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ST. PAUL, MINN. – November 5, 2015 – The Saint Paul Police Foundation announced today that the media is invited on Thursday, Nov. 19 and Friday, Nov. 20 to see first-hand what it takes to set up approximately 60 holiday-themed displays for Holiday Lights in the Park at St. Paul’s Phalen Park. Holiday Lights in the Park, the Midwest’s largest outdoor holiday light display will illuminate St. Paul’s Phalen Park for an eighth straight year. The lights are set to go on Tuesday, November 24 and brighten the season until January 1, 2016. For 39 ev...
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today the first 10 tribes to participate in an initial User Feedback Phase of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a program to provide federally recognized tribes the ability to access and exchange data with national crime information databases for both civil and criminal purposes. The User Feedback Phase will grant access to national crime information databases and technical support to the following tribes: the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the Eastern Band of C...
Groundbreaking Custom Solution Will Introduce More Than 60,000 Tribal Citizens to Their Native Language ARLINGTON, VA (Nov. 05, 2015)— The Chickasaw Nation, the 12th largest federally recognized Indian tribe in the United States and headquartered in Ada, Oklahoma, has enlisted Rosetta Stone Inc. (NYSE:RST) to create a new customized program that will revitalize the Chickasaw language. This new educational tool is being developed exclusively for The Chickasaw Nation and will feature custom content enabling its more than 60,000 global citizens t...
The Red Lake Political Education (PEC) Committee is gearing up for the 2016 political season and we need all members and friends of Red Lake Nation to be engaged. Become a new member of PEC or renew your membership and help Red Lake Nation and Indian Country¹s voice be heard. A PEC meeting is scheduled for Friday, November 6 at high noon in the new Council Chambers at Red Lake. All who care about Red Lake Nation are welcome. Refreshments will be served....
Civil rights attorneys suing the state of Minnesota for failing to educate poor and minority children called Thursday for a metro-wide integration plan and other remedies to address increasingly segregated schools. But redrawing boundaries — one of the lawsuit’s proposed solutions — is a “nonstarter,” according to one state legislative leader. Attorneys Daniel Shulman and his son John Shulman, filed the lawsuit in Hennepin County District Court on behalf of seven families and one community group, accusing the state of approving policies...
State health officials are urging parents and caregivers to follow basic safe-sleep rules for babies in the wake of an analysis showing that nearly all of the 56 sudden unexplained infant deaths in Minnesota last year were attributable to unsafe sleeping environments. Whether in homes, day-care centers or other locations, 52 infant deaths in 2014 involved sleep-related causes such as babies sleeping in beds with parents or siblings, lying on their stomachs, or sleeping with loosefitting sheets, blankets or toys that presented suffocation...
Deer hunters won’t be the only ones chasing big bucks this weekend during the firearm deer season opener. Shopping malls and outlet centers, casinos and entertainment complexes are increasingly marketing to women on the hunt for something fun to do while men are hunting. “Women know their husbands or boyfriends are having a hedonic weekend experience, and they are saying ‘I want one too,’ ” said George John, a marketing professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. http://www.startribune.com/deer-w...
The Cherokee Nation is doing its part to eliminate hepatitis C among Natives in Indian Country, according to a media release. The Cherokee Nation brought the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health researchers together to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa recently to discuss a new study the tribe is leading to prevent and treat the illness, an infection that affects the liver. The Cherokee Nation received a $1.5 million grant from Gilead Sciences in July. With the funding and support of fellow health agencies,...
The company behind Hard Rock Hotels says it’s planning to open one in the downtown Atlanta area, near the Atlanta Falcons’ new stadium. The firm said Monday that it plans to open Hard Rock Atlanta in spring 2018. Hard Rock International said in a statement that the 220-room hotel will be next to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, now under construction next to the Georgia Dome. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/193988-hard-rock-hotel-planned-near-atlanta-falcons-new-stadium...
MACY, NE - Leaders of the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska are considering land in western Iowa for growing marijuana. Tribal members approved three referendums Tuesday giving the Tribal Council the authority to legalize marijuana for medicinal and recreational use and to grow plants for industrial hemp. The tribe is based in northeast Nebraska, but its reservation extends into Iowa's Monona County. http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/omaha-tribe-considers-marijuana-operations-in-iowa/?id=186984...
ROSEBUD, SD - As the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe calls on tribal sovereignty and a change in federal law to help develop a marijuana business on tribal land, other tribes are taking note. On the Rosebud Reservation in southwest South Dakota, officials admit they have a cautious interest in the money-making potential of marijuana. Four tribal officials recently visited Flandreau to learn more about the budding industry there. Most of what grows on the Rosebud Indian Reservation is food for cattle. http://www.keloland.com/new...
Syracuse, N.Y. -- As the Seneca Indian Nation in western New York and some other tribes across the country consider growing and selling marijuana on their lands, the Onondaga Nation wants nothing to do with pot. Marijuana violates the Onondaga teaching against intoxication, said Joe Heath, a lawyer for the Onondaga Nation. "The Onondagas are very concerned about their youth and the contact they have with the outside world," Heath said. "They haven't given the slightest thought to growing marijuana." http://www.syracuse.com/h...
Tribal leaders from across Washington state say that their treaty rights require rejection of a giant coal export terminal, proposed for Cherry Point north of Bellingham and have taken their case to the annual White House Tribal Nations Conference. “We’re taking a united stand against corporate interests that interfere with our treaty protected rights,” said Tim Ballew II, chairman of the Lummi Indian Business Council. The Lummis’ reservation is just south of the Cherry Point industrial area, proposed as location for the Gateway Pacific...
Names and mascots of sports teams like the Washington Redskins perpetuate negative stereotypes of Native Americans, President Obama said Thursday. Speaking at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Obama said it’s important to “break stereotypes, I believe that includes our sports teams.” http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/259331-obama-teams-should-drop-native-american-mascots...
Hundreds of tribal leaders, along with Native youth, are in Washington, D.C., today for the seventh White House Tribal Nations Conference. This year's event is being held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, near the White House. It opens at 8:30am Eastern and will feature a handful of Cabinet officials during the morning session. President Barack Obama is slated to appear later in the afternoon at around 4:15pm. In addition to addressing tribal leaders, he will speak with Native youth who have been selected to...
SEATTLE — Ten American Indian tribes are gaining access to national criminal databases after a deadly shooting in Washington state helped reveal flaws in the way federal authorities and tribal governments share information. Tribes can now conduct thorough background checks and add criminal records to the databases, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. It comes after a member of the Tulalip Tribe was able to buy a gun later used by his son to kill four classmates and himself at a high school last year. http://www.sta...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department moved Thursday to fix what it described as “an information gap” that has allowed offenders living on Native American reservations to buy guns illegally and for years has blocked tribal police from access to important criminal records. Stories from Our Advertisers The flaws in the system were on stark display last year after a 14-year-old boy from a reservation in Washington State used his father’s handgun to kill four classmates and himself. Investigators determined that a prior restraining order against...
Bemidji, MN (WDAZ-TV) - An emotional plea from the family of Rose Downwind. The mother of 5 has been missing for nearly two weeks. Originally police believed she took off willingly. Now investigators believe the 31 year old's fate is more sinister. Missing person's signs are plastered all over the city of Bemidji with one mission. "Trying to bring Rose home right now," said Dwa Weston, the cousin of Rose Downwind. Rose Downwind was last seen at the Target in Bemidji on October 19th. Her...
At least eight newcomers will be on the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Council after Tuesday’s general election, which included a tie that is expected to be broken at a runoff election. Incumbent Michele G. Stanley and Tribal spokesman Frank J. Cloutier each received 213 votes; a tie-breaker election that must be held by Nov. 24. Cloutier and Stanley ran for one seat in the Tribe’s third district, which is at-large and consists of Tribal members who don’t live on the Isabella Reservation or the Saganing Reservation in Arenac County. http:...
South Dakota Supreme Court justices weigh in when lawyers come before them to make oral arguments. And they did so in October, when the defense made a case for calling Fall River County residents as jurors for an Oglala Lakota County lawsuit. Justices issued an opinion in that case Thursday, Nov. 5. An attorney for a civil defendant on the Pine Ridge Reservation argued that enrolled tribal members should not be included in a potential jury pool. But justices ruled that eliminating tribal members as potential jurors for state cases in their...
To Native Americans across the U.S., the month of November means more than just cold weather and fall break — it is a specific time to celebrate culture and heritage. Washington State Sen. John McCoy spoke at the University of Idaho Tuesday for Native American Heritage Month. During his address to UI students, McCoy said many Native Americans in Washington and across the U.S. are working vigorously to thrive economically and as a community. http://www.uiargonaut.com/2015/11/05/speaking-on-sovereignty-native-american-sen-john...
A Parks Canada wildlife specialist says he suspects a 250-kilogram grizzly gobbled down a smaller grizzly because … he was really, really hungry. Steve Michel, a human-wildlife conflict specialist with Banff National Park, says staff discovered the carnage last month after a radio collar was lost by Bear No. 136, nicknamed Split Lip because of a massive scar on his mouth. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-grizzly-eats-smaller-grizzly-1.3305674...
Gregory Scott Baker, former administrator of the Native American tribe that owns the lucrative Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, pleaded guilty Thursday in Sacramento federal court to his role in the theft of more than $17 million from the tribe. Baker, 48, of Newcastle, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud or wire fraud, conspiring to commit money laundering, and filing a false federal income tax return for 2008. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 17. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The Riverton man convicted of the shooting of two American Indian men at a detoxification and rehabilitation facility has requested records of his public service to be used at his sentencing hearing. Roy Clyde pleaded guilty last month in connection to killing 29-year-old Stallone Trosper and critically wounded 50-year-old James "Sonny" Goggles at a the Center of Hope facility in Riverton in July. He faces life in prison under a plea agreement that spares him the death penalty. http://www.sfgate.com/new...
Haskell Indian Nations University may be playing sans athletics conference this year, but it is one of only eight universities nationwide chosen to don Nike’s flashy new “N7” uniforms during Native American Heritage Month. The jerseys and shorts are vivid turquoise — a color that represents harmony, friendship and fellowship in Native American culture, Haskell and Nike said in announcing the uniforms Thursday. There’s also an accompanying white T-shirt with a graphic blue and black image of a feather- and mohawk-adorned American Indian wa...
