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A mixture of elders/first speakers, teachers, and staff for Red Lake's Ojibwemowin Advisory Committee traveled toward Ponemah Point in a dozen vehicles on Monday, November 9, 2015. They would meet from 3:30 until about 6:00 p.m. The temperature was in the mid-50's, warm for mid-November. But dark comes early this time of year, and it's cooling fast as the sun moves slowly to the western horizon. Just a bit before the road curves to the point, cars and trucks took a left and drove a 3/4-mile or...
BEMIDJI -- The family of Rose Downwind is calling for volunteers to help with a ground search Saturday for the Redby woman and mother of five who has been missing more than three weeks. A Facebook page, Looking for Rose, has been created by Dwa Weston, Downwind's cousin and a family spokesperson. Volunteers are asked to meet Saturday at 10 a.m. at Newby's Market at state Highway 15 and Island View Road north of Bemidji. According to the Facebook page, the search is being coordinated by Lissa Yellowbird-Chase of Sahnish Scouts in North Dakota....
The Red Lake Political Education Committee (RLPEC), a tribal non-profit, and non-partisan organization, held their annual meeting to kick off the 2016 campaign season and to elect officers. The group met on Friday, November 6, 2015, at noon in the Tribal Council Chambers anteroom. RLPEC co-chair Michelle Paquin called the meeting to order shortly after noon. All at the table introduced themselves, they included; Stephanie Cobenais, Cheri Goodwin, Jerry Loud, Glenda Martin, Michael Meuers,...
BEMIDJI -- The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the Red Lake Band of Chippewa will hold a tribal flag-raising ceremony at the Beltrami County courthouse. The event is at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 24 in courtroom one of the Beltrami County Judicial Center, 600 Minnesota Ave. NW. The public is welcome to join both the tribal nations and the courts as the Leech Lake and Red Lake flags join the United States and Minnesota flags in all four courtrooms. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/3881767-red-lake-leech-lake-flags-be-all-beltrami-c...
BEMIDJI -- Gold shovels hit the dirt south of Bagley, Minn., Thursday during the groundbreaking ceremony for a second Shooting Star Casino. The new casino, which will include a bar and grill, is located on Clearwater County Highway 27 between Bagley and Ebro, Minn. Thursday's ceremony took place on the site of the coming facility, surrounded by construction machinery already moving dirt. Before digging in with the shovels, comments were made by representatives from the White Earth Nation Tribal Council as well as representatives from the first...
RED LAKE—Giggles and laughter were heard coming from brightly colored puffs of energy bopping around on the chilly playground Thursday afternoon at Red Lake Early Childhood Education. Inside each puff was a kindergarten student who received a new winter coat. The coats were brought Thursday morning to Red Lake as part of Operation Warm's Coats for Kids program. Fundraising done by the Minneapolis Fire Department made the donation of 210 coats possible. Firefighter Adam Graves is the department's outreach program director who arranged the v...
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton wants Minnesota lawmakers to meet in a special legislative session to extend unemployment benefits for laid-off miners. The state projects that 596 miners will run out of regular unemployment payments before the Legislature is slated to return to work on March 8. The Democratic governor said he would like the special session by the end of this year or early in 2016. Dayton opened his letter to legislative leaders with: "I want to make you aware of the financial crisis confronting Minnesota steelworkers, who are...
ST. PAUL -- Preliminary firearms deer harvest numbers for the opening weekend through Monday in Minnesota was 68,401, up 6.3 percent from last year, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday. The statewide buck harvest was up 8.5 percent and made up 68 percent of total harvest. Craig Engwall of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, hunting near Dora Lake northwest of Deer River, was pleased to hear of the increases in the deer harvest. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/outdoors/hunting/3881781-deer-harves...
ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota landlord who rents to a homeless veteran could get $1,000. The state Veterans' Affairs Department and community leaders across Minnesota committed earlier this year to end veteran homelessness before 2016. The $1,000 incentive is part of the effort. The money is available to landlords who rent to veterans listed on the Minnesota Homeless Veterans Registry. The veterans' department says that since early this year 200 veterans on the list have found homes, but 148 still are looking. http://www.bemidjipi...
Leonard Porter (Died November 11, 2015) Leonard Porter, age 86, of Duluth, MN, formerly Mahnomen, MN, died on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at Essentia Health in Duluth, MN. Leonard Vere Porter was born October 6, 1929 to Donald R. and Ida (Clark) Porter in Mahnomen County. He grew up and attended school in the Mahnomen area, joining the Navy as a young man. After an honorable discharge, Leonard settled in Chicago, where he spent most of his life, working as a plumber. While there, he married Ly...
Gathering of our Children and Returning Adoptees Pow Wow 2015 held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the American Indian Center in Minneapolis, MN....
Halloween Night 2015 in Red Lake - P19...
Halloween Night 2015 in Red Lake - P20...
Halloween Night 2015 in Red Lake - Set 2 - P19...
Halloween Night 2015 in Red Lake - Set 2 - P20...
Red Lake Boys & Girls Club Halloween Party 2015 - P19...
Red Lake Boys & Girls Club Halloween Party 2015 - P20...
RED LAKE - On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, Red Lake Chemical Health sponsored a 5K Color Walk/Fun Run for Recovery. Registration began at 9 AM, with T-shirts going to the first 100 participants, and the event kicked off at 10 AM on the road by the Red Lake Boys and Girls Club. Walkers and runners went through the Red Lake College and new Tribal Council parking lots, past the Red Lake Center, through Red Lake, as well as the Red Lake Hospital and Compound area, before returning to the Humanities...
The Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow was held on the weekend of September 4, 2015....
The Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow was held on the weekend of September 4, 2015...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT CERTIFIED RULE 25 ASSESSOR CHEMICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS Open: November 10, 2015 Closing: December 11, 2015 @ 3:00 p.m. Primary Function: Working directly with clients, complete an average of 8 assessments per week, build a trusting relationship and identify appropriate treatment resources to improve client's chemical health. Reports to Directors, full time position w/benefits. Starting salary depends upon experience, increased with successful completion of 90-day probation....
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT FEMALE COUNSELOR – RED LAKE OUT-PATIENT PROGRAM CHEMICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS Open: November 10, 2015 Closing: December 11, 2015 @ 3:00 p.m. Primary Function: Counsels and assist clients in the development of treatment plans and reaching goals. Reports to the Red Lake Outpatient Program Supervisor; full-time position w/benefits, salary $9.00 hourly w/.50 increase after successful completion of 90-day probationary period. Essential Responsibilities and Duties: • Assist cli...
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT ASSISTANT DATA COORDINATOR CHEMICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS Open: November 10, 2015 Closing: December 11, 2015 @ 3:00 p.m. Primary Function: Workings directly with clients, assuring Rule 25 are scheduled as well as assisting the Data Coordinator with files and reports. Reports to the Project Director, full-time position with benefits; Salary DOQ (w/increase upon completion of 90-day probationary period.) Essential Responsibilities and Duties: • Maintain general office filing s...
DAVIS, Okla., - Irene Pettigrew Digby is a living legacy. As she celebrates 94 years on earth this month, it is apparent she has sown her Chickasaw heritage, tradition and culture to her family and community – to cultivate her native culture so it will live on through the younger generations. From teaching time-honored traditional recipes, to daily practice of the Chickasaw language; the petite, soft-spoken family matriarch strives to keep Chickasaw culture and heritage flourishing by sharing h...
SAINT PAUL – Minnesotans are invited to help shape policies regarding art in the newly renovated and preserved Minnesota Capitol. A series of public input meetings will be held throughout the state this fall, where citizens will have the opportunity to share their opinions with policymakers on how Minnesota should be conveyed through art. “The subcommittee is setting a framework to guide future additions to the symbolic decoration of the Capitol,” said Sen. David Senjem, subcommittee co-chair. “These meetings will help shape the policie...
