film you want to watch and click on the appropriate image below: http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/veterans-day-special-vision-maker-media-offers-free-viewings-of-three-films-november-9-15/...
An inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations students in Thunder Bay, Ont., is providing a preview of concerns that could be raised at a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, says a lawyer for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. The inquest, one of the largest in Ontario's history, started on Oct. 5 and is scheduled to run to March 2016. It's looking at the deaths of students who died between 2000 and 2011 while attending high school in Thunder Bay. Few remote First Nations in northern Ontario have schools that go beyond...
As a filmmaker, mom, acting instructor and pee-wee league basketball coach, it's a wonder Native actress Happy Frejo had time to star as Carrie, the female lead in Violet, the latest psychological thriller from Mark Williams. She's been nominated for Best Actress at the 40th annual American Indian Film Institute's American Indian Picture Awards held this Saturday November 14th in San Francisco. Violet centers on the mysterious death of an escaped mental patient. Details emerge when Carrie’s husband Michael, portrayed by Delno Ebie, stumbles u...
THIS summer’s wildfires destroyed roughly 1 million acres in Washington state. The loss, including the lives of the three young firefighters in Twisp, is overwhelming. Few were hit harder than the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Eastern Washington. The tribe endured the worst wildfire ever to hit a forested area on tribal land in U.S. history. The Tunk Block and the North Star fires burned more than 250,000 acres of the Colville Reservation, nearly 20 percent of the tribe’s total land. The flames engulfed 15 homes, sco...
A web of bogus transactions that came unraveled as federal investigators moved in has led to a guilty plea on fraud charges by the United Auburn Indian Community’s former tribal administrator. Gregory Scott Baker, 48, of Newcastle, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to launder money and commit mail fraud in a multi-million-dollar theft from the Indian Community. http://www.auburnjournal.com/article/11/06/15/guilty-plea-17-million-fraud-case...
WASHINGTON – Yesterday’s announcement by President Barack Obama that he was rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline cross-border application filed by TransCanada to the U.S. State Department was met with jubilation by tribal nations and communities in Indian Country. Many of the tribal nations and communities along the proposed pipeline route that would carried dirty tar sands have adamantly fought the project for seven years. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/tribal-grassroots-treaty-leaders-respond-to-president-obama-rejecti...
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