Tuesday News

Minnesota communities hit by July storms, including Leech Lake, are requesting disaster assistance from FEMA:

• "Iron Range Asks FEMA to Assess July Storm Damage" (Northland's NewsCenter) http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/iron-range/Iron-Range-Asks-FEMA-to-Assess-July-Storm-Damage-163471056.html
• "Recovery Funds Sought for Storm Damage" (Bemidji Pioneer) http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100042200/

The aquatic invasive species of faucet snails have been found in White Earth and surrounding areas: http://blogs.twincities.com/outdoors/2012/07/23/faucet-snails-found-in-leech-bait-from-white-earth-nation-and-public-lands/
Learn more about faucet snails / Bithynia tentaculata and their impact on Minnesota's environment: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticanimals/faucet_snail/

Invasive faucet snails (Photograph from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)

White Earth citizens are standing up against harmful pesticides: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/pesticide-drift-agriculture-_n_1696439.html

Many Minnesota high school students are failing the state's standardized mathematics test and still being allowed to graduate: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100042165/

The American Indian Movement and Occupy Homes MN are advocating together to keep citizens in their homes: http://www.theuptake.org/2012/07/23/american-indian-movement-stands-with-foreclosed-anishinabe-homeowner/

Lac Courte Oreilles continues to recover from a major arson incident that destroyed serveral sacred ceremonial structures: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/07/23/lac-courte-oreilles-tribe-standing-strong-after-ceremonial-structures-damaged-by-arson-124960