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Saturday, July 1,  2006
Local Bus Service Opens New Facility, Highway Funding Debacle Sparks Debate
Indian Chamber of Commerce Warrior-of-theMonth
Monday, July 3,  2006
Red Lake Nation to honor active duty military
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Thursday, July 6,  2006
Ashley Cook & Family Thank You Letter
Cook and Jourdain participating in North American Indigenous Games
Letter: Slot should be changed so we do not waste fish
National Indian Education Study, Part I
July 4, 1776 and July 4, 2006: Winds of change
Airshow July 8th-9th
Urban Journalism Workshop: Teaching minorities to swim is a YMCA mission
Indigenous Environmental Network to host Mother Earth Conference
YOUTH ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF July 3rd-6th, 2006
U.S. Humane Society holds Red Lake clinic
Many new state laws go into effect
Panel upholds Crow Creek murder conviction
Denver games set to propel vision of world indigenous competition
Interest groups lining up to lobby on Web gambling
Indians may lose a path to med school
Fundraising concert on the Bemidji lake front
16-year-old will be tried as adult in robbery, assault case
Recognizing tribal IDs a positive step
Funding cuts may hurt program that helped Indian med students
White Earth to hold inauguration today
Water is just water, even when it’s in a fancy bottle
Vaccinate girls today to save women later
Letter: Rep. Sailer stands up for small business and other....
Hundreds remember slain child
Homeless alcoholics receive a permanent place to live, and drink
Arson suspected in burning down of sacred Karuk dance house
Sask. Fires force 1,800 from homes
Aboriginals train volunteers to fight Sask. fires
UKB student wins Gates Scholarship
Project Safe Neighborhoods Team Activities
Friday, July 7,  2006
Red Lake Nation Contest Pow Wow, July 3-5th, 2006
Little League action on July 3rd, 2006 at the Red Lake ballfields
$790 million in new grants for college students available July 1
Three file for sheriff post
Wind sentenced to more than 21 years in prison
June car crashes kill 31 in Minnesota
Still no sign of Tamra
2 years later, mystery of Tamra Keepness remains unsolved
Woman admits distributing meth
Tribes’ riches increase membership battles
Video game makers take aim at new Minnesota law
Indian athletes settle in for National Western stay
Games may merit credit for rainfall
Ex-residential school students get checks, rejection letters
Lumbee tribe to study homicide rate among American Indians
Police, volunteers await word on legality of blockade
Navajo council seeks border study
Teams and traditions
A guiding light
Former Eagle Butte teacher charged
AFN looks to world for development ideas
Monday, July 10,  2006
The Reach The Rez Tour Comes to Red Lake!
4th of July Weekend Breaks Area Visitor Records
Protecting Mother Earth
Oakgrove/Chosa Wedding of May 26, 2006
Mohawk athlete didn’t let stabbing kill dreams
Star Tribune intern from Ponemah shares experiences
State troopers trained to stop different kind of speed
Mad cow begets new breed of animal tracker
When children become violent or cruel, what are the reasons?
Bear Butte beer license foes dealt setbacks
Give me the Churchill treatment
Indian graduation rates better
Drugs nabbed on rez
Rulings go against man accused in Aquash slaying
Tuesday, July 11,  2006
Red Lake Tribal Council Meeting Agenda 071106
Police seek missing Tsawwassen girl
RCMP shooting suspect known to police, family
“Nobody tells me no”
Navajo officials address Head Start problems
Mayo, IHS join to curb cancer
House to vote on bill to curb online gaming
DNR Tanker base reactivated in response to dry weather
Wednesday, July 12,  2006
Little Rock Annual Picnic & Pow Wow - Sat. July 22, 2006 at 1 p.m.
Course for Tax Preparers
High temps, humidity expected through the weekend
Statement of Elousie Cobell of Browning, Mont.
Warriors honored on powwow poster
Minnesota to get $3.8 million for flu pandemic plan
Pepsi knows: Things go better with honesty
Mobile-home residents face eviction as Seminoles buy park for housing
Pump is behind water problems
Indian tournament highlights hoop skills
Ahwatukee mom says district is ignoring Indian parents
Navajo Head Start ready to reopen?
First Nations set to elect national chief
Life and death in Robeson are the business of both a tribe and a state
House passes bill to restrict Internet poker
Thursday, July 13,  2006
Community Health Day - Thursday, July 27, 2006
Youth Softball Tournament - Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Electronic Voting Process Public Demonstration - Tues. July 18, 2006
EMT Classes Mondays & Wednesdays, July 31 - Oct. 24, 2006
Ponemah Summer Youth Wellness Camp July 17-21, 2006
Staples pleads not guilty to seven charges
KSTP Video: Man treaspasses on Red Lake Tribal waters
Red Lake walleye trip snags on age-old conflict
Man loses boat, gear on tribal waters in Red Lake
Dangerously high heat expected this weekend
‘Unsafe levels of heat’ expected
Prosecutors criticize Drug Court
Indian gaming industry grows to $23 billion business
106-year-old’s birthday gala stirs many memories
Attacks recall racist history of N.M. town
Culture Clash
‘Red tape’ lowered for leases
Nulato allows a liquor store
Pechanga elections set amid protests
Fontaine re-elected as head of Assembly of First Nations
Harper vows to end race-based fisheries
Friday, July 14,  2006
At Sandy Beach with the Red Lake Boys and Girls Club
Red Lake 4th of July Parade 2006
Kelly Cookout in Little Rock in honor of Charles Kelly Jr. US Army
Red Lake Youth Basketball Tournament Results
Student art competition winners announced by U.S. Department of Education Office of Indian Education
Twin Cities on guard against ‘dangerous heat’
Red Lake Cancer Walk Planning Meeting - Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Judge who ruled government accountable for Indian Trust malfeasance removed
Seminar focuses on teaching of Ojibwe history, culture
Senate OKs 236 additional patrol agents for northern border
Federal grand jury indicts Red Lake man
Repeat incidents of spousal abuse rarely reported
Development in South Dakota prompts unlikely coalition; Christians, Indians, ranchers
Return of the Native
Hot topic of conversation
Duluth Schools to receive federal grant
Chris Simon joins the NYI
Starting a Business in Minnesota? NABEC can help you.
State Representative Brita Sailor files for re-election
Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact and Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds
Monday, July 17,  2006
Jourdain faces runoff to keep post in Red Lake
Tension thickens as tribal election day nears
Experts highlight UTTC education institute
Project researches infant deaths
Tribes on threshold of tourist boom
Association of American Indian Physicians   35th Annual Meeting & National Health Conference
Mounties succumb to gunshot wounds
Participants sought for Miss Indian Nations pageant
Olympic champion to visit UTTC during student orientation
Tuesday, July 18,  2006
Chi-Miigwetch to those that suppoted Treasurer Darrell G. Seki, Sr.
CoEd Softball Tournament - Sat. July 29, 2006 - Art Thunder Mem. Park
Ponemah Labor day Celebration - Sept 1-4, 2006
3-On-3 Basketball Tournament - July 19 - 5:30 p.m. - No Entry Fee
2006 Indigenous Gzmes wrap up in Denver
Tribes say government trying to restrict gaming
Runoff vote to set Red Lake leadership
Traditional Pow-wow & Pot Luck Feast - Ponemah, Wed. July 26 - 3-9 PM.
Olson files for election, Minnesota Senate District 4
LLTC President Receives Honor
Heat wave broils much of U.S.
Tribal opposition delays ATV trail plan
Crow Agency man to admit to 2 murders
Pine Ridge tribal president pushing for reinstatement
Navajo council addresses racial tensions
Delegate wants investigation into Clint John shooting
Congress, President still ignoring obligation to Indian health care
Huntsman visits Navajo leaders
Murder charged in fatal car crash
Traveling the road to “cultural suicide”
Chief:  “It’s been an amazing week”
City resident embraces Monacan heritage
N.Y. Times to reduce page size, close plant, cut 250 jobs
Attention All Fair Exhibitors
Fair Exhibitors Booklet for 2006 Red Lake Fair and Pow Wow
Memo - Election Day tribal employee administrative leave - 4 hrs.
Tribe’s land-trust plans overruled
Fire Thunder ousted again
Fire Thunder tries to regain power
Speaker of Wasco tribal language speaker dead at 91
Tribe tackles underage drinking
Unofficial Results of the Red Lake Tribal Runoff Election 2006
Thursday, July 20,  2006
Jourdain wins re-election at Red Lake
Jourdain reelected at Red Lake
Jourdain wins runoff for tribal chairman
Red Lake tribal members again vote to elect chairman
10 file for Red Lake School Board
Anti-terrorism Training Program at Leech Lake Tribal College
Last-minute filings foster numerous Beltrami County election races
Farrakhan meets Diné
Nation of Islam leader visits Navajo Nation
Native American artists gather to support Karuk sacred dance house
Karuk Fire ‘suspicious’
Pro-casino event rallies troops; draws detractors
No power for the powerless
Jourdain remains chairman
Mescaleros trying to raise money for hatchery
Gila River judge must return stolen funds
Deer River man sentenced to prison for assaulting baby
Friday, July 21,  2006
Final results of Red Lake Runoff Election - July 19, 2006
Roy to ‘step back’
$1 million settlement in Red Lake
Court subjects non-Indian bank to tribal laws
Drought becomes ‘severe’ in parts of Minnesota
Voter Engagement School at the Palace Casino & Hotel - Aug. 6-9, 2006
Republican party scraping bottom of whiskey barrel with Ann Coulter
Fire Thunder reinstated and removed once more
Farrahkan: Navajos must demand respect
Native leaders add voices to call for more RCMP
Inquest slams RCMP ‘understaffing, underfunding’ on reserves
N.D. tribes see Mississippi as prime opportunity
Tribe turns down share of video-slot profits
Saturday, July 22,  2006
Lost Puppy
SAILER PASSES NEW LAW TO EXPAND RECOGNITION OF TRIBAL IDS
Rep. Sailer announces new services for returning military and veterans
Found
Monday, July 24,  2006
Photos: Pro Wrestling America Event at the 7 Clans Casino - TRF
Red Lake AmeriCorps recruting for this fall
Lonna Stevens Joins Sheila Wellstone Institute as Director
CAVITY LAKE FIRE ON SEAGULL LAKE, SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006
Tuesday, July 25,  2006
Jourdain gets ready to show all he can do for Red Lake
Surgeon General to make historic visit to Red Lake Reservation
County gets update on welfare-to-work services
RED LAKE TEENS SHARE CULTURE, SWEAT, & HOPE IN THE HURRICANE ZONE
College degree becoming less than a piece of paper
Minnesota drought now severe
Interior Report:  Indian trust officials violated ethics rules in contract awards
Missing teen turns up in Illinois
Misconduct complaint filed against Hopi chairman
Havasqpai perplexed by killing of tourist
Head Start moving forward
Reservation fuel tax refund plan has few takers
Olson receives check from Carpenters Union
Families settle lawsuit over Red Lake shootings
Two sent to hospital after accident
Debunking the myth of Christianity
Oberstar announces grants for local communities
Traffic deaths down on Minnesota roads in 2005
More than 60 members of violent gang arrested in New Jersey raids
Meth use on rise in Alaska
Nation extends sympathy for fallen officers
Cameron family has history of service
Tribes team up to fight diabetes with OU
Weekend vandalism damages Haskell pool
Indian church closes
Eastern Pequot leader wants to spread word about tribe
Wednesday, July 26,  2006
U. S. Surgeon General visits Red Lake
Three repeaters pick up wins at Bemidji Speedway
2 killings run Mpls’ total to 38 for the year
Report cites BIA in death of teenager
Will our Indian wars ever end?
Reward fund established for information about ‘suspicious’ Karuk fire
Cartoon debate ends in resignation
Feathers bring more charges for activist
Thursday, July 27,  2006
U. S. Surgeon General visits Red Lake Reservation - Photographs
Cultural Dance Exhibition in front of Red Lake Foods
Recent BSU graduate Luane Hanson reported missing
Soldier from Hesperia killed in Iraq gun battle
Red Lake establishes funds with NMF to build community assets
Little Earth: The Troubles
Indian chief dies when canoe overturns
Navajo Nation president wants independent investigation
Tulalip Tribes’ clout on the rise
Robeson’s pain
Dozens arrested in distribution of African stimulant
Friday, July 28,  2006
Chairman's race Run-off Election contested: Another Run-Off Election granted by GEB
PFC. Iceman completes Basic Military Training
Search for missing man comes up empty
Twin Cities to flirt with 100 degrees, but …
String of ‘bizarre’ killings leaves 9 dead in Seattle area
Ken Hansen, 1952-2006: Samish leader fought to make U.S. recognize tribe
Chairman’s misconduct hearing set
Red Lake General Election Board orders new Run-off for Tribal Chairman Race
Tribes working to prevent suicide
Browning’s bittersweet ruling
Bush signs voting rights act extension
Town officials question Harrah’s $20 million host-community offer
Saturday, July 29,  2006
Ponemah Project Safe Neighborhoods has Traditional Powwow
Preserving our heritage while building our future.
Oberstar announces grants to help students
Mississippi Gaming Commission approves sites for N. Dakota Indian Tribes
Action sought on Native language bills
Missing man found
In God We Trust
Red Lake officials order new election for chairman
Death toll in California climbs to 130 as temperatures begin to ease
Red Lake Tribal Council: Jourdain bought votes
Big Ben's Basketball Camp - July 31-Aug. 4, 2006 - RL Middle School
Puppy love: Traveling with man’s & women’s best friend
Tribal Department Heads Online Survey
Youth Co-Ed Softball Tournament held on Wed. July 26, 2006
Red Lake Community Health Day held on Thursday, July 27, 2007
Chairman denies allegations, calls for Tribal Council review
Jeff Brown Thank You Letter
Honor the Youth Spiritual Run IV
Sunday, July 30,  2006
Jourdain denies allegations; plans to bring issue before Red Lake Tribal Council
Red Lake board rejects Jourdain’s victory