Thursday News

Noongom marks day two of the Anishinaabe Run for Sobriety and Health: http://www.grandrapidsmn.com/sports/article_dfada2da-dbdb-11e1-8aa6-0019bb2963f4.html

Runners carry an eagle staff down Highway 89 (Photograph published in the Grand Rapids Herald-Review, 1 August 2012)

The good folks of Leech Lake Legacy are working to find loving homes for animoshag (dogs) and gaazhagensag (cats): http://leechlakelegacy.blogspot.com
Read about one of their latest rescues, Kiki, and her puppies here: http://leechlakelegacy.blogspot.com/2012/08/kiki-update.html

Beadwork artist Cheryl Minnema (Mille Lacs) will be one of the featured artists at the 12th annual Midwest Folklife Festival in Bishop Hill, Illinois: http://www.galesburg.com/entertainment/x1814085010/Bishop-Hill-hosts-Midwest-Folklife-Festival-this-weekend

Minnesota tribal nations, notably Mille Lacs and Shakopee, are among the state's major political donors: http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/08/republican-party-units-losing-cash-race-so-far-this-year/

White Earth elder Theodora G. "Tamuck" Warren is remembered in this Detroit Lakes Tribune obituary: http://www.dl-online.com/event/article/id/69103/

Theodora G. Warren

More on Governor Dayton's appeal to the Federal Emergency Management Administration regarding FEMA's denial of individual assistance to those affected by severe summer flooding:

• "Dayton Appeals FEMA Individual Aid Denial" (Duluth News Tribune) http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/238758/
• "Dayton Appeals FEMA's Denial of Help for Minnesota's 500-Year Flood" (FOX KMSP) http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/19170870/dayton-appeals-femas-denial-of-help-for-minnesotas-500-year-flood
• "Deadline Nears for Federal Storm Assistance" (Lake County News-Chronicle) http://www.twoharborsmn.com/event/article/id/238656/
• "FEMA Decision Adds to Heartache in Duluth Area" (Albert Lea Tribune) http://www.albertleatribune.com/2012/08/02/fema-decision-adds-to-heartache-in-duluth-area/

Watch for the new book, Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories, edited by Jill Doerfler, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, to be published by the Michigan State University Press in February 2013: http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=4368

The 28th annual Saginaw Chippewa Tribe Powwow happens this weekend: http://www.themorningsun.com/article/20120801/NEWS01/120809970/popular-competitions-are-back-at-tribe-s-annual-pow-wow

A Coldwater, Michigan, man reminisces on his connection to Olympian Jim Thorpe: http://www.thedailyreporter.com/newsnow/x1437140335/Coldwater-man-forever-linked-to-Jim-Thorpe

Chippewa Cree Chair Bruce Sunchild, Sr., testified before the Senate Natural Resources Committee regarding the need for federal funding for a major rural nibi (water) project: http://www.waterworld.com/news/2012/08/01/baucus-invites-chippewa-cree-tribal-chairman-to-testify-on-behalf-of-rural-water-projects.html

The 21st Native American Dance and Music Festival at the Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor, New York, featured many Indigenous craftspeople and performing artists from around the world: http://www.victorpost.com/events/x1602166021/Ganondagan-champions-both-past-and-present

Turtle Mountain Community College in Belcourt, North Dakota, welcomes back stellar starting point guard Joseph Thompson: http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120801/ARTICLES/120809991

The Native American Financial Services Association lauds a recent episode of Our America with Lisa Ling that highlighted the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/01/4682034/native-american-lenders-applaud.html
More on Red Cliff's new Frog Bay Tribal National Park:

• "Red Cliff Chippewa Tribe Opens 89-Acre National Park to Public" (Northwestern) http://www.thenorthwestern.com/viewart/20120802/OSH0101/308020071/Red-Cliff-Chippewa-tribe-opens-89-acre-national-park-public
• "Red Cliff Tribe to Open about 90 Acres of Park Land to Public Friday" (WTAQ) http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2012/aug/01/red-cliff-tribe-to-open-about-90-acres-of-park-land-to-public-friday/
• "WI Tribe Opens National Park on Some Acreage; Different Model than Open Pit Mine" (The Political Environment) http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2012/08/wi-tribe-opens-national-park-on-some.html

Canada's Cultural Connections for Aboriginal Youth program has new terms and the potential implications for existing programs are unknown: http://www.straight.com/article-744786/vancouver/new-federal-terms-cultural-connections-aboriginal-youth-program-grants-affect-native-youth-activities

Canada's National Post shares its best photographs from July 2012: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/01/the-best-pictures-from-national-post-photographers-for-july-2012/

Tyler Dashner (Anishnawbe) dances at Toronto's Fort York on July 16, 2012, before the Assembly of First Nations' 33rd Annual General Assembly (Photograph by Aaron Lynett for the National Post, published 1 August 2012)

The works of visual artist IceBear (Chippewa of Nawash) are on display at the Ojibway Cultural Foundation in M"Chigeeng First Nation: http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/08/02/painter-stays-humble

Last weekend, Sudbury, Ontario, resident and blogger Liz attended the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek 24th Annual Traditional Powwow: http://lizfrappier.blogspot.com/2012/08/atikameksheng-anishnawbek-24th-annual.html#!/2012/08/atikameksheng-anishnawbek-24th-annual.html

Ontario has officially apologized to Wabigoon Lake First Nation for past flooding of reserve land: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/8/1/ontario-apologizes-wabigoon-lake_23214