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Halloween in Red Lake 2018...
Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow: Saturday Afternoon Session The new 2018-19 O-Bah-Shiing (Ponemah) Labor Day Royalty. Princess: Jade Cloud Brave: KaVern Kingbird Obashing Singing Contest 1st Place-Warpaint 2nd Place-High Noon 3rd Place-Southern Boyz 4th Place-Standing Horse 5th Place-Red Willow 6th Place-Pipestone...
Ponemah Labor Day Pow Wow: Saturday Afternoon Session The new 2018-19 O-Bah-Shiing (Ponemah) Labor Day Royalty. Princess: Jade Cloud Brave: KaVern Kingbird Obashing Singing Contest 1st Place-Warpaint 2nd Place-High Noon 3rd Place-Southern Boyz 4th Place-Standing Horse 5th Place-Red Willow 6th Place-Pipestone...
In the 1930s, Virgil and Helen Johnson purchased a handmade Christmas tree for their family from a Swedish carpenter's union in Minneapolis. Over the years, the family continued to decorate the tree during over during the holidays, and nearly 90 years later, the artifact is now part of the Minnesota Historical Society's collections. This unique style of tree, called a Christmas pyramid, has its roots in German folk tradition, and some historians considered it a precursor to the Christmas trees w...
Utah artificially inflated its 2014-15 high school graduation rate by 1.3 points, and doesn't have a good enough system to guarantee the public that it is correctly calculating and reporting that key indicator of high school success, according to a new report by a federal watchdog agency. The audit by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General found that Utah's "system of internal control did not provide reasonable assurance that reported graduation rates were accurate and complete." Its oversight didn't catch mistakes...
WASHINGTON -- Representative-elect Deb Haaland released the following statement in response to being elected as the Freshman Class Representative to the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, House Democratic Region VI Whip (Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona) and appointed as Deputy Whip for the Congressional Progressive Caucus: “I'm excited to take on the challenge of representing a historic freshman class on the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. I am also honored to have been elected House Democratic Region VI Whip and a...
Traveling in ice age America, now almost a vanished landscape, strikes me as a strange topic. After all, the first Americans of 15,000 years ago belong in the realm of archaeology, not travel. Undeterred, the adventure travel writer Craig Childs journeys to experience ice age America, beginning his exploration on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Strait, the highest point of what was once the Bering Land Bridge between Siberia and Alaska. He sees wolves and gazes out over the water, imagining a plain teeming with big game. Next we join him on...
BLOOMINGTON, MINN – Nov. 30, 2018 – Pinky Swear Foundation is excited to announce a new holiday Register Round-Up initiative with Hy-Vee, Inc. This in-store event, where customers will be given the opportunity to round up their purchases to the nearest dollar to donate to Pinky Swear Foundation, will take place at participating Hy-Vee locations from December 1-16, 2018. The main goal is to collectively raise funds to support Pinky Swear’s mission of helping kids with cancer and their families with emotional and financial support. “We are thr...
HEALING PATHWAYS Job Openings: Survey Interviewer About the project: "Healing Pathways" is a grant funded research project. This project is a collaborative effort between several American Indian communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, First Nations communities in Canada, and the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth campus. The study involves survey interview procedures that will be used to help us better understand wellbeing in early adulthood. This project is an extension of the...
A fire - the second this month - erupted at a homeless encampment in Minneapolis early Friday morning. The fire occurred at about 1 a.m. in the area of Hiawatha Avenue near Franklin and 16th Avenues. https://kstp.com/news/2nd-fire-november-minneapolis-homeless-encampment/5162566/?cat=1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KSTP-TV&fbclid=IwAR3j4XjQCi8jXs9Ac_IAUnP9dUKXwLJPk4QHtYgJg7BFEgurFkFpRuDJMi4...
Shock and questions abound after the Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha made public on Friday the names of 38 clergy members accused of sexual misdeeds with minors. The archdiocese said “substantiated claims of sexual abuse of, or sexual misconduct with, a minor” had been made against 34 priests and four deacons on a list it provided to Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, who had asked for the information. https://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/omaha-archdiocese-reports-substantiated-allegations-of-misconduct-abuse-involving-cl...
Author and historian Ed Rice will visit the South Portland Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4 to discuss his book about Louis Sockalexis, the first Native American professional baseball player. Sockalexis was a legendary baseball player in his time, though his name was nearly lost to history. He experienced prejudice and discrimination on and off the field 50 years before Jackie Robinson entered the baseball world, failing to ever receive credit as one of Maines most extraordinary athletes. Rice will share the details of his story,...
While it's not exactly clear sailing, it's at least choppy sailing for the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline replacement project, which got the go-ahead in June from the Minnesota Public Utilities commission. Construction is expected to start early next year, and the pipeline is expected to be up and running by the end of the year. http://www.dl-online.com/news/4536975-enbridge-hopes-see-line-3-pipeline-installed-next-year...
BILLINGS – A Northern Cheyenne tribal resident was arrested in North Dakota this week on suspicion of second-degree homicide of his girlfriend in February. Randy Lee Littlebird, 35, was taken into custody Wednesday by federal agents and placed in a Bismarck jail. https://ktvh.com/news/2018/11/30/rosebud-county-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-killing-his-girlfriend/...
OMAHA, Nebraska – The 29-year-old Lakota man sat facing the side window of the police cruiser, looking outside, mumbling to himself and occasionally cursing. A ponytail hung below the bill of his backward Yankees baseball cap. Zachary Bear Heels’ hands were handcuffed behind him, as Omaha officer Jennifer Strudl sat in the front of the cruiser talking on the phone with his mother, trying to find some place to take Bear Heels. https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/11/30/jury-watches-video-of-native-man-getting.asp...
Last week, young children throughout America glued colored construction paper into “feather headdresses” for Thanksgiving day celebrations. Following this season based upon myths, Bradley students had the opportunity to learn more about Native Americans. Anton Treuer is a professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, author of 14 books, father of nine and a popular speaker who has presented internationally. https://www.bradleyscout.com/news/treuer-teaches-native-history/...
Brian Christensen is on his way to jail again. Clerical collar around his thin neck, rosary dangling from the rearview mirror, the priest sets out on the same trip he has taken almost every day that week. First was Monday afternoon, when he followed the detectives down this road, then up to the third floor of the police department, where he waited outside the interrogation room. On Wednesday, he went to the preliminary hearing, where the felony charges were announced: two counts of sexual contact with a 13-year-old. On Thursday, and on Friday,...
One teenager is in custody and an arrest warrant has been issued for another man in connection with a brutal beating over the weekend on the Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation. 34-year-old Keith Cournoyer of Sioux Falls, a boxer and father of two, was attacked at a party and beaten so badly, he's now in critical condition at a Sioux Falls hospital, but as KELOLAND's Don Jorgensen reports his family is holding out hope he'll make a full recovery. https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/boxer-in-the-fight-of-his-life/1630465719...
A bus driver with the Blood Tribe Bus Co-op has been charged with sexual interference and assault. The Blood Tribe Police Service reported Friday that 54-year-old Ronnie Standing Alone was arrested, then released on several conditions. He is scheduled to appear in Cardston provincial court Dec. 10. https://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2018/12/01/blood-tribe-bus-driver-charged-with-sex-assault/...
BENA, Minn. — Police say a woman in the north-central Minnesota community of Bena died after suffering multiple stab wounds they believe were inflicted by her adult son. According to the Cass County sheriff’s office, Joy Marie Matthews, 54, was found unresponsive early Wednesday at a residence in Bena, which is 35 miles east of Bemidji on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. https://www.twincities.com/2018/12/01/northern-minnesota-woman-fatally-stabbed-34-year-old-son-in-custody/...
A Manitoba hockey mom says things turned ugly at a peewee hockey game in Neepawa last weekend. Tanis Brandon was watching from the stands when she says she heard players and parents taunting her 12-year-old son's team, the Waywayseecappo Wolverines. https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/neepawa-waywayseecappo-peewee-hockey-game-1.4924967...
The City of Fargo currently has one opening on its Native American Commission. Residents are encouraged to apply for appointment by visiting http://fargond.gov/gettinginvolved. Applications will begin to be reviewed on December 14 and applying before that date is encouraged and appreciated. Name of Board: Native American Commission Opening(s): One (1) Commissioner Meeting Logistics: First Thursday of each month at 12 p.m. Average Time Commitment: One to ten (1-10) hours per month Responsibilities: 1. Develops recommendations for City of Fargo...
Olympian Billy Mills spoke to students and staff at School District 166 on November 29, sharing a message about following your dreams. Mills, a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, won a gold medal at the Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 in the 10,000 meter run, breaking the Olympic record. He is the only American to win the 10,000 meter gold. https://www.wtip.org/school-district-166-hosts-olympian-billy-mills...
BILLINGS — A federal judge has denied a new trial for a man convicted of murdering a woman on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation following accusations that the government withheld evidence in the case. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters said in a Monday ruling that prosecutors properly disclosed the existence of a cellphone with a calendar entry referencing the death of victim Roylynn Rides Horse once they found out about it. https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2018/11/29/judge-rejects-new-trial-man-convicted-murder-c...
A new five-year federal Farm Bill that could get a vote from the House and Senate next week contains a provision to fully legalize hemp production in the U.S. Pacific Northwest hemp entrepreneurs who have been operating under restrictive state laws are excited by the possibility. https://www.kuow.org/stories/northwest-entrepreneurs-cheer-on-provision-to-legalize-hemp-in-farm-bill...
