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It’s not just honeybees that are in trouble. Wild bees are disappearing from much of the nation’s farmland — especially in Minnesota and much of the Upper Midwest. Overall, wild bees declined across nearly one-fourth of the country between 2008 and 2013. But some areas are now so inhospitable to wild bees that the nation’s crops, including soybeans in western Minnesota, are probably not getting the pollination they need for peak production, researchers at the University of Vermont found in the first nationwide study to map the abundan...
Minneapolis police Monday appealed for anyone with knowledge that could solve the killing of 3-year-old Terrell Mayes to contact them, saying they're confident someone has the information they need to solve the case. Police and the boy's mother, Marsha Mayes, said they're reminded daily of the murder four years ago Saturday. "It is one of those cases that the people behind me take personally," Police Chief Janeé Harteau said at a news conference, her voice trembling slightly. "I keep Terrell's picture on my desk to remind me."...
Boosting state dollars for programs that benefit senior citizens will remain a top priority of Republicans in the Minnesota House next year, a group of them said Monday. "We've been good to seniors in the last year and I think there's an interest in continuing that trend," Rep. Joe Schomacker, R-Luverne, said at a news conference to showcase a handful of bills aimed at an older demographic. That includes eliminating Minnesota's tax on Social Security income by phasing it out 20 percent a year over five years. The GOP-controlled House approved...
A federal judge is weighing the legality of a law governing the placement of Native American children. The 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act gives tribal courts the right to decide adoption and foster care placement of Native American children. But the Goldwater Institute is challenging that right when it applies to cases where neither the biological parent nor the child has ever lived on the reservation. The only issue is their Indian blood. Attorney Clint Bolick is asking Judge Neil Wake to declare that part of the law unconstitutional....
They were known for starting a round dance revolution. Now some of the organizers of Idle No More are putting their hearts into starting another movement — one they hope will solve the chronic housing shortage that many indigenous communities face. The group recently kicked off a campaign called One House, Many Nations, to raise awareness about the housing crisis. Then they decided to take it one step further and actually build a house for someone. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/tiny-houses-many-gifts-and-paying-it-forwa...
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, where the U.S. Seventh Cavalry killed the Lakota Chief Big Foot and more than two hundred members of his band on December 29, 1890, ostensibly for their adherence to the Ghost Dance religion. Wounded Knee is an internationally-recognized symbol representing past massacres and genocide, as well as indigenous demands for recognition and sovereignty. Dee Brown’s 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, for example, was a New York Times bestseller and has been t...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As a crowd gathered for a peek inside the city’s newest Starbucks on Monday morning, a pair of young women sat down at a table and surveyed their surroundings. “This place,” one said to the other, “is so big.” In a sea of new Starbucks cropping up around Albuquerque, the just-opened cafe along 12th Street has the distinction of being the largest. In fact, at almost 5,000 square feet with the patio, it is the biggest Starbucks anywhere in New Mexico, according to the project’s developers. It can seat an estimated 175...
Premier Brad Wall says the issue of Aboriginal women being sterilized against their will after having a baby, is something that won't be taken lightly. The story first emerged after a woman in Saskatoon came forward about her experience in 2010. She says she was held in hospital, after having her 7th baby, until she would agree to be sterilized. The province's Sexual Sterilization Act was instated in 1929, and was "intended to stop 'mental defectives' from having children." http://www.620ckrm.com/ckrm-on-air/ckrm-local-news/...
An internal federal government report says almost half the First Nations across Canada have "little to no fire protection" and rely too heavily on poorly trained volunteer firefighters. The 2011 report examining insurance coverage for First Nations communities, obtained by The Canadian Press through Access to Information, says the number of fire-related deaths on reserves is a concern. The report says only 56 per cent of First Nation sites across Canada have adequate fire protection the vast majority because they rely on a neighbouring...
A wildlife team from the Colville Tribes' Fish and Wildlife (CTFW) Department will head to Nevada this coming January to assist with capture efforts of up to 100 pronghorn antelope. The animals will be released near the Tumwater Basin and White Lakes Mitigation Areas, on the southwest corner of the Colville Indian Reservation. "Our staff will work with the Nevada Department of Wildlife," said Richard Whitney, wildlife manager. "We will utilize an aerial capture company from Nevada to round up and corral the pronghorn groups into a capture...
