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March 28, 2005 Tragedy at Red Lake Reservation: Farewells and funerals An update on the latest developments involving the fatal shootings on the Red Lake Reservation in Minnesota. ARREST The FBI has arrested the son of Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr. in... Bush responds to Red Lake shooting in radio address Funeral procession for Daryl Lussier and Michelle Sigana. • Star Tribune: Red Lake School Shootings • Pioneer Press: Red Lake shooting Breaking five days of silence on the worst... Appeals court sides with tribe in car tag dispute The state of Kansas cannot impose its motor vehicle laws on tribal members even when they travel off the reservation, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. In a... Si Tanka University loan limited to reservation campus The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota acted to save the on-reservation campus of Si Tanka University. The tribe extended a loan of up to $400,000 to cover operating... Yellow Bird: Red Lake people are gentle warriors "During these past five days, I heard many stories of the shootings at Red Lake. I was on site for two days and for three more days involved in stories... Budget blueprints leave Bush's Indian cuts intact The budget resolutions passed by the House and Senate this month leave President Bush's cuts to Indian programs intact. Among other proposals, Bush is cutting $108 million from the Bureau... Editorial: Tribe's response to shootings a model "Two distressing human dramas, for days now, have captured the national spotlight. The battle over Terri Schiavo's right to live or die. And the killing rampage by a troubled 16-year-old,... Editorial: 'Massacre' at Red Lake Reservation "Jeff Weise was the kind of angry, wounded adolescent who could emerge practically anywhere in the United States. But the place where he vented his rage was not typical. The... California tribe changes status of some members A small California tribe with a successful casino has changed the status of 40 tribal members so that they no longer receive per capita payments. The Mooretown Rancheria reclassified the... Ousted Pechangas file another lawsuit against tribe A group of Pechanga descendants who were kicked out of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians has filed another lawsuit against the wealthy tribe. The Pechanga Band disenrolled more than... Native students talk about tragedy at Red Lake Denise Johnson of The Minneapolis Star Tribune interviewed six Native students to get their thoughts about the tragedy on the Red Lake Reservation and of the issues facing Native youth... Reader Rep: Tribe's harsh policy against media "Reporting on the death of a child is an assignment reporters dread. That dread multiplied exponentially late Monday afternoon as the tragedy at Red Lake unfolded and Star Tribune reporters... Opinion: Indian people suffer from disconnect "Mitakuyepi, today we struggle with a pervasive sense of disconnection. It encroaches on our family and community time together and on the priority we give to children, our environment and... Column: Sadness fills services at Indian church "When the time comes at services this morning at All Indian Nations Church in south Minneapolis, the congregation will reach deep down and sing, 'Jesus Christ Has Risen Today!' It... Ralph Reed says he too was 'deceived' by Abramoff Christian Republican activist Ralph Reed doesn't think his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff will hurt his campaign for Georgia's lieutenant governor. Reed led a coalition in Texas to shut... No-climbing policy at Devils Tower to be reviewed The National Park Service plans to review its no-climbing policy at the Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. The voluntary policy discourages climbing during the month of June, when tribal... Montana Indian education bill set for another vote The Montana House is expected to vote this week on a bill to provide $6.1 million for the Indian Education for All Act. The bill narrowly passed the House Appropriations... Opinion: 'Warning signs' apply to every other child "Jeff Weise's 'warning signs' have been widely publicized. He drew ghoulish cartoons and wrote gory short stories. He aped his predecessors in Colorado by wearing a black trench coat. On... Group protests university's 'Fighting Sioux' name A group of about 80 people, including Indians and non-Indians, held a protest on Saturday against the University of South Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo. Indian students, faculty and... Ojibwe Reporter: Red Lake familiar yet different "The sense that you are leaving someplace familiar and entering a different world is apparent when you pass the Red Lake Indian Reservation sign on Hwy. 89. It's all familiar... Column: Lawmakers pray, but won't pay, for Red Lake "Last Tuesday, Minnesota's political leaders took part in an emotional ceremony on the steps of the State Capitol to pray for the victims of the school shooting on the Red... Interview with Henry Boucha, Ojibway hockey legend Dorreen Yellow Bird of The Grand Forks Herald interviews Henry Boucha, an Ojibway from Canada, who was the country's top hockey prospect in the 1970s until his career was ended... Column: Covering Red Lake tragedy a difficult task "I had a different topic in mind for today's column. But that was before Monday. That afternoon, we got a call about a shooting at Red Lake High School on... Mark Trahant: C-SPAN just as important today "If the politics of division has become cliché, it's because we have forgotten that the media can also bring us together. Beyond the strident rhetoric of blogs, cable TV and... |