Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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A group charged with reshaping how Minnesota pays for its public education system on Tuesday recommended increasing equity among state school districts by moving away from districts' reliance on taxpayer-approved levies....
When the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources filed suit last week against Chippewa bands in a tussle over night hunting for wolves and deer, it shined a light on hunting after dark -- a little-known practice allowed for some species in Minnesota and Wisconsin....
Ice is forming on Minnesota lakes, and it won't be long until hard-water fishing kicks into gear....
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin's Chippewa tribes tried to persuade a federal judge Tuesday to allow tribal hunters to kill deer after dark, arguing the state has suddenly allowed night wolf hunting and tribal hunters are entitled to similar opportunities....
Jeff Meldrum wants to search for Bigfoot by using a remote-controlled blimp. Because when you’re looking for a mythical creature famous for eluding all who search for it, a giant, buzzing, looming balloon is clearly the way to go. Meldrum, a tenured Idaho State University anthropologist who established his career studying primate foot anatomy before shifting his focus to monsters, expects he’ll have to raise $300,000 to get the project airborne. He’s trying (and so far failing) to get funding from private sources. (No surprise that his home...
The wait is nearly over for thousands of Native Americans in the Dakotas and across the nation who will land a share of the Cobell Settlement, as the first $1,000 payments from the $1.5 billion reserved for land trust beneficiaries could be sent to area Native Americans before Christmas....
WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after Congress approved a settlement in the long-running lawsuit over individual Indian trust accounts, the federal government is preparing to send out checks to nearly 500,000 American Indians, including an estimated 50,000 in Oklahoma....
Three descendants of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington can't challenge the tribe's enrollment procedures, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said in an unpublished decision on Monday....
OTTAWA–Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq should remove OxyContin “clones” from the list of drugs covered by the federal government if she chooses to continue ignoring warnings that the generic versions of the addictive drug could wreck havoc in some First Nations communities, says Liberal Aboriginal affairs critic Carolyn Bennett....
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – At their Nov. 13 meeting, Tribal Councilors passed an act calling for a $1,000 monthly subsidy to be paid to people who both own and operate Cherokee Nation Tax Commission-licensed smoke shops....
WHITE SWAN, Wash. — A picture of Chief Little Crow was plastered across the first page of a PowerPoint presentation that 13-year-old Brandon Spencer was assembling at White Swan High School one recent morning....
LAKEPORT -- The Robinson Rancheria Pomo Indians tribal chair is set to stand trial in three months for allegedly stealing while she worked for another county tribe....
MARTY, SD - A member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe is in custody for allegedly shooting his uncle and cousin with an assault rifle early Tuesday morning....
A man who smothered his wife with a pillow and hid her body under a bed pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Seattle to second-degree murder....
An enrolled member of the Swinomish Indian Tribe pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Seattle to second-degree murder in the death of his common-law wife, who was also a tribal member. Kevin S O’Leary, 55, a resident of the Lummi Reservation admitted that on June 7, 2012, he smothered Valerie Jefferson with a pillow, wrapped her body in a blanket, and hid it under the bed. Law enforcement discovered Jefferson’s body five days later. Under the terms of the plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend a sentence of no more than 15 yea...
A member of the Swinomish Tribe pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle to second-degree murder for smothering his common-law wife with a pillow earlier this year....
A southern Alberta man has been sentenced to life in prison for attacking two First Nation men as they walked down the street in front of his house....
