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A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in foggy weather Sunday, according to state-run media, which said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials were also on board. Their condition is not yet known, and the helicopter has not been found. The helicopter was one of three traveling in Iran's East Azerbaijan province as the president returned from a visit to Azerbaijan. At least 40 rescue teams were heading to the area, but crews struggled...
A viral video of staff confiscating a Native American student's cap at a New Mexico high school's graduation this week sparked an outpouring of anger as administrators apologized for failing to create a ceremony that was "inclusive of all graduates." Genesis White Bull, a senior at Farmington High School in Farmington, N.M., and a Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, had adorned her dark green graduation cap with traditional Lakota decorations - ornate beadwork and a white feather...
A little barred owl looked up from the crux of Dana Franzen-Klein's elbow, stared the veterinarian in the eye and, in as tough and menacing of a posture as he could muster, clicked his beak. The injured bird was a baby, maybe a month old. His click was a warning, that despite being a puffball barely bigger than Franzen-Klein's palm, he would bite the medical director of the Raptor Center in St. Paul if he had to. "You're not going to get me," Franzen-Klein said, as she checked the way the owl...
Two paddlers are missing after two canoes went over a waterfall in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) on Saturday, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office. Around 7:20 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported the canoes went over Curtain Falls, a waterfall between Crooked and Iron lakes on the Minnesota-Ontario border. The caller said two people were missing and at least one other person was badly injured. After midnight, a Department of Natural Resources helicopter extracted...
A man fatally shot early Friday in north Minneapolis' Harrison neighborhood has been identified as a 28-year-old from Spring Valley, Minn., authorities said Sunday. Da'Vonte Jovan Adams was pronounced dead at HCMC after he was shot about 4:40 a.m. in the 2200 block of N. 5th Avenue, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner said. Adams was one of three people shot dead within a 17-hour span last week in Minneapolis neighborhoods. https://www.startribune.com/man-fatally-shot-in-north-minneapolis-friday-identified/600367097/...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip - An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday as Israel's leaders aired divisions over who should govern Gaza after the war, now in its eighth month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces criticism from the two other members of his War Cabinet, with his main political rival, Benny Gantz, threatening to leave the government if a plan is not created by June 8 that includes an...
BEMIDJI - Members of the community and local law enforcement gathered at the Beltrami County Courthouse Pavilion on Thursday for a memorial service in honor of officers who lost their lives in the line of duty within the past year. A service is held each year in Bemidji and across the nation to commemorate fallen officers during National Police Week. On Oct. 1, 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726, declaring May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day. "The police officers of...
As graduation season arrives each year, the Pioneer features one graduate from each college and high school in the coverage area. Senior Cecelia Humphrey is this year's featured graduate from TrekNorth Junior and Senior High School, which will host its commencement ceremony at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 24, at Bemidji State University. The Pioneer provided Humphrey with a series of questions to answer: What are your plans after graduation? After graduation, I plan to attend the University of...
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 300 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for coercing minors to produce child pornography over social media, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, in 2019, Nelson Thomas Harner, 41, admitted to connecting with multiple minors on Instagram and Facebook and coercing them to engage in sexual activity for the purposes of producing child pornography. Harner also possessed numerous i...
St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s (MDA) Minnesota Pavilion will make its return to Chicago for the National Restaurant Association Show May 18-21, 2024. Twelve Minnesota food and beverage businesses will exhibit as part of the Pavilion within the “A Taste of the States” section of the trade show to promote products made and grown in the state to a regional and national audience. The National Restaurant Association show is the largest annual gathering of foodservice professionals in the Western Hemisphere. “A Taste of the...
A Native American artist is suing an NHL team that hired her to build better relationships with Native American communities amid backlash about its name, logo, and imagery depicting Native stereotypes. Nina Sanders (Apsáalooke) filed suit on May 14 in an Illinois court against the Chicago Blackhawks organization, alleging she was the victim of sexual harassment and fraud during her employment. When Sanders was hired as an independent contractor by the Blackhawk Organization in 2020, the team...
This time every year for the past 30 years the Sac and Fox Nation takes a day to celebrate a momentous U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the tribe’s right to issue vehicle license plates to its citizens. The tribal tags are an important expression of sovereignty and it generates revenue for education and other programs. Dozens of tribes in and outside of Oklahoma now extend their authority to motor vehicle tags. But Oklahoma tribes say that authority is under fire like never before. Tribal citizens are having to defend what tribal o...
Best friends Tracey Rider and Frances Weeks had no idea that a single piece of frybread could change their lives - and the lives of many others in their community. In 2021, the two were running the Fort Peck Tribe's temporary homeless shelter on an entirely volunteer basis. Rider, 53, cooked for the homeless each night. Weeks, 56, went door to door, collecting donations to support their efforts. Things went well at first. They hosted weekly bingo nights, requiring attendees to be sober to play....
Red Lake Nation College: We held one of our most inspiring RLNC Graduation Ceremonies yesterday! The Creator provided us with beautiful weather and location in front of our powerful RLNC Campus in Red Lake, and great student speakers with our top students - Sonny Johnson, Rebecca Bearskin and my son, Dana Lyons! I'm so proud of all of our 35 grads and their families and friends who made it a special day for our entire Red Lake Nation! Miigwech to all of our Tribal Council and Chiefs for...
Red Lake Nation College: We held one of our most inspiring RLNC Graduation Ceremonies yesterday! The Creator provided us with beautiful weather and location in front of our powerful RLNC Campus in Red Lake, and great student speakers with our top students - Sonny Johnson, Rebecca Bearskin and my son, Dana Lyons! I'm so proud of all of our 35 grads and their families and friends who made it a special day for our entire Red Lake Nation! Miigwech to all of our Tribal Council and Chiefs for...
Ponemah School has Annual School Powwow on Friday, May 18, 2024...
The Red Lake Elementary School Annual Pow Wow was held on Thursday, May 16, 2024....
Red Lake Annual Secondary Schools Complex Powwow held on Friday May 10, 2024...
The Warrior Academic Banquet was held at Red Lake High School on Wednesday evening, May 8, 2024. After a dinner, awards were presented for Robotics, Academic Letters, National Honor Society Inductions, and Honor Graduates. Community Scholarships were also presented from Beltrami Electric, Paul Bunyan Communications, the Arnold Pemberton Sr. Memorial and the Daniel "Charlie" May Memorial Scholarship. Paul Bunyan: Ce'Angela Pemberton - $500 Gerald Kingbird Jr. - $500 Beltrami Electric: Anissa...
MMIW 218 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday to stand in solidarity for BEMIDJI'S NATIONAL MMIW AWARENESS DAY! Your support means the world. MMIW2SR touches us all, and your presence mattered more than words can say. Shoutout to our incredible vendors, dedicated volunteers, passionate runners, soulful singers, inspiring speakers, and every community member who showed up and stood with us. Together, we are stronger! Let's continue to honor, grieve, heal, and most importantly, never...
May 17 2024, Denver, Colo.- The American Indian College Fund (College Fund) has received a $50,000 grant from the May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust to implement a six-month fellowship focused on empowering Native student veterans to success. The Naabaahii Ółta'í (Student Warrior): Native Student Veterans Peer-to-Peer Program is a mentorship opportunity that builds relationships between veterans based upon their shared experiences. The Native Student Fellows will collaborate to develop an...
A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City's mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the group. Business executives including Kind snack company founder Daniel Lubetzky, hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, billionaire Len Blavatnik and real estate investor Joseph Sitt held a...
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting of a protester during a Black Lives Matter march, on Thursday after a review board recommended he be released from prison. "Texas has one of the strongest 'Stand Your Ground' laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney," he said in a statement. "I thank the Board for its thorough investigation, and I approve their pardon recommendation."...
JERUSALEM - 600,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah in the ten days since Israel's military began its advance on the city, the United Nations estimates, the latest mass exodus in a conflict marked by repeated rounds of forced displacement. Carrying children, tents and whatever else they have left, Gazans have trekked along war-damaged roads to squalid encampments and demolished cities where there is little food, water or shelter to be found. The staggering figures - more than 150,000 people have...
Two brothers have been arrested and charged with wire fraud after federal prosecutors in Manhattan accused them of stealing around $25 million worth of cryptocurrency from traders in an elaborate online heist that prosecutors described as a "first-of-its kind" scheme. Anton Peraire-Bueno, 24, of Boston, and James Peraire-Bueno, 28, of New York, allegedly carried out "a technologically sophisticated, cutting-edge scheme they plotted for months and executed in seconds," Deputy Attorney General...
