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The facility located in the old Carnegie Library in Park Rapids plans to open in late May.
Sometimes called 'the white sheep' of the family, what would make Vincenzo Capone choose to fight the booze trade that was making his little brother Al the most powerful gangster in the world?
Jean Kruft purchased land across from the convenience store on PowWow Highway, where she will open a manufacturing facility by the end of November.
The professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University will discuss Indigenous culture, history and current events via Zoom on Oct. 25.

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Orange Shirt Day was observed in many places in the U.S. and Canada on Sept. 30, including Nevis School, to increase awareness of the trauma being forcibly sent to boarding schools brought to Indigenous children and their communities.
The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe includes six Chippewa, or Ojibwe bands, in northern Minnesota
Annual festival includes drum group, dancers and making dream catchers and chokers.
Roughly a thousand people were arrested during those actions. Some were charged with relatively serious crimes, including gross misdemeanors and felonies.
Native American community members lead sessions designed to help teachers better understand Native culture and history.
In all, the federal infrastructure law will mean $13 billion for a range of upgrades on tribal lands nationwide. That’s everything from better sewers, repaired dams, buried cable to bring faster internet and improvements meant to foster cleaner water and energy.

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The speculation began last month, after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggested the court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion nationwide. Indigenous abortion rights advocates say the questions have mostly come from non-Native people: “All of a sudden, this issue that’s going to impact white women too — or impact white women more broadly — now we’re being seen as the potential savior."
This month, the Lower Phalen Creek Project will begin construction on a 9,000 square foot interpretive center near the entrance of the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary to welcome people back to Wakan Tipi and educate the public.
The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa celebrated the return of thousands of acres of forest lands — set in motion thanks to land conservation efforts.

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