Thursday, July 26, 2012

Thursday News

Noongom @ LLTC:
  • IT staff will have Desktop Authority training in Mitigominzh Wigamig (Oak Hall), Mac Lab 105.
  • Mitigominzh Wigamig's Migizi Room 110 is closed all week for cleaning. Chi-Miigwech to our maintenance professionals for keeping our campus beautiful!
  • LLTC Community Education offers an Arabian Nights rattan basket class, taught by Monie Martin, noongom and tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Wiigwaasi Wigamig (Birch Hall). The class fee is $15, and registration is required. For more information, please call 218-335-4244. To learn more about our community education offerings, please check out our Summer 2012 schedule: http://www.lltc.edu/cms/files/Summer%202012.pdf and visit our LLTC Community and Continuing Education blog: http://www.wiigwaasi.blogspot.com.
Reminder: One of the Leech Lake community's most popular events -- Cass Lake's Rib Fest -- begins noongom at 5 p.m. in downtown Cass Lake. (Don't let the event name fool you; there are food options for vegetarians, too!) Check out what's happening, including live entertainment, tomorrow night's karaoke contest, Saturday's parade, and the coronation of Cass Lake royalty: http://www.casslakeevents.com/Cass_Lake_Events/Rib_Fest.html

FEMA has denied Minnesota's request for individual assistance with flood recovery for northeastern Minnesota communities, including Fond du Lac:
Tonight, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College hosts a concert with musician-singer-songwriter Claudia Schmidt: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/238060/

A man has pleaded guilty to assaulting with a shovel a woman in Red Lake Nation:
More on the new charges filed in the Native Mob gang-related arrests: http://7thspace.com/headlines/417567/murder_charges_added_in_native_mob_case.html

The Chief Mountain Water Walk across Montana's Blackfeet Reservation happens August 5-12: http://cutbankpioneerpress.com/articles/2012/07/25/glacier_reporter/news/doc500f1a5d65cb0978115101.txt

This weekend's Festival of Arts in Bayfield, Wisconsin, will feature Anishinaabe flute music among other arts and crafts: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/238063/

More on Wisconsin's controversial hunting season for ma'iinganag (wolves): http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/238080/

More on the delayed proposed Sokaogon Mole Lake Sheboygan, Wisconsin, casino:
Check out the fantastic site, Last Real Indians, which highlights Indigenous artists, scholars, writers, thinkers, innovators, and all-around amazing people: http://www.lastrealindians.com

Three men -- Tom, Brad, and Joe Biron -- have made a YouTube video about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act [NAGPRA]: http://youtu.be/B4EL6wlbxXU
Olympic boxer Mary Spencer (Cape Croaker Ojibwa) is the pride of Canada: http://www.thestar.com/sports/london2012/athletes/article/1231712--london-2012-mary-spencer-boxer-and-cover-girl-is-hungrier-than-ever-for-olympic-gold
Olympic boxer Mary Spencer (Photograph by Steve Russell for the Toronto Star, published 25 July 2012)
The Gimli Film Festival, being held along Lake Winnipeg, features 130 films including the latest Adam Beach movie, Path of Souls: http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/events/2012/07/25/gimli-film-festival/
Check out the trailer for Path of Souls here: http://vimeo.com/39296850

Hollow Water First Nation mourns the death of 25-year-old Corey Williams, whose body was found in a field near Selkirk, Manitoba: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/parents-mourn-son-who-had-a-big-heart-163822686.html

Columnist Colleen Simard explores the concept of making amends: http://www.troymedia.com/2012/07/25/making-amends-is-good-for-the-soul/

Ontario has officially apologized to Wabigoon Ojibway Nation for flooding reserve land nearly a centery ago: http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2012/07/26/apology-accepted
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