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The first unexpected power failure in a Medtronic InSync III pacemaker didn't set off the alarm bells. But by the fourth time, doctors at the Minneapolis Heart Institute knew they had to act quickly. They took their concerns about the discontinued-but-popular pacemaker to Medtronic in late September, after a fourth device among the 448 InSync IIIs implanted at the institute had a power failure. http://www.startribune.com/medtronic-recalls-insync-iii-pacemakers-due-to-battery-issue/358905821/...
Cyber Monday spending was expected to hit a record $3 billion, making it the biggest e-commerce day ever in the U.S. and a new peak after retailers on Thanksgiving and Black Friday saw more people buy things online than in stores. The weekend shopping spree marked another step in the evolution of retail, with stores offering the same deals online as in stores and shoppers moving deftly between them. http://www.startribune.com/target-com-crashed-for-about-an-hour-on-cyber-monday-shoppers/358880861/...
Need a pick-me up? Try taking a Facebook break. Researchers at the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen studied the moods of 1,095 regular Facebook users over a week’s time. They divided participants into two groups: those who kept logging onto Facebook per normal, and those who agreed to quit the site for a week. The results? Those who used the popular social network were 55 percent more likely to feel stressed. Meanwhile, those on a Facebook furlough reported feeling happier and less sad and lonely than active Facebookers. They also h...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: NATIVE-OWNED BUSINESSES Profile America — Monday, November 30th. As National American Indian Heritage Month winds down, attention is drawn to the increasing role American Indians and Alaska Natives play in the country's economy. When last measured, businesses owned by this 5.2 million strong population grew in a recent five-year period to around 237,000. They generate nearly $34.5 billion in annual revenue. Just o...
A resolution authorizing a feasibility study to be performed to look into the “issues and impacts associated with legalization of cannabis” on tribal lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has been vetoed by Principal Chief Patrick Lambert. Tribal Council passed Res. No. 40 (2015) unanimously during Annual Council on Thursday, Oct. 29, and Chief Lambert issued his veto of the legislation on Monday, Nov. 23. “I have stated my opposition to the recreational use of drugs many times, and this includes marijuana,” Chief Lambert wrote in his...
Tribal and environmental groups say the state’s plan to allow expansion of a taconite mine raises the same concerns as the prospect of copper-nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota. Northshore Mining Company wants to enlarge its 12-mile-long taconite pit near Babbitt into an area that contains sulfur-bearing rock, the same type of rock that would yield copper, nickel and precious metals for the proposed PolyMet mine just a few miles to the south. https://www.minnpost.com/environment/2015/11/minnesota-s-permit-northshore-min...
Although they suffer more than other cultural groups from diet-related chronic diseases, there lacks widely available nutritional information specific to American Indian communities. A $1 million donation to University of Minnesota researchers is slated to increase the amount of information available on American Indian nutritional health. The money — a gift from the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, an Indian tribe residing on historically Dakota land southwest of the Twin Cities — will help fund three ongoing projects. htt...
It took 50 years for the federal government to admit officially that the education it had promised to provide Indian children was so bad it qualified as abuse. “Grossly inadequate,” wrote the authors of a scathing 1928 report. Forty years later, the feds were taking themselves to task again, in a report by Sen. Edward Kennedy that called the state of Indian education a “national tragedy.” Flash forward 46 more years. The network of schools for Native American children run by an obscure agency of the Interior Department remains arguably the wor...
Last week police announced that they had found the remains of Karina Wolfe. Here is the timeline of how police found her, after searching for five years. July 2, 2010 Karina Wolfe, 20 years old, is last seen in the area of 20th Street and Avenue H in Saskatoon. July 20, 2010 Karina Wolfe is reported missing by her mother, Carol Wolfe. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/how-police-found-karina-wolfe-after-5-year-search-1.3343716...
A Cross Lake family is hoping two recent tips into the disappearance of Glenn Colombe will finally give them a break in the 26-year-old case. Colombe went missing in 1989 and RCMP suspect foul play. "He was last seen at a party. That is where people said they last seen him," said Colombe's sister Lillian Halcrow, http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/family-gets-first-real-tip-in-decades-in-disappearance-of-glenn-colombe-1.3340000...
Laws are different for crimes on native territories and different from the legal systems of the states, NE students learned Nov. 24 as part of Native American Heritage Month. Government professor Lisa Uhlir discussed crimes that tend to occur on Native American reservations and said officials often lack technology to solve them. People who commit crimes on reservations can sometimes only get a three-year maximum sentence. “You see a lot of people cooking methamphetamine within the reservation and not get a maximum sentence compared to the U...
SUQUAMISH — On the Port Madison Indian Reservation, which has Native and non-Native American residents, the issue of law enforcement jurisdiction is often a challenge. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, Tribal police only have jurisdiction over Native Americans, even on reservations. So, if a Suquamish Police officer detains a suspect who is not Native American, the officer has to wait until state police or sheriff’s deputies arrive to take over. For a 911 call from the reservation, CenCom customarily dispatches Suquamish Police and a Kit...
Despite delays and setbacks, a group of First Nation delegates will be heading overseas to China. The original plan to send 11 delegates, which would include dancers and drummers, to Jiaozuo City was announced in the summer but funding problems forced organizers to push the date back twice. Thunder Bay’s aboriginal liaison unit had wanted sponsors to help bring the delegates to China in order to attend an international Tai Chi festival to showcase aboriginal culture as well as formally cement a Sister Cities agreement with Jiaozuo. h...
SACRAMENTO — The former administrator of a Sacramento-area Indian tribe has quit his job as a business instructor at American River College after pleading guilty to helping steal more than $17 million in a kickback scheme. Los Rios Community College District human resources official Ryan Cox tells The Sacramento Bee that the college has accepted Gregory Baker's resignation, which takes effect Dec. 18. Baker was put on administrative leave after pleading guilty Nov. 5. Prosecutors say he took kickbacks and approved inflated invoices from a c...
The state of Alaska was struggling to figure out what to do with Gilbert Nashookpuk years before police say he called 911 to say he’d killed his caregiver at a South Anchorage assisted living home earlier this month. Nashookpuk, originally from Point Hope, had been dealt a difficult set of life circumstances. He had a developmental disability and was “borderline functioning,” according to testimony by a public guardian in court documents. He had been diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. He suffered from seizures and had anger manag...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - A month before the official start of winter, hundreds of American Indian students from lower-income families in Minneapolis' Public School system have received free winter coats. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community donated about $25,000 to help buy some of the coats. Louise Matson, director of the Division of Indian Work, says the idea is to keep these children warm so they can focus on their education. "We particularly are giving coats to parents and families that qualify for free and reduced (price) lunch," says...