Friday News Gathering

Noongom (today) is our LLTC Community Volunteer Day! Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., volunteers can help us clear brush to lay mulch for our new walking path. For more information, please contact our LLTC Wellness Center director Dawn Plumer at 218-335-4254 or dawn.plumer@lltc.edu.

Next Week @ LLTC:

• Registration for Fall 2012 classes at Leech Lake Tribal College is open. To sign up for classes, please stop by our LLTC Student Services office or call 218-335-4220 or visit http://www.lltc.edu.
• The Temporary Employment Program meeting is scheduled for Monday at 8 a.m. in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig (Cedar Hall), in the Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204.
• The LLTC Wellness Center offers ballet boot camp beginning next Monday, going through August 15, from 12-12:30 p.m., in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig's student lounge. Participants are asked to bring their own hand weights if they have them. For more information, please contact the Wellness Center at 218-335-4254.
• Summer 2012 session evaluations happen Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Mitigominzh Wigamig (Oak Hall), Mooz Room 100.
• LLTC Community Education offers a free Pysanky egg decorating class taught by talented young man Andreas Nordrum on Aabitoose (Wednesday) beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Wiigwaasi Wigamig (Birch Hall). Space is limited, and registration is required! For more information, please call 218-335-4244.
• First Responder hazardous materials training happens Thursday in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig's Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204.

Dr. Linda LeGarde Grover (Bois Forte), author of the Flannery O'Connor Award- and Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize-winning The Dance Boots, will speak on July 19 at the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center about the Vermilion Lake Indian School: http://calendar.perfectduluthday.com/Lunch-with-the-History-People-2012-07-19

Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College offers the 2012 Hot Summer Nights concert series each Thursday night from 7-9 p.m., now through August 2, at their lovely outdoor ampitheater: http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/27048/

A man who intentionally caught an ogaa (walleye) out of season on Lake Mille Lacs as a misguided statement on treaty rights has had his claim of discrimination rejected by the Minnesota Court of Appeals: http://www.startribune.com/local/162231555.html
More: http://64.38.12.138/News/2012/006398.asp

Environmental advocate Winona LaDuke (White Earth) shares a statement on behalf of the Indigenous Women's Network, a text that is banned from being taught in Arizon schools: http://www.uucava.org/profiles/blogs/banned-essay-in-arizona-the-indigenous-women-s-network-our-future

The tragic death of an infant in Spirit Lake Nation has a number of citizens reevaluating the performance of Spirit Lake's social services: http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/164949/

The American Cancer Society's Circle of Life campaign is creating awareness materials by, about, and for Native people: http://www.argusleader.com/article/20120713/NEWS/307110066/Fighting-cancer-through-art

More on the controversial three-waves migration theory regarding the Indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0712/Native-Americans-arrived-in-at-least-three-waves-finds-DNA-study

Young Indigenous Canadian writers, ages 14 through 29, are encouraged to submit their stories to the Canadian Aboriginal Writing and Arts Challenge by a former participant: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/7/12/waiting-story_23106

Wawatay News shares pictures from the 2012 Anishnawbe Keeshigun: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/7/12/2012-anishnawbe-keeshigun_23125

Lac Seul First Nation commemorated Treaty Day on July 6 with reenactments: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/7/12/re-enacting-treaty-signing-lac-seul_23126

Nipissing First Nation holds its traditional powwow September 1-2: http://www.northernontario.travel/ontariosnearnorth/feature/40-general/426-nipissing-first-nation-traditional-pow-wow

Onegaming First Nation's powwow happened July 6-8: http://www.lotwenterprise.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3593504

Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation looks to build a casino, conference center, and hotel in Dryden, Ontario: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/7/12/wabigoon-lake-applies-casino-olg_23114