Tuesday News Gathering

Noongom @ LLTC:

• A faculty meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. in Mitigominzh Wigamig's Room 100 Mooz.
• Arts and Humanities faculty members meet at 12 noon in Mitigominzh Wigamig's Mac Lab 105 Inwewin Abiwin.
• Great River Pizzeria sells pizza-by-the-slice at 12 noon.
• Jody DeVault will speak on weight loss at 12 noon in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig's Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204. Healthy lunch to be provided!
• Anyone interested in acting, drama, or plays is encouraged to come to the LLTC Theatre Group meeting happening at 2 p.m. in Mitigominzh Wigamig's Room 109 Ogaa.
• The Maple Sugar Sharing Circle comes together from 4-6 p.m. in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig's Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204. All are welcome!
• LLTC Arts and Humanities hosts a coffee house event tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig's Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204.

Former Leech Lake Tribal College employee Brian Lee Northbird is remembered in this Bemidji Pioneer obituary: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/obituary/id/100036229/
Our thoughts and sympathies are with Brian's family and friends.

Renowned writer Jim Northrup (Fond du Lac) will speak at the University of North Carolina Pembroke on February 21: http://www.laurinburgexchange.com/view/full_story/17342782/article-Collard-plate-sale?instance=secondary_stories_left_column

Writer Winona LaDuke (White Earth) shares her thoughts on being on of the authors of books banned by the Tucson United School District: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/on-becoming-one-of-tucsons-banned-authors

The Heard Museum in Phoeniz, Arizona, hosts the 22nd annual World Championship Hoop Dance Contest: http://www.yourwestvalley.com/entertainment/article_5eff5fa4-47b4-11e1-94cb-001871e3ce6c.html

A standoff between ma'iinganag and moozoog is recounted in this New York Times feature from an Isle Royale wildlife ecologist: http://scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/a-wolf-moose-standoff-at-isle-royale/

More on the proposed Wisconsin mining bill and Gogebic Taconite mine planned near the Bad River Reservation:

• "Mining Bill Faces Difficult Battle in Senate" (Eau Claire Leader-Telegram) http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_70a56928-4b48-11e1-8552-001871e3ce6c.html 
• "Patricia K. Hammel: Democracy Denied to Some at Mining Debate" (Wisconsin State Journal) http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/mailbag/patricia-k-hammel-democracy-denied-to-some-at-mine-debate/article_c954c776-4b9d-11e1-9a15-001871e3ce6c.html 
• "Penokee Mine Potential Vetted at Forum" (Ashland Current) http://www.ashlandcurrent.com/article/12/01/30/penokee-mine-potential-vetted-forum 

Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Great Lakes Métis Nation are stakeholders in a quarry project the Owen Sound region: http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3454915