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Minnesota’s mid-December deep freeze hit new depths Tuesday, and there’s still much more negativity ahead. As of 7 a.m., the National Weather Service (NWS) detected zero communities in the state that were warmer than 0. Winona and Madison take honors with the state’s warmest temperature: 0. In the Twin Cities area, Eden Prairie registered minus-10 for the metro’s coldest locale, the NWS said. That 9 mile per hour wind was making it feel like 27 below. As for a high in the Twin Cities, forecasters say it will be in the upper single digits...
At first, Bill and Kristi Anderson felt numb after learning that their 19-year-old son was found frozen to death in southeast Minneapolis the morning after celebrating the end of his first semester of college. But later, when they brought themselves to view photos of the scene and review reports from paramedics, their questions began to pile up. Now the Andersons are suing those first responders for negligence, alleging that they failed to deliver appropriate care for Jake in the moments after he was first found along the Mississippi River,...
Donald Trump has a problem that comes not from the cast of “Hamilton,” but from Hamilton himself. In Federalist 68, Alexander Hamilton deals with that odd, anti-democratic feature of our constitutional order, the Electoral College, which has dictated a different outcome from the popular vote in two of the last five presidential elections. The ultimate goal, he says, is to provide a check on “cabal, intrigue and corruption” — a threat he specifies as coming “chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our council...
Adrian Peterson might no longer be in full wait-and-see mode. After saying last week he would not return to the Vikings this season if they’re eliminated from the playoffs, the Vikings running back is now targeting a return to practice this week and a potential return to game action Dec. 24 in Green Bay. In an interview Monday with Dash Radio, Peterson discussed his comeback plans. http://www.startribune.com/vikings-adrian-peterson-wants-to-face-packers/406154786/...
Sleeping in late has been a way of life for Minneapolis and Edina high school students, among others, and for the past two years, the St. Paul School District has held that the same should be true for its older students. On Tuesday, the school board may, at last, be ready to set in motion a move toward later start times for nearly all district secondary students. First, though, would come a little more time and study. http://www.startribune.com/later-high-school-start-times-nearing-jump-start-in-st-paul/406129686/...
More than one-in-five Minnesotans under age 65 had health problems last year that would give them a personal stake in the debate over repealing and replacing the federal health law. That's the conclusion of a report released Monday from the California-based Kaiser Family Foundation that estimated about 744,000 Minnesotans under 65 had a health problem that would block them from coverage if insurance companies reverted to rules that were in place before the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The estimate is much bigger than the number with health...
BISMARCK, N.D. — A dozen law enforcement officials in North Dakota are imploring President Barack Obama in a letter to send federal officers to help local police during protests against the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline, citing costs, fatigue and a growing fear of vigilante justice. The officials asked Obama for 100 Border Patrol agents and members of the U.S. Marshals Service Special Operations Group, along with an unspecified amount of financial assistance, saying they've been "completely and utterly abandoned" by the federal g...
President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he planned to resolve the Dakota Access oil pipeline standoff "very quickly" after taking office if necessary as the action moves from the camps to the courtroom. Protesters headed home as snow and freezing temperatures enveloped the camps near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, claiming victory in the wake of the Obama administration's Dec. 5 decision to conduct another environmental review and explore alternate routes for the previously approved project. Meanwhile, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg set...
CANNONBALL, N.D. (CN) – Standing Rock Tribe supporters celebrated the Dec. 4 news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied an oil company’s permit to run a pipeline below their water source. But events that have followed show the elation could be short-lived. The day after the corps’ denial had all the signs of a day of reckoning for those opposed to the Energy Transfer Partners pipeline running between North Dakota oil fields and refineries in Illinois. But the 11th-hour decision averted that. Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Dave Archa...
“Growing up on the reservation I’m taught a lot of things and a lot of things: ‘This is the way we do things and this is the way it is,’ but I was never really taught why. Coming here, I was able to learn a lot from the people and the stories. When you’re living life, it’s so fast paced, and I guess we don’t take time to tell the stories behind the things we’re taught. So I was able to learn a lot about my culture and the reasons why we do things. Here, they strongly believe women are sacred, and they were taught the story behind it — tha...
The Standing Rock Sioux have won! Unless they haven’t. On Sunday, December 4, the North Dakota tribe received word that their long fight to block the Dakota Access Pipeline had succeeded. The Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the river crossing that traverses land the tribe deem sacred. A pipeline also risked poisoning their water should a leak occur. The historically unprecedented gathering of over 100 tribes from around North America, and around the world, has completed its mission. At least for now. Under a Donald Trump a...
North Dakota law enforcement officials, who have been dealing with violent anti-pipeline protesters, accused President Obama of willfully ignoring their requests for help and warned that fed-up local groups are preparing to take matters into their own hands against the protesters. Morton County, N.D. Sheriff Kyle L. Kirchmeier sent a letter to Obama Friday stating that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ recent decision not to grant a permit for a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline “has done nothing to ease the tension or alleviate the pot...
Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to head the Department of the Interior. If confirmed by the Senate, she would managed federal lands, including those that produce energy, as well as national parks. She would be oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs. McMorris Rodgers has all the necessary qualifications: Pro oil and gas development? Check. Climate change skeptic? Check. Skeptical about federal land ownership in the West? Check. And, if you need one more check mark, her record in the House does n...
Family court judges will now be required to ask whether a child is Native American as part of all foster care and adoption proceedings. That’s one of several new regulations family courts will have to follow under the Indian Child Welfare Act. The new rules within ICWA were announced in June and went into effect Monday. The Interior Department says the goal is to clarify and better articulate the requirements of the federal law so that state courts can implement it more consistently. http://kjzz.org/content/407702/new-icwa-r...
A federal audit into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe’s use of taxpayer money for a rural water project found nearly $1.5 million in questionable spending, including unsupported compensation to tribal council members and employees. Tribal council members – which include the current tribal chairman – paid themselves extra money above and beyond their lucrative salaries as council members to serve as “steering committee” members of the Lower Brule Rural Water System. The audit found that council members paid themselves hundreds of dollars in extra...
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians awarded a $1 million grant to Children’s Fund to increase services at its Children’s Assessment Center in San Bernardino, the nonprofit announced Monday. According to Children’s Fund, the grant is the largest the nonprofit has received in its 30-year history. The Children’s Assessment Center treats children up to age 18 and developmentally delayed young adults in San Bernardino County who are suspected victims of abuse, according to a news release. http://www.sbsun.com/social-affairs/20...
American Indian adults who were exposed to an early life trauma are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and poor physical health in adulthood according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Human Biology. The study was conducted by researchers at: Dartmouth College; Washington State University, Spokane; and the University of Colorado Anschutz. (A pdf of the study is available upon request). The study is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between early life trauma, PTSD and adult...
PINE RIDGE — Federal authorities are searching for a suspect in a slaying on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Twenty-six-year-old Thomas Brewer is wanted on a warrant for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Shawn Stevens in the town of Pine Ridge. Stevens was shot in the abdomen on Nov. 30 and died at a Rapid City hospital. Authorities say Brewer is known to have ties in Spokane, Washington....
Players participating in the All-Native Basketball tournament have been asked to leave the politics at home, according to a letter sent by tournament organizers in anticipation of the February event in Prince Rupert, B.C. Last year, some participants in the tournament wore blue T-shirts and raised banners with an anti-LNG message. Many of the major sponsors of last year's tournament were from the oil and gas sector. The Skidegate Saints were one of the most vocal opponents. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/all-...
