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basketball. For more information, contact our athletics department coach and
recruiter Brady Fairbanks at 218-335-4256.
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Be cautious being outdoors this year; populations of zagimeg (mosquitos) and
ezigaag (ticks) are higher than in previous years, which can mean higher rates
of West Nile Virus and Lyme disease, respectively:
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/mosquitoes-ticks-higher-numbers-summer
63 year-old Adelbert James Baptiste (Red Lake) is remembered in this Bemidji
Pioneer obituary: http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/adelbert-james-baptiste
and this Chilson Funeral Home obituary:
http://www.chilsonfuneralhome.com/memorial.php?mem_NUM=864&search_order=default&flag
More on the desecration of the Duluth Civic Center's eagle staff:
"Eagle Staff Desecrated Again in Duluth" (Duluth News Tribune)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/apArticle/id/DA74NJUO1/
"Eagle Staff Desecrated for 3rd Time at Duluth Civic Center, American
Indians Say" (Duluth News Tribune)
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/270774/
Some Spirit Lake Nation citizens in North Dakota have filed a petition to
recall current chair Roger Yankton, Sr.:
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/petition-filed-seeking-recall-spirit-lake-leader
Noongom (today), June 26, has been declared Leonard Peltier Day by the Oglala
Lakota Nation:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/06/26/leonard-peltier-day-honors-imprisoned-native-icon-150122
More on the Baby Veronica case decided upon by the United States Supreme Court
and what it means for the Indian Child Welfare Act [ICWA] and tribal
sovereignty:
"Abourezk: Supreme Court ICWA Ruling an Assault on Tribes" (ABC KSFY)
http://www.ksfy.com/story/22684612/court-ruling-assault-on-tribes-abourezk-says
"Baby Veronica: Supreme Court Rules for Adoptive Parents in Wrenching
Case" (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2013/0625/Baby-Veronica-Supreme-Court-rules-for-adoptive-parents-in-wrenching-case?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fcsm+(Christian+Science+Monitor+%7C+All+Stories)
"The Court Got Baby Veronica Wrong" (Slate)
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/06/baby_veronica_indian_adoption_case_the_supreme_court_got_it_wrong.html
"Supreme Court: Act Doesn't Apply in Indian Girl's Adoption" (Salt
Lake Tribune)
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56509736-78/child-indian-court-adoption.html.csp
"Supreme Court: Adopted Native American Child Doesn't Have to Be Returned
to Biological Father" (Opposing Views)
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/headlines/supreme-court-adopted-native-american-child-doesnt-have-be-returned-biological
"Supreme Court Rules fo rCouple over Baby Girl's Adoption" (NBC News)
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/25/19135687-supreme-court-rules-for-couple-over-baby-girls-adoption
"Supreme Court Says Native American Child Doesn't Have to Be Given to
Biological Father" (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-says-native-american-child-isnt-required-to-be-given-to-father/2013/06/25/e38520ec-dda4-11e2-bc84-8049224b33e1_story.html
"Supreme Court Strikes a Hard Blow to Tribal Sovereignty in Adoption
Case" (The Nation)
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174978/supreme-court-strikes-hard-blow-tribal-sovereignty-adoption-case#
"Supreme Court Thwarts ICWA Intent in Baby Veronica Case" (Indian
Country Today)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/06/25/supreme-court-thwarts-icwa-intent-baby-veronica-case-150103
Indian Country Today shares a series on residential boarding school survivors
and intergenerational trauma:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/06/25/mixed-blessing-stories-intergenerational-residential-school-survivors-150097
Dr. Lynn Gehl (Algonquin Anishinaabe) shares her thoughts on Canada Day,
genocide, and racism:
http://rabble.ca/news/2013/06/genocide-racism-and-canada-day-algonquin-anishinaabekwe-love-letter
via Leech Lake Tribal College Library Blog
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LltcLibraryBlog/~3/xhV67TtOsq0/aabitoose-news_26.html