Congratulations to First Peoples Fund 2012 Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award honorees including Leech Lake Tribal College art instructor and renowned sculptor Dewey Goodwin and Oshkii Giizhik Singers founder Lyz Jaakola: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/statewide/archive/2012/09/ojibwe-culture-and-staying-humble.shtml
Fond du Lac Ojibwe Ogichidaa volleyball is doing very well this season: http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/27686/
Red Lake Nation hosts a candidate fair on October 10: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/red-lake-schedules-candidate-fair-state-local-races
55 year-old Samual Howard Kitto, Jr. (Red Lake) is remembered in this Bemidji Pioneer obituary: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/samual-h-kitto-jr
A White Earth house fire left a 29 year-old man seriously burned and several injured: http://www.dl-online.com/event/article/id/70171/
The Shaynowishkung (Chief Bemidji) statue project in Bemidji, Minnesota, is closer to its $70,000 goal: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/statue-project-closer-goal-fundraising-continues
The Anishinabe Academy's pre-kindergarten programs are setting children up for success: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/09/27/city-pre-kindergarten-program-helping-close-achievement-gap-high-five/
October 2 book releases -- including The Round House by Louise Erdrich and Blasphemy by Sherman Alexie -- are featured on Publishers Weekly's "Best Book Day of 2012" feature: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/tip-sheet/article/54135-the-best-book-day-of-2012.html
Travel blogger Peter Greenberg highlights Wisconsin's tribal nations: http://www.petergreenberg.com/2012/09/28/hidden-gems-wisconsin-nature-on-tribal-lands/
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