Aabitoose News

Noongom @ LLTC:

• This week is Advising Week at LLTC. Students, please visit with your advisors a.s.a.p. to make sure you are on track with your educational goals.
• LLTC Student Services holds an advising session at 12 noon in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig (Cedar Hall), in the Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204.

The proposed Minnesota state constitutional amendment that would require government-issue photo IDs for voting may motivate greater voter turnout of American Indian citizens: http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2012/10/will-constitutional-amendments-be-key-deciding-close-legislative-elections

Minnesota District 8 Representative candidates Chip Cravaack and Rick Nolan debated last night; District 8 includes much of the Leech Lake Reservation:

• "Cravaack-Nola Debate Draws on Differences" (Duluth News Tribune) http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/246008/
• "Cravaack, Nolan Spar in Debate" (Bemidji Pioneer) http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/cravaack-nolan-spar-debate 

Minnesota's controversial hunting season for ma'iinganag (wolves) gets coverage in Red Lake Net News: http://www.rlnn.com/story/2012/10/10/news/groups-howl-to-stop-minnesota-wolf-hunt/5553.html

A 35 year-old man has been charged with the October 5, 2011, assault of another man in Red Lake: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/red-lake-man-indicated-assault

More on the wildfire north of Red Lake:

• "'Burning Snow' in NW MN as Fires Spread Underground" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/blogs/173318601.html
• "Wildfires Burning Underground" (Fire Engineering) http://www.fireengineering.com/news/2012/10/09/wildfires-burning-underground.html

Saginaw's Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Lifeways held a screening of The Thick Dark Fog, which addresses the tragic legacy of boarding schools in Native families and communities: http://www.cm-life.com/2012/10/09/film-event-opens-forum-about-past-saginaw-chippewa-mistreatment/

Congratulations to the North Dakota college consortium that includes three tribal colleges (Turtle Mountain Community College, Fort Berthold Community College, and Sitting Bull College) for being awarded a $14.6 million Department of Labor job training grant: http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/171043/

The new novel The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain) is a 2012 National Book Award nominee:

• "2012 National Book Award Nominees Announced, Include Junot Díaz, Dave Eggers" (Huffington Post) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/2012-national-book-awards-nominees_n_1952533.html
• "Diaz, Erdrich Among National Book Award Finalists" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/173478311.html
• "Diaz, Erdrich, Eggers Earn National Book Award Noms" (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2012/10/10/national-book-awards-diaz-eggers-caro/1623595/
• "Louise Erdrich in Running for National Book Award" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/blogs/173483521.html
• "National Book Award Finalists Announced" (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/national-book-award-finalists-announced/2012/10/10/e8f7774a-1258-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html
• "A Tragedy Changes an Ojibwe Boy and His Friends" (Kansas City Star) http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/10/3860426/a-tragedy-changes-an-ojibwe-boy.html

University of Wyoming Cowboys basketball guard Luke Martinez (Turtle Mountain) is highlighted in this Indian Country Today feature: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/10/09/university-of-wyomings-star-guard-luke-martinez-is-a-leader-on-and-off-the-basketball-court-138371

70 year-old Robert F. "Bobby Jones" Connors (Bad River) is remembered in this Ashland Daily Press obituary: http://www.ashlandwi.com/obituaries/article_ab827398-1243-11e2-ac79-001a4bcf887a.html

Lac Courte Oreilles elders are highlighted in the book, Spirit of the Ojibwe: http://kunm.org/post/stories-we-learn-about-our-family

Lac du Flambeau area parents understandably complained about a second-grade assignment that featured a culturally-inappropriate joke: http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2012/10/10/teacher-apologizes-after-assigning-offensive-homework/

Lac du Flambeau may partner with Shullsburg, Wisconsin, on a casino project: http://watchdog.org/58447/dream-land-shullsburg-still-betting-on-casino-after-a-dozen-years-bust/

A 23 year-old woman has been charged with reckless homicide in the July 23, 2012, automobile collision, near the Red Cliff area, that killed her 2 year-old daughter and seriously injured three other family members who were not wearing automobile safety restraints: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/246007/

Winnipeg, Manitoba, columnist Colleen Simard remembers visits to the dentist from her youth: http://www.troymedia.com/2012/10/09/the-day-i-stopped-talking-and-eating/

More on mining in Ontario, an issue affecting many First Nations:

• "Mining Rule Changes to Add Delays, Costs to Ontario Prospectors" (Financial Post) http://business.financialpost.com/2012/10/10/mining-rule-changes-to-add-delays-costs-to-ontario-prospectors/
• "Ontario's New Mining Rules Eliminate Most Exploration on Private Land" (Ottawa Citizen) http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ontario+mining+rules+eliminate+most+exploration+private+land/7364054/story.html

Pic River First Nation mourns the deaths of four young men in an automobile collision: http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2012/10/10/sacred-fires-mark-pic-rivers-mourning