Thursday News

Leech Lake Tribal College student orientation happens tomorrow, beginning at 8:30 a.m., here on campus in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig (Cedar Hall). See you there!

More on the successes of the Leech Lake-Cass County Wellness Court: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/240298/

Wellness Court participant Fred Isham puts sage in the fire heating the stones for the sweat. (Photograph by Tom Robertson for Minnesota Public Radio, published in the Duluth News Tribune, 16 August 2012)

Bois Forte's Wilderness at Fortune Bay holds its annual Indian Summer Classic golf tournament fundraiser for Bois Forte student scholarships this coming Monday: http://www.virginiamn.com/sports/article_ede1969e-e758-11e1-a1eb-001a4bcf887a.html

Noongom (today), the Fond du Lac Tribal Center hosts the Carlton County Relay for Life, beginning at 4:30 p.m.: http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/27362/

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has made a request to the Small Business Administration to provide disaster relief loans to communities, including Fond du Lac, affected by this summer's severe flooding:

• "Dayton Asks Federal Government for Storm Loans" (Duluth News Tribune) http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/240280/
• "Governor Dayton Requests SBA Disaster Declaration for Northern Minnesota" (Northland's NewsCenter) http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/enews/breaking/Governor-Dayton-Requests-SBA-Disaster-Declaration-for-Northern-Minnesota-166271926.html

More on Red Lake Nation's Chief Meskokonaye Youth Cultural Learning Camp hosting a delegation of Diné youths: http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/60571/

Next week, Dr. Brenda Child (Red Lake) presents a lecture on Indian boarding schools as part of Brainered's Unlimited Learning: http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-08-15/indian-boarding-schools-be-presented

Environmental advocate Winona LaDuke (White Earth) talks about the Black Hills and the Lakota sacred place Pe'Sla / Old Baldy that is now for sale: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/black-hills-auction-the-auction-of-the-sacred

Minnesota commemorates 150 years since the Dakota-U.S. War of 1862:

• "150 Years Later, War's Wounds Still Cut Deep" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/local/138264074.html
• "Events Commemorating the U.S.-Dakota War" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/local/165124276.html
• "In Little Crow's Wake, Horrors for the Dakota" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/local/166163736.html
• "Minnesota Historical Society Reflects on 150th Anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862" (Indian Country Today) http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/15/minnesota-historical-society-reflects-on-150th-anniversary-of-the-u-s-dakota-war-of-1862-129465
• "To Read More" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/local/138264129.html

An Indian Country Today feature looks at Uniform Commercial Codes and tribal economic development: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/16/how-tribes-can-support-economic-growth-through-uniform-commercial-codes-129385

A controversial liens provision has been removed from the Cobell settlement: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/15/controversial-liens-removed-from-cobell-settlement-129446

More on Wisconsin tribal nations' opposition to the planned hunting season for ma'iinganag (wolves):

• "Chippewa Tribes Join Call to Stop DNR Plans for Wolf Hunt" (WSAU) http://wsau.com/news/articles/2012/aug/15/chippewa-tribes-join-call-to-stop-dnr-plans-for-wolf-hunt/
• "Ojibwe Oppose Wisconsin's Wolf Hunt" (Wisconsin Radio Network) http://www.wrn.com/2012/08/ojibwe-oppose-wisconsin-wolf-hunt/
• "U.S. Hunters, Anglers Reverse Decline" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) http://www.jsonline.com/sports/outdoors/us-hunters-anglers-reverse-decline-em6go8h-166356666.html

Lac Courte Oreilles and Hayward, Wisconsin, have their first healing field: http://www.haywardwi.com/news/article_4e980274-e6f6-11e1-bf01-001a4bcf887a.html

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

• "Barrel Recovery Complete" (ABC WDIO) http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S2729485.shtml?cat=10335
• "Red Cliff Complete Lake Superior Barrel Recovery" (Sacramento Bee) http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/16/4731189/red-cliff-complete-lake-superior.html
• "Red Cliff Tribe's Barrel Recovery Effort Comes to an End" (Ashland WI) http://www.ashlandwi.com/news/article_3e445f36-e75e-11e1-99ee-001a4bcf887a.html

Collen Simard's column about Justin Bieber's recent ignorant statements about Canada's Indigenous people is reprinted in the Victoria Times Colonist: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Justin+Bieber+created+some+positive+vibes/7098963/story.html

Filmmaker Jeremy Torrie (Ojibwa) advocates for stronger enforcement of Lake Winnipeg's alcohol ban for beaches: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/enforce-the-alcohol-ban-at-beaches-166375096.html

Nishnawbe Aski Nation celebrates its constitution's 35th anniversary: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2012/8/15/looking-back-35-years-creation-nans-declaration_23286

Another article about the Kenora, Ontario, fisherman bit by a maashkinoozhe (muskellunge/muskie): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/08/14/mb-fish-muskie-bite-foot-kenora.html?cmp=googleeditorspick