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1st TERM 2011-2012 RLHS HONOR ROLL...
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011 – 2:00 PM ADMINISTRATION OFFICE AGENDA 1. Call to order. 2. Approval of agenda. 3. Approval of list of bills. 4. Hearing of Delegations. 5. Superintendent’s Announcements A. Next Regular school board meeting: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 2:00 p.m. at the Administration Office. B. School Calendar 6. Business Manager. A. Liquid asset transaction for the month of October, 2011 B. Expenditure/Revenue summary for the month of October, 2011. C. October, 2011 receipt listing. D. November report 7....
O’BahShiing 13th Annual Veterans Pow-Wow November 11, 12, & 13, 2011- Ponemah Elementary School, Ponemah, MN M I S K W A G A M I W I Z A A G A’ I G A N I NG HONORING ALL VETERANS AND FAMILIES OF VETERANS 21 GUN SALUTE BY THE 3 STAR WARRIOR SOCIETY Ponemah Outpatient Parking Lot, Ponemah, MN ~ 11th Month – 11th Day – 11th Hour November 11, 2011 @ 11:00 am POTLUCK LUNCH TO FOLLOW Grand Entries: 7 pm – Friday, November 11 1 pm and 7 pm – Saturday, November 12 1 pm - Sunday, November 13 – DANCERS P...
Red Lake Political Education Committee Annual Meeting Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011 - 12 Noon - Red Lake Tribal Archives & Library...
A discussion on proposed legislation that would require registered voters to provide government-issued photo identification with a current address in order to vote took place Thursday at Bemidji State University’s American Indian Resource Center. The discussion was put on by the Minnesota Voting Rights Coalition in order to educate residents in the area on the impact the legislation would have on rural Minnesotans. The coalition is going statewide, teaching people about the harm it says would come from a requirement for a photo ID in order t...
Washington, D.C.—Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued today the following statement after the Senate approved the VOW to Hire Heroes Act by vote of 94-1. This bill encourages businesses to hire unemployed veterans and creates training programs to help them transition into the civilian workforce. The bill is part of President Obama’s jobs agenda. “This Veterans Day Congress pays tribute to those who have put their lives on the line to defend our country with deeds as well as words. I am glad Senate Republicans joined us to pass legislation that...
A dispute among Duluth School Board members during a closed meeting to consider expelling a student Thursday resulted in police being called to remove member Art Johnston from the session....
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) — The St. Cloud school district expects to spend about $37,000 on legal fees to defend itself in a federal discrimination investigation that ended in a settlement....
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United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Professor James Anaya will conduct his first official country visit to the United States of America from April 23rd – May 4th, 2012. The focus of his visit will be to review implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in this country. He will also follow-up on information submitted for his current thematic study on the impact of extractive industries on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration was adopted by the UN Genera...
The annual Indigenous Peoples Day sunrise gathering was held on October 10, 2011, on Alcatraz Island and had over 850 attendees braving the cold weather. This year’s theme was “Commemorating 519 years of Indigenous Resistance and Honoring Struggles to Protect our Sacred Places”. An Ohlone prayer song led by Wicahpiluta Candelaria greeted the rising sun. Standing by the famous Alcatraz wall graffiti, “Welcome to Indian Land”, Bill Means (IITC Board member, Oglala Lakota Nation) provided...
The annual Indigenous Peoples Day sunrise gathering was held on October 10, 2011, on Alcatraz Island and had over 850 attendees braving the cold weather. This year’s theme was “Commemorating 519 years of Indigenous Resistance and Honoring Struggles to Protect our Sacred Places”. An Ohlone prayer song led by Wicahpiluta Candelaria greeted the rising sun. Standing by the famous Alcatraz wall graffiti, “Welcome to Indian Land”, Bill Means (IITC Board member, Oglala Lakota Nation) provided...
INDIAN COUNTRY PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES Multiple Tribal Community Prosecutors Receive Federal Cross-Commissioning (U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona) From Oct. 31 through Nov. 4, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona held a week-long course to train prosecutors from several of tribal governments in Arizona so they may participate in the federal prosecution of offenders from their communities. The training kicks off the U.S. Attorney’s Office -Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (SAUSA) program. This cro...
WASHINGTON, D.C. Chairman Akaka, Vice Chairman Barrasso, and members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today on Senate Bill 1763, the Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act, also known as the SAVE Act. The SAVE Act addresses a critically important issue on which the Department of Justice has placed a high priority: combating violence against women in tribal communities. As you know, I testified on that issue before this Committee in July, when I described the Department’s comprehensive discussions, including f...
Prior Lake, MN – The Native Children’s Survival latest project, a music picture campaign, “Who’s Gonna Save You,”made possible in part by a Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community grant for $60,000, will premier this week at the American Indian Film Festival, which will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, on Friday, November 11, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. The U.S. showing will be followed with an international broadcast premiere coinciding with the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, in November...
Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday proposed expanding the state's GI Bill to include older veterans, in an effort to jump-start job skills training to reduce high veteran unemployment....
WASHINGTON -- A high-level Justice Department official says tribal courts should have authority to prosecute people who are not American Indians in reservation domestic violence cases. Read more: http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/tribal-courts-lack-power-over-non-indian-abusers/article_d2f982ac-0bf7-11e1-9e4e-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1dPUwGkR7...
MESCALERO — Mark Chino lost his bid for a second consecutive term as president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe Tuesday, falling to challenger and former vice president Frederick Chino Sr....
A First Nation in British Columbia lost its bid to gain widespread access to commercial fishing rights in a Supreme Court decision Thursday....
POCATELLO, Idaho -- A few Fort Hall locals are trying to get rid of members of the Fort Hall Business Council....
Just when you thought it was over, the recall petitions are back like unwelcome guests. Recalls and a suspension may affect—at least temporarily—the functioning of half the six-member business committee that governs the Ute Indian Tribe, Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Utah (Northern Utes). Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/ute-tribal-turmoil-continues/ http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/ute-tribal-turmoil-continues/#ixzz1dPm5b213...
DENVER, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) of Minnesota has donated $50,000 to the American Indian College Fund for Native student scholarships as a contribution for the Johnson Scholarship Foundation (JSF) Endowment Matching Challenge Grant. The Johnson Foundation will match contributions up to $750,000 over the next three years, creating an endowment of $1.5 million....
