Tuesday News

Noongom @ LLTC:

• The Parents' Study Support Group meets from 4-6 p.m. in Giizhiikaandag Wigamig (Cedar Hall), in the Benny Tonce Memorial Drum Room 204.
• Dance away your fall blues at Zumba, led by our LLTC Community Education coordinator Amy Erickson, from 4:15-5:15 p.m. at the Cass Lake-Bena Elementary School gymnasium.

Leech Lake's own Dennis Banks shared his nibwaakaawin (wisdom) regarding Columbus Day and the need for acknowledgement of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island yesterday on Democracy Now!: https://www.freespeech.org/tags/ojibwa-tribe

The Kitchigami Regional Library System, to which Cass Lake Community Library and Bemidji Public Library belong, offers downloadable audiobooks and e-books. Check it out:

• KRLS - Downloadable Books: http://krls.org/resources/downloadables.html
• "E-Books a Hit at Bemidji Public Library" (Bemidji Pioneer) http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/e-books-hit-bemidji-public-library
• "eBooks Comes [sic]  to Kitchigami Regional Library System" (Park Rapids Enterprise) http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/event/article/id/34396/

Fond du Lac citizens protest drugs and violence in their community:

• "People March to End Violence on Fond du Lac Reservation" (ABC WDIO) http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S2793618.shtml?cat=10335
• "Protesters Are Fed up with Drug Use and Violence in Community" (Northland's NewsCenter) http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/Protesters-on-Fond-du-Lac-Reservation-Are-Fed-Up-With--173111791.html

More on the wildfire burning north of Red Lake:

• "Fire Continues Burning Near Red Lake" (Marshall Independent) http://www.marshallindependent.com/page/content.detail/id/256500/Fire-continues-burning-near-Red-Lake.html?isap=1&nav=5028
• "Fire North of Upper Red Lake May Take Weeks for Crews to Contain" (Bemidji Pioneer) http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/fire-north-upper-red-lake-may-take-weeks-crews-contain
• "Northern Minnesota Wildfires Burning Underground" (Firehouse) http://www.firehouse.com/news/10811101/northern-minnesota-wildfires-burning-underground
• "Red Lake Wildfire May Not Be Contained for Weeks" (Granite Falls Advocate Tribune) http://www.granitefallsnews.com/article/20121008/NEWS/121009710/-1/googlenewssitemap

Fond du Lac social worker, 60 year-old Victoria "Vicky" Urrutia Yellow Earrings (Red Lake), is remembered in this Duluth News Tribune obituary: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/obituary/id/245916/

Duluth citizens protested the assault of an Anishinaabe man by a Duluth police officer: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/245879/

Monday's rally against police assault in Duluth, Minnesota (Photographs by Steve Kutchera for the Duluth News Tribune, published 9 October 2012)

The Upper Sioux Community hosted the "Why Treaties Matter" travelling exhibit on Anishinaabe and Dakota nations' treaties: http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/98747/

Ancestral remains are being repatriated to the Saginaw Tribe by Philips Academy's Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology in Andover, Massachusetts, and the University of Michigan's Museum of Anthropology in Ann Arbor: http://www.nativenewsnetwork.com/saginaw-chippewa-indian-tribe-to-repatriate-ancestral-human-remains.html

A North Dakota college consortium that includes three tribal colleges (Fort Berthold Community College, Sitting Bull College, and Turtle Mountain Community College) has been awarded a $14.6 million Department of Labor job-training grant:

• "BSC-Led College Consortium Lands $14.6 Million Grant" (Bismarck Tribune) http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/bsc-led-college-consortium-lands-million-grant/article_41baa4e6-0c06-11e2-8665-0019bb2963f4.html
• "Consortium of 5 Colleges in North Dakota Lands $14.6 Million Federal Job-Training Grant" (Columbus Republic) http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/179e06a50fe4477baf1993255b310452/ND--Colleges-Grant

Another rave review for The Round House by Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain): http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/The-Round-House-by-Louise-Erdrich-3923866.php

89 year-old Emerald Lorraine (Constonzo) Diemer (Lac Courte Oreilles) is remembered in this Sacramento Bee obituary: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sacbee/obituary.aspx?pid=160327249#fbLoggedOut

Actress, director, producer, and writer Jennifer Bobiwash (Ojibway) shares the word of the day, izhidaabaadan (meaning to drag to a certain place), on Powwows.tv: http://tv.powwows.com/video/2012/10/08/20-ojibway-language-drag-to-a-certain-place/

More on the awareness-raising for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada: http://theconcordian.com/2012/10/missing-justice-2/

More on mining issues in Ontario, something that affects many First Nations: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-09/mine-explorers-see-cost-rising-from-2013-rules