Friday News

Welcome to all the fantastic students attending the Fall 2012 student orientation, happening noongom (today, right now), here on campus at Leech Lake Tribal College. We're so happy to see you all and can't wait for the semester to begin on Monday!

More on damage relief being sought after severe summer flooding:

• "Counties Ask for Financial Assistance for Storm Damage" (Bemidji Pioneer) http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/counties-ask-financial-assistance-storm-damage
• "Disaster Funds Include Individual, Business Aid" (Bemidji Pioneer) http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/disaster-funds-include-individual-business-aid
• "Disaster-Relief Bill Includes Individual Aid" (Capitol Chatter) http://capitolchat.areavoices.com/2012/08/17/disaster-relief-bill-includes-individual-aid/

Fond du Lac's Carlton County Relay for Life needs volunteers: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2012/08/relay_for_life_may_hit_roadblo.shtml

Jason Hollinday (Fond du Lac) is one of the new members of the Northland Foundation's board: http://www.superiortelegram.com/event/article/id/69124/

The Memorial Unity Ride that begin in Spirit Lake Nation reaches Red Lake Nation and will honor the victims of the 2005 shootings: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/memorial-unity-ride-will-honor-victims-2005-red-lake-shootings

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community hosts the 8th annual WEWIN: Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations conference on August 20-23: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/16/all-women-win-at-wewin-129560

Noongom (today), Minnesota commemorates what is considered the start of the Dakota-U.S. War of 1862:

• "Commemorating the U.S.-Dakota War" (KDUZ) http://www.kduz.com/2012/08/17/commemorating-the-u-s-dakota-war/
• "Dayton Declares Remembrance of U.S. Dakota War" (Minnesota Daily) http://www.mndaily.com/blogs/newsstand/2012/08/16/dayton-declares-remembrance-us-dakota-war
• "Dayton Repudiates Ramsey's Call to Exterminate Dakota" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/local/166461776.html
• "Dayton Statement of U.S.-Dakota War" (TwinCities.com) http://blogs.twincities.com/politics/2012/08/16/dayton-statement-of-u-s-dakota-war/
• "Dayton's Welcome Words" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/blogs/166466596.html
• "Gov. Dayton Repudiates Actions by Gov. Ramsey, 150 Years Later" (Minnesota Public Radio) http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2012/08/dayton_repudiat.shtml
• "Historical Accounts of U.S.-Dakota War Change through Years" (Minnesota Public Radio) http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/08/17/arts/msv-us-dakota-war-history/
• "Reaching Back to Touch the Past" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/local/166163716.html
• "Wolfchild, Authors Mull 'Indian System': Calls for Return of Sacred Land" (New Ulm Journal) http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/530786/Wolfchild--authors-mull--Indian-System-.html

Trickster's Point, a new book featuring fictional detective Cork O'Connor (Anishinaabe/Irish) by William Kent Krueger, is now in print: http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/243092/

The National Science Foundation highlights long-term research on moozoog (moose): http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125194&org=NSF&from=news

Wisconsin tribal nations continue to oppose the state's hunting season for ma'iinganag (wolves):

• "Tribe to Get 85 of 201 Wolf Hunting Permits" (Superior Telegram) http://www.superiortelegram.com/event/article/id/69168/
• "Tribes, DNR Exchange Letters over Wolf Hunt" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/166442806.html

More on mining controversy in Wisconsin: http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=11&ArticleID=15811

Chi-Miigwech to Red Cliff for the removal of U.S. Department of Defense barrels from the bottom of Lake Superior:

• "Community Working to Remove Old Army Barrels from Lake Superior" (CBS WCCO) http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/08/16/community-working-to-remove-old-army-barrels-from-lake-superior/
• "Red Cliff: Recovery of Barrels from Lake Superior Complete" (Duluth News Tribune) http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/240383/
• "Red Cliff Tribe Recovers Old Army Barrels Dumped into Lake Superior" (Pierce County Herald) http://www.piercecountyherald.com/event/article/id/47460/

Adikwag in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/adventures-in-woodland-caribou-country-166513566.html

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation celebrates its ditch wavers: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/an-unwavering-respect-166513186.html

Artist and waver John Bear

Comedians Ron Kanutski (Lake Helen Anishinaabe), Don Burnstick (Anishinaabe), and Todd Genno (Pic River Anishinaabe) are highlighted in this Wawatay News feature: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/8/16/laughter-our-dna_23316

Treaty #3 Grand Chief Warren White is calling for disciplinary action regarding a Dryden, Ontario, Regional Health Centre physician who used culturally-insensitive language towards a First Nations family: http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2012/08/16/treaty-3-leader-wants-doctor-disciplined

The Centennial Centre in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, celebrates the 30th annual Blueberry Festival with a Norval Morrisseau retrospective: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/8/16/norval-morrisseau-remembered-through-his-art_23317

Toronto's Planet IndigenUS showcases some of the fantastic art, literature, music, and talents from Indigenous people around the world: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/16/what-a-wonderful-planet

First Nations advocate for better relations with Quebec:

• "Jean Charest Chief of the Liberal Party of Quebec" (First Perspective) http://www.firstperspective.ca/news/1501-jean-charest-chief-of-the-liberal-party-of-quebec
• "To Avoid Clashes and Past Injuries" (First Perspective) http://www.firstperspective.ca/news-releases/10-top-releases/1500-to-avoid-clashes-and-past-injustices