Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Looking Back to May 2006 - Red Lake Head Start Graduation...
Looking Back to May 2006 - Red Lake Head Start Graduation...
Looking Back to April 2006 - Red Lake Girl's Softball Action...
Looking Back to April 2006 - Red Lake Healing Walk...
Fayetteville, Arkansas- The staff of the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) on her nomination to serve in the Biden-Harris administration as our next Secretary of the Interior. We applaud Haaland’s nomination as she is the first Native American woman to be nominated to a Cabinet level position. As Secretary of the Interior, we know that Haaland will not only uphold the Trust Responsibility to Tribes but will help Indian Country recover stronger from the p...
A total of 80 fatal work-injuries were recorded in Minnesota in 2019 during the annual Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), an increase from the 75 fatal work-injuries in 2018. Minnesota's 2019 fatal-injury rate is 2.6 fatalities per 100,000 full-time-equivalent workers; the 2018 rate was 2.7 fatalities per 100,000 full-time-equivalent workers. These and other workplace fatality statistics come from the CFOI, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Nationally, there were 5,333 fatally injured workers in...
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD) on Thursday issued the following statement in support of President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Congresswoman Debra Haaland to lead the United State Department of the Interior: “Today, we celebrate President-elect Biden’s selection of Congresswoman Haaland as the first Native American cabinet secretary for the United States Interior Department,” said Lynn Trujillo, Indian Affairs Secretary. “Congresswoman Haaland has been a shining example of public service in the United States Cong...
WILMINGTON, Del. - Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), a tribal citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna, who currently represents New Mexico's 1st congressional district in the U.S. Congress, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to become the 54th secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. The announcement came Thursday from the Biden transition team and first reported by The Washington Post. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Haaland will be the first American Indian ever to hold a Cabinet post...
David Hill, Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, has tested positive for coronavirus, the tribal nation announced Thursday. Hill began experiencing mild symptoms on Wednesday night and was tested at the MCN Medical Center in Okmulgee, Okla. He is recovering at home and continuing his duties remotely, but he is not expected to return to the office until he is Covid-free. In September, Hill was named to TIME magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Under his...
The former vice president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and a longtime Native rights activist died Sunday from complications due to the coronavirus. Tom Poor Bear, 66, died at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado. "I still can't believe Tom has left us," said Bryan Brewer, who served as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe with Poor Bear as his vice president. "It's a bad day for the tribe and his family." https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/12/17/lakota-leader-tom...
WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 17, 2020 – Since at least June 18, 2013, Andeavor Logistics LP, through various subsidiary companies – all of which were recently purchased by Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) – has been in willful trespass on the lands belonging to individual Indians on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota as demonstrated in proceedings before the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). As shown in those proceedings, Marathon companies have used the land without any lease,...
In Cherokee Nation and across the world, we have struggled with the deadly COVID-19 virus for most of 2020. We have made sacrifices and suffered terrible losses, but we see a ray of hope. New vaccines arriving in Cherokee Nation offer freedom from the threat of this terrible virus. Through advocacy, strategic preparation and strong collaboration with the Indian Health Service, we secured nearly 1,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, the first approved for use in the United States. We have launched...
White Mountain Apache Tribe Chairwoman Gwendena Lee-Gatewood, San Carlos Apache Chairman Terry Rambler and Red Lake Nation Chairman Darrell Seki were some of the first tribal leaders to share that they received the COVID-19 vaccine. Lee-Gatewood documented her vaccine Tuesday on her public Facebook page. The Red Lake Tribal Council Facebook page posted photos on Wednesday of elected leadership receiving the vaccine. Rambler posted a short Facebook video Thursday of receiving the vaccine. The Cass Lake Hospital on the Leech Lake Indian...
President-elect Joe Biden, in a historic move, has chosen Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the U.S. Interior Department. If confirmed by the Senate, the New Mexico Democrat would be the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary. "A voice like mine has never been a Cabinet secretary or at the head of the Department of Interior," Haaland tweeted Thursday night. "Growing up in my mother’s Pueblo household made me fierce. I’ll be fierce for all of us, our planet, and all of our protected land. I am honored and ready to serve." htt...
WHITE EARTH, Minn.–Rear Admiral Michael Weahkee, Indian Health Service (IHS) Director,will visit the White Earth Health Center on Tuesday, Dec. 15at 1 p.m. to promote COVID-19 vaccinations. The White Earth Service Unit will be one of the first in IHS to vaccinate. There will be approximately 10 shots given at this timeto Health Care Personnel (HCP) and possibly a couple patients that are 65 and older with moderate to sever chronic lung disease. White Earth received 120 doses during this first round. More details on who and when individuals w...
How does the vaccine work? Previous vaccines have used weakened or a dead version of the virus. The COVID-19 vaccine is a different type called mRNA and it works by teaching our body how to make a specific protein – called the “spike protein”. Our body will then start an immune response (or fight off the virus) and destroy the protein introduced by the vaccine. Once destroyed, our immune system will remember how to fight the virus that causes COVID-19 if we become infected. Is the vaccine safe? Clinical trials have shown they are safe and o...
