Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Aabitoose News

Register today for Fall 2012 classes at Leech Lake Tribal College! The deadline to register for Fall 2012 classes is Friday, August 13. You can pick up application materials and have your questions answered by contacting LLTC Student Services in person here on campus (6945 Little Wolf Road NW, Cass Lake, MN), by phone at 218-335-4220, or through our official website, http://www.lltc.edu (click on "Prospective Students"). Hope to see you here soon!

More charges have been filed regarding the rather recent Native Mob gang-related arrests:
24-year-old Jesse Lafe Evans, Jr. (Leech Lake) is remembered in this Bemidji Pioneer obituary: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/obituary/id/100042224/

More on the severe flooding that affected northeastern Minnesota, including Fond du Lac: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/24/flood_mitigation/

Congratulations to the Fond du Lac Resource Management Division for receiving the Lake Superior Binational Forum's 2012 Environmental Stewardship Award for a First Nation/Tribe: http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/green/Those--163599396.html

Project Save Our Homes will focus on foreclosures in the Fond du Lac area: http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/238045/

A 60-year-old man has been declared guilty of sexually abusing two young girls in Red Lake Nation: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100042210/

A 19-year-old young man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of 9-year-old Destiny Jane Shaw DuBois and her 6-year-old brother Travis Lee DuBois, Jr., in Spirit Lake Nation:
The fight against Minnesota's aquatic invasive species, including faucet snails recently found in the White Earth area, is criticized in its boating-focused approach: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/25/4658292/is-singling-out-boaters-right.html

"Anishinaabe Way" on Grand Marais's WTIP interviews elder Milt Powell on the show's next installment: http://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/anishinaabe-way-milt-powell

The Sault Tribe is using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modernize and weatherize citizens' homes: http://up.secondwavemedia.com/innovationnews/saulttribe72512.aspx

Cathedral Square in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is getting a new statue of Bishop Frederic Baraga, who compiled an Anishinaabemowin-English dictionary during his time with Anishinaabeg in the Grand River Valley: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/07/bronze_statue_of_bishop_freder.html

The 73rd annual Kateri Tekakwitha Conference provided a place for Native Catholics to come together and celebrate their cultures and faith: http://www.todayscatholicnews.org/2012/07/native-americans-say-canonization-brings-them-full-circle-as-catholics/

Parents and guardians, please remember to buckle up your children and yourselves! A 2-year-old from the Bayfield/Red Cliff area died after a rollover crash when the unrestrained toddler was thrown from an SUV:
More information on child passenger restraints for automobiles:
The proposed Sokaogon Mole Lake-run casino in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has been postponed: http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20120724/SHE0101/307240265/Sheboygan-casino-project-stalls?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE

Fires are having a devastating impact on Ontario communities, including Shawanaga First Nation:
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