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  • Red Lake advances with 72-62 win over Kittson County Central in Russ Smith Holiday Classic

    KKCQ Radio|Dec 28, 2012

    Russ Smith Holiday Classic – Red Lake 72 vs. Kittson County Central 64 The Red Lake Warriors snapped a three game losing skid with the win over Kittson County Central. Ryan Holthusen led the Warriors with 24 points, with Nicholas Roy adding 16 points for Red Lake. Holthusen and Roy each hit 4 three point shots for the Warriors, who hit 10 three pointers as a team. James Jourdain added 12 point for Red Lake, who improved their record to 5-3 with the win. Kittson County Central was led by B...

  • Red Lake Lady Warriors lose to Austin 70-40 at Albert Lea Tiger Classic Tournament

    Kimberly Pemberton Kingbird|Dec 28, 2012

    Red Lake Lady Warriors lost to Austin 70-40 at Albert Lea Tiger Classic Tournament They will play for 3rd place on Friday, December 28th at 1 PM....

  • Red Lake Nation Embassy 7th Annual Christmas Party - P14

    Gerald Auginash|Dec 28, 2012

    The Red Lake Nation Embassy 7th Annual Christmas Party was held on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at the Minneapolis Convention Center....

  • Red Lake Nation Embassy 7th Annual Christmas Party - P15

    Gerald Auginash|Dec 28, 2012

    The Red Lake Nation Embassy 7th Annual Christmas Party was held on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at the Minneapolis Convention Center....

  • Red Lake Nation Embassy 7th Annual Christmas Party - P16

    Gerald Auginash|Dec 28, 2012

    The Red Lake Nation Embassy 7th Annual Christmas Party was held on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at the Minneapolis Convention Center....

  • Tribal Rep provides funding for Leech Lake Tribal College endowment fund

    Bethany Wesley, Bemidji Pioneer|Dec 28, 2012

    CASS LAKE – LeRoy Staples-Fairbanks III, as he ran for tribal office, pledged to make education a priority. Staples-Fairbanks, 30, elected last summer as the new District 3 representative on the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Council, followed through on that promise this month, donating the first installment toward a $50,000 scholarship endowment at Leech Lake Tribal College. “Education is the single-most powerful thing you can do to empower yourself and make yourself less dependent,” Stapl...

  • Dec 28, 2012

    CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University student Nathan Weaver set out to determine how to help turtles cross the road. He ended up getting a glimpse into the dark souls of some humans....

  • Dec 28, 2012

    FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in North Dakota have charged four men with conspiring to import and sell controlled substances used to make synthetic hallucinogenic drugs, including drugs made by a self-described "hobby chemist" from Grand Forks that killed two teens and led to several overdoses in the area....

  • Dec 28, 2012

    NEW YORK (AP) — The tastes of the reading public are turning digital. A Pew Internet Research Center survey released Thursday found that the percentage of Americans aged 16 and older who read an e-book grew from 16 percent in 2011 to 23 percent this year. Readers of traditional books dropped from 72 percent to 67 percent. Overall, those reading books of any kind dropped from 78 percent to 75 percent, a shift Pew called statistically insignificant....

  • Dec 28, 2012

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The state Department of Health is warning Minnesotans to be wary of scam artists selling water treatment systems....

  • Associated Press|Dec 28, 2012

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An agriculture organization is starting a mobile service that offers fresh fruits and vegetables to tribal reservations in northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota. A Wisconsin Public Radio report says the project is sponsored by the Intertribal Agricultural Council. The aim is to give tribes access to foods that are fresher and more nutritious. Project leader Dan Cornelius says the program will also give farmers access to more customers. John Greendeer is the president of the Ho Chunk Nation, which has lands spread a...

  • Tribal protest echoes through Paul Bunyan Mall, supports hunger strike in Canada

    Tom Robertson, MPR|Dec 28, 2012

    More than one hundred tribal members gathered inside the Paul Bunyan Mall in Bemidji Wednesday to stage a "flash mob" drum and dance circle. The event was organized as a show of support for a Canadian tribal chief who is on a hunger strike in Ottawa, Ontario. SImilar events supporting the Canadian "Idle No More" movement have been staged in Duluth, Minneapolis and other cities across the country over the past few weeks. Tribal Chief Theresa Spence of the Attawapiskat First Nation in far...

  • Idle No More rally held in Bemidji

    Bemidji Pioneer|Dec 28, 2012

    BEMIDJI – A rally in support of the “Idle No More” movement took place at Paul Bunyan Mall Wednesday night. The movement was sparked by a bill making its way through the Canadian government that would affect land and water management and native people there, according to the organization’s website. “Idle No More has come to symbolize and be the platform to voice the refusal of First Nations people to be ignored any further by any other Canadian government,” its website reads. Chief Theresa Spence has been on a hunger strike in Ontario for...

  • Dec 28, 2012

    WASHINGTON - A deadline looming, President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders at the White House on Friday in search of a compromise to avoid a year-end "fiscal cliff" of across-the-board tax increases and deep spending cuts....

  • Dec 28, 2012

    More than 120 Minnesotans were hospitalized with the flu last week -- nearly twice the number of the week before -- and state health officials reported the second flu-related death of the season....

  • Rep. Tony Cornish: Schools need firearms

    Rep Tony Cornish, Star Tribune|Dec 28, 2012

    As one of your state representatives, I back the National Rifle Association's proposal 100 percent, inasmuch as it calls for an armed guard of some type in every school. No. I'm not an NRA pawn, and I don't take a dime from them, directly or through other channels. It's interesting how some legislators speak to the public with what they think might be a popular response for the media. U.S. Rep. Tim Walz recently said he was shocked with the NRA's proposal to put an armed cop in each school, in what he thought would turn schools into "armed...

  • “Baby Affair” On Friday, December 28, 2012

    New Parents & Expecting Parents Please join us for a “Baby Affair” on Friday, December 28, 2012 at the Ponemah WIC Office from 10:00 am– 1:00 pm Registration begins at 10:00 am There will be an educational interactive session. *Feel free to bring your child* Expecting moms are welcome! Lunch will be provided Gift bags for the first 30 new or expecting moms to register To be eligible for the drawings you must be expecting or have a child who is 12 months or younger Prizes are geared for Newbo...

  • THIEF RIVER FALLS 30TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST RUSS SMITH HOLIDAY CLASSIC BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

    3th Annual Boys Basketball Holiday Classic These are the pairings for the 1st round of the Holiday Classic at TRF: Varsity: THUR, Dec. 27, 2011 Game 1 2:15 PM Crookston (V) WAO (H) Game 2 4:00 PM Clearbrook/Gonvick (V) Northern Freeze (H) Game 3 6:00 PM Red Lake (V) Kittson Co. Central (H) Game 4 7:45 PM Sacred Heart (V) Thief River Falls (H) JV: THUR, Dec. 27, 2011 Game 1 12:15 PM Crookston (V) WAO (H) Game 2 2:00 PM Clearbrook/Gonvick (V) Northern Freeze (H) Game 3 4:00 PM Red Lake (V)...

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  • Dec 28, 2012

    OTTAWA — An aboriginal chief’s decision to go on a hunger strike until the prime minister agrees to a meeting has entered a deadly serious phase, a New Democrat MP said Thursday....

  • Dec 28, 2012

    A group of Idle No More protesters is starting a four-day fast in Regina today in support of Chief Theresa Spence....

  • Dec 28, 2012

    Dene National Chief Bill Erasmus said he wasn’t making a personal threat against Prime Minister Stephen Harper when he questioned the safety of the country’s top politician should something happen to Chief Theresa Spence, the Ontario chief currently on a hunger strike. In an e-mail to the Assembly of First Nations forwarded to News/North on Thursday morning, Erasmus stated he was concerned about the health of Spence but in the same e-mail, Erasmus suggested the prime minister may be in danger should Spence die. Erasmus sits on the Assembly of...

  • Dec 28, 2012

    My deep-felt regrets to a champion in Indian country, as we see that one of our honorary chiefs has gone home to the spirit world. U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, has passed on, leaving a great legacy and gifts to the Indian people....

  • Dec 28, 2012

    The last Canada heard of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and her beleaguered reserve in northern Ontario, it was in relation to the appalling conditions on the First Nation, specifically the state of the alleged houses, which in too many cases were over-crowded dilapidated shacks and tents wholly unsuitable for a James Bay winter. Read more: http://www.leaderpost.com/news/stupidity+bred+hunger+strikes/7750874/story.html#ixzz2GMFtFFsP...

  • Dec 28, 2012

    When sports franchises go retro with uniform redesigns, it usually conjures idyllic versions of the past. The Atlanta Braves new batting practice caps are a surprising turn in the other direction....

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