Thursday News Gathering

Tomorrow is LLTC's Community Volunteer Day! From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., we will be clearing brush and preparing to lay mulch for our new campus walking path. If you are able and willing to spare even a half-hour or hour of your time to help, it'd be most appreciated. For more information, please contact LLTC Wellness Center director Dawn Plumer at 218-335-4254 or by email at dawn.plumer@lltc.edu. Miigwech, volunteers!

Native New Day meetings are happening in Leech Lake and Red Lake communities: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100041802/

Congratulations to Mille Lacs Chair Melanie Benjamin, sworn in for her third term as the band's leader this past Tuesday:

• "Benjamin Sworn in as Chief Executive" (Brainerd Dispatch) http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-07-11/benjamin-sworn-chief-executive
• "Benjamin Sworn in as Chief Executive of Mille Lacs Band" (Princeton Union-Eagle) http://unioneagle.com/2012/07/melanie-benjamin-sworn-in-as-chief-executive-of-mille-lacs-band/Mille Lacs Chair Melanie Benjamin taking her oath of office administered by Mille Lacs Chief Justice Rayna Churchill (Photograph published in the Princeton Union-Eagle, 11 July 2012)

Newborn Elliot James Tourville (Red Lake) is remembered in this Bemidji Pioneer obituary: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/obituary/id/100041815/

White Earth Chair Erma Vizenor was one of the speakers at the Episcopal Church's "A Lament over the Doctrine of Discovery" gathering in Indianapolis: http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/07/11/gathering-laments-the-doctrine-of-discovery/

A little bit of Minnesota's Dakota and Anishinaabe history is recounted in the Tri-County News: http://www.kimballarea.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=15082

The new fiction book, Die a Stranger, is set in the Bay Mills region and features Anishinaabe characters: http://www.kjonline.com/reallife/happening/die-a-stranger-full-of-suspense_2012-07-11.html

The "Shared Harmonies: An American Roots Music Project" summer workshop in Deadwood, South Dakota, featured renowned hoop dancer Kevin Locke (Lakota/Anishinaabe): http://www.bhpioneer.com/local_news/article_f6bfee00-cb74-11e1-aa1d-0019bb2963f4.html

The Dakota Discovery Museum in Mitchell, South Dakota, features a new exhibit on display until September 22 -- "Wenjbaawaad Odaawaa Zaaga'iganing (Ojibwa Artists Who Come from Lac Courte Oreilles)": http://www.argusleader.com/article/20120712/ENT/307120049/Mitchell-museum-reception-honors-Ojibwa-artists

Niiwiwag (Season of the Fish) by Gordon Coons (Painting by Gordon Coons, image published by the Argus Leader, 12 July 2012)

The Mitchell, SD, Republic reprints Tim Giago's piece reflecting on Chris Rock's sharp tweet about Independence Day and slavery and about the usually-glossed-over histories faced by the Indigenous and African-American people of the United States: http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/67580/

Indian Country Today shares tweets reacting to the "Life on the Rez" episode of Our America with Lisa Ling, highlighting the challenges and successes happening at Pine Ridge: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/07/11/natives-react-to-owns-our-america-life-on-the-rez-122932

Based on a study of DNA variations across a diverse group of Indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere, some scientists postulate a controversial theory that the Indigenous peoples of the Western hemisphere migrated from Asia across the Bering Strait in three waves: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-native-american-migrations-20120712,0,1827103.story

A severed water line cut the tap water supply to Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation during a recent heat wave: http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Severed-waterline-cuts-off-water-to-two-communites-during-heat-wave-162060495.html

Columnist Colleen Simard muses on wild animals, especially makwag (bears): http://www.troymedia.com/blog/2012/07/12/theres-beauty-in-the-beast/

Two college students, Shawnee Morrisseau and Andrew Wigwas, have started the new business, Kwatiio Media: http://fftimes.com/node/253055

Manitoulin Island failed to make Travel+Leisure's top islands list, and the Toronto Sun is not letting that omission slide: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/11/manitoulin-slips-under-travelleisures-radar

Outstanding news out of Wasauksing First Nation - the Parry Island Hawks men's fastball team will be the first Anishinaabe and first nothern Ontario team to play in this year's International Softball Congress World Tournament: http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/sports/article/1394857--parry-island-hawks-to-play-world-tournament