PEOPLE'S VOICE to hold public discussion on reservation issues

Members of the Leech Lake, Red Lake, and White Earth reservations,

including tribal leaders and non-native people of the surrounding

communities, are invited to take part in a public discussion on issues that

affect everyone in the the area

The People's Voice open meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 23 at the Peoples Church, Ninth Street and America

Avenue NW, in Bemidji. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. A lunch will be

provided.

The purpose of the meeting is to give all people the opportunity to

speak and listen to issues and concerns of reservation and surrounding

community life.

"All issues are on the table," say organizers, including poverty, high suicide

rate, racist language, crime, education, casino and gaming issues, health

and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, sovereignty, tribal government,

constitutional rights, federal Indian policy, human and civil rights.

Also invited are Governor Mark Dayton, Rep. John Persell (DFL-Bemidji),

U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken. State Sen. John Carlson

(Republican-Bemidji) has indicated he has previous commiitments and

cannot attend. "We are awaiting responses from other invited elected

officials," said organizers.

The People's Voice is a follow-up gathering of Native American and

concerned citizens to the Council of Conversation held in Minneapolis on

April 21 at the Division of Indian Works.

It is sponsored by the Native American Justice Task Force, consisting of

Native Americans, concerned citizens, and the Joint Peace with Justice

Committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Individuals who have questions or for per-registration may contact Curtis

Buckanaga, 218-407-2801.

"We hope to see you there," he stated. "The more voices, the better."

Dixon Lake Drowning Victim Identified

Itasca County Chief Deputy Gregg Deutsch reports on Oct. 03, 2011, at approximately 3:44 pm the Itasca County Sheriffs' Office received a 911 call of a possible drowning on Dixon Lake in Itasca County.  It was reported an adult male was observed floating in the water next to a dock.

Itasca County Sheriff Deputies, Minnesota Conservation Officers, and Leech Lake Conservation Officers responded to the scene.  Itasca County Search and Rescue was called out and put on standby.

Upon arrival at Dixon Lake, an elderly adult male was found floating in the water next to his dock.  The victim has been identified as David Jerome Ekberg, age 82.

Itasca County Coroner was notified and Blackduck Ambulance transported the victim to Grand Itasca Medical Center for an autopsy.  Results are pending.

Bemidji/Cass Lake Area Phone Service Outage

June 8th, 2011

The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office Communications Center has been notified of a phone service outage affecting some phone lines in the Bemidji and Cass Lake areas.  Phone technicians are looking into the problem that is affecting phone calls to and from some land-lines including long distance service and some land-line to cell phone service.  At this time there is no estimated time of repair.  Callers are hearing a busy signal when trying to make out going phone calls.  911 service is not impacted by this service outage, but callers attempting to dial the non-emergency number may not be able to get through.  If your call is an emergency or needs to be handled urgently please dial 911 to reach the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office or Bemidji Police Department.

Citizens with phone service should continue to use 218-333-9111 for non-emergency calls.

Christopher Muller

~Christopher Muller
Assistant Emergency Management Director /
911 Communications Team Leader /
Law Enforcement Center TAC

Beltrami County Sheriff's Office
613 Minnesota Ave NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
ph.218-333-8386
chris.muller@co.beltrami.mn.us<mailto:chris.muller@co.beltrami.mn.us>

THREE TRIBES TO FORM CONSORTIUM, SIGN AGREEMENT

THREE TRIBES TO FORM EDUCATION CONSORTIUM,
WILL SIGN AGREEMENT

Photos and Story by Michael Meuers

On the second day of a two-day Education Summit, Thursday January 20th, 2011, a very special agreement will be signed about noon by the Chairs of three Indian Nations.  The event will be held at the Seven Clans Casino and Event Center at Red Lake

The Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth Tribes will come together and pledge to cooperate and work together on educational improvements in such crucial areas as Ojibwe language preservation, Indian education improvements, grant partnering and grant endorsements.  

"The idea for this new three-Tribe educational consortium, (with mutually beneficial advocacy efforts) was partially patterned from the very successful Tri-Tribes Economic Development Commission organized in 2006", said Red Lake Nation College president Dan King.  "The three Tribal chairs from Red Lake, White Earth, and Leech Lake, along with the three Tribal College presidents, will all sign this historic Education Nation agreement", he said.  "The plan is to also have an agreement signed by the three Education Directors/Superintendents of schools", King concluded.

SUMMARY OF THE EDUCATION NATION CONSORTIUM RESOLUTION BETWEEN RED LAKE, LEECH LAKE & WHITE EARTH TRIBAL NATIONS.  To Be Signed on Thursday, January 20, 2011

WHEREAS, the three Tribes of Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth have historically close ties; and since we are all members of the Great Ojibwe Nation; and all share the same Ojibwe language and culture; and have recently worked together on economic development and social issues; and have similar educational challenges; and each have Tribal Colleges to serve their respective Tribal Communities;

BE IT RESOLVED, during the educational summit, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, and the White Earth Band of Ojibwe agree to cooperate, share ideas and work together on making educational improvements to the following major issues affecting Indian education:

The crucial and urgent issue of Ojibwe language preservation; and Any and all issues affecting Indian education specific program improvements; and Mutually agreed upon educational grant partnering and grant endorsements from this new three-Tribe educational consortium; and Mutually beneficial advocacy efforts that will help the Tribes of this new consortium;

and since all of the Tribes of this new consortium also have tribal colleges to serve their respective tribal communities, the Tribal College Presidents will also work together on all of these areas that can be of mutual benefit to all Members of this consortium, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the three Tribal leaders and the three Tribal College Presidents will all sign this historic Education Nation consortium agreement, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the three Tribal Education Directors/Superintendents, if any, of the three respective K-12 Tribal school systems for Tribal Members, will also work together on all of these areas that can be of mutual benefit to all Members of this consortium, and also sign this historic Education Nation consortium agreement, and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, the three Tribes will together create a new charter of operations to establish a process for adding new members, voting, and also sign this new document.

Give Locally - Over $1.8M in Matching Funds Available on Give to the Max Day - November 16

GiveMNians, Give to the Max Day returns as a day to inspire unprecedented levels of charitable giving in the state of Minnesota! Our goal is to beat our own record and get 40,000 people to give to their favorite Minnesota charity on November 16. Hundreds of nonprofits will offer the opportunity to double your dollars throughout the 24 hours. Every donation you make gives your favorite organization the chance to win even more money. Click on the video for a special Give to the Max Day message. Please mark your calendars for November 16 - donate to your favorite organizations who help contribute to the quality of life in our state.  Whether you care about children, the arts, clean water or education - you can connect with a cause and an organization that needs your support. Then share your donations with your friends and family using the easy share links on GiveMN. So click on GiveMN.org November 16th and contribute all you can. Help us reach 40,000 donors strong. You have one day to be part of history. One incredible day to Give to the Max to make our state a better place. Will you give? Sincerely, Dana Nelson GiveMN.org How to Give to the Max - Plan Your Giving! Double Your Dollars Look for the "2x" icon on select nonprofit pages. This icon means there is a dollar for dollar match available when you donate on that page. You can also search all the organizations offering matching grants using the green "2x Your Gift" button on the Give to the Max Day homepage. Win a Golden Ticket One donor will be randomly chosen every hour to have $1,000 added to their donation. This could be you! See the list of winners on the Give to the Max Day homepage. Help Your Favorite Organization Win the Grand Prize A $20,000 and $10,000 prize grant will be awarded to the top two nonprofits in the Twin Cities and the top two nonprofits in Greater Minnesota that attract the largest number of individual donors on Give to the Max Day. Happy First Birthday GiveMN! Last November, the virtual switch was flipped and GiveMN was created.  Thanks to you - and 58,000 other generous people who have made donations on GiveMN -  we have become one of the largest giving portals in the country. Minnesota has always been a  leader in philanthropy and now we are leading the way in e-philanthropy! Click here to read our one-page Happy Birthday GiveMN Annual Report.

You can find local organizations to give to by clicking the GiveMN link on your local community internet site. You can find a link to your local community internet site at http://givemn.com/story/Community-Internet-Sites.  You can donate to support the Northern Community Internet sites themselves. 

Minnesota Reading Corps Application Opens

Gain experience by helping Minnesota's youngest readers! Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC) is an AmeriCorps program that is helping improve literacy skills among our youngest generation. Learn more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org.

Why join? You can help prevent children from falling through the cracks, and gain professional experience at the same time. With MRC you will build career skills, real responsibility and network with professionals for one year. Also, full-time members receive free health care coverage, federal loan deferment, a biweekly stipend of at least $435 and an education award of $4,725. Part-time members receive a biweekly stipend of at least $235, student loan deferment and an Education Award of $2,363.

What will you do? There are two member positions available: Classroom Member (Pre-K age group) and Literacy Tutor (K-3 age group). All members will be trained to provide proven, data-driven literacy models to at-risk children. In addition, all members engage in their communities outside of their tutoring services.

Literacy Tutors work one-on-one with K-3 children who need help learning to read. The member will use prescribed literacy interventions and will conduct weekly progress monitoring to ensure the student is on track to read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade.

Classroom Members are embedded into a classroom of children ages 3 - 5 to develop children's early literacy skills in preparation for kindergarten. The member collaborates with the classroom teaching staff to enhance daily literacy opportunities and conduct literacy assessments to ensure children are on track to read by the end of 3rd grade.

We will place over 650 people around Minnesota, who will help ensure that over 18,000 children will become successful readers. Locations include Minneapolis, St. Paul and surrounding suburbs, Rochester, Mankato, St. Cloud, Duluth, Grand Rapids, Moorhead and many rural locations throughout Minnesota. Are you up for the challenge?

Online application is available on www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org. Positions for the 2010-11 program year begin next August. Contact Kari with questions at kgjerde@theMLC.org or 218-999-9486.

Qualifications
Strong interest in education, specifically helping children develop early language and literacy skills

Experience working with children, preferably in an early childhood setting or as a literacy tutor

Dedication to community service

Computer skills, including the ability to navigate and use online database systems and e-mail

Speak, read, and write English fluently Responsible, organized, flexible, motivated, professional

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Ability to make a commitment to complete 11 months of service (August '10 – June 30, 2011)

High school diploma or GED and must be at least 18-years-old U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident alien

Preferred: College coursework, college degree, or equivalent work experience

DNR state park news releases - October 9, 2009

DNR NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OCTOBER 9, 2009
Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director,
651-259-5023; Patricia Arndt, Minnesota State Parks planning and public
affairs manager, 651-259-5578.

Fall Festival set for Lake Carlos State Park on Oct. 10

The leaves are vibrant, the air is cool - fall is here! Bring the whole
family to welcome the change of season at Lake Carlos State Park's
Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 10. The event will take place at the
park's Lakeview Group Camp from noon to 4 p.m. Activities for all ages
will include guided nature hikes, pontoon boat rides, and more. The park
will even be providing pumpkins for children to decorate and take home.

A complete schedule of events can be picked up at park office or
visitor center. There is no fee for this program, but vehicle permits
($5/day or $25/year-round) are required to enter Minnesota state parks.
In case of rain, events may be moved to various park shelters; details
will be available at the park office.

Lake Carlos State Park is located 10 miles north of Alexandria on State
Highway 29, then 2 miles west on Highway 38. For more information, call
320-852-7200.
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DNR NEWS - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 9, 2009
Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director,
651-259-5023; Steve Carroll, DNR information officer, 651-259-5342.

Fall is busy time at two Minnesota state parks

From wildlife watching, to fall colors, hiking to camping, there's
plenty to do this fall at Hayes Lake and Lake Bronson state parks in
northwestern Minnesota.
Fall migrations are taking place so visitors can watch waterfowl
flights of ducks, geese, and sand hill cranes. Migrating raptors can be
seen along roadways. Visitors can see elk herds with bulls actively
bugling. Song birds, especially warblers, are prolific in both parks.

There are also opportunities to hunt elk, sharp-tail grouse, ruffed
grouse, and waterfowl in the area, or experience the special permit deer
hunts in the parks.

Both parks also offer camping options for people interested in spending
the night.

Hayes Lake State Park offers:
· Rustic* fall camping for $16 a night for electric or $12 for
non-electric.
· Camper cabins available through October. Rates are $45 a night for
non-electric, or $50 a night with electricity.

Lake Bronson State Park offers:
· Rustic* fall camping at Lakeside and Lakeside Extension, Two Rivers
campgrounds for $16 a night for electric or $12 for non-electric.

Call today for reservation at 1-866-85PARKS (1-866-857-2757), or go
online at www.stayatmnparks.com.

*Rustic camping amenities include vault toilets and hand pumped water,
showers and flush toilets are closed for the season.
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