“The annual conference and tradeshow will be held in conjunction with The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s (NCAIED) 35 annual Reservation Economic Summit (RES2021), which is scheduled to take place from July 19-21 at Paris Las Vegas on the Strip.”
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Sports betting and pools legislation introduced in Minnesota
“Minnesota Representative Pat Garofalo has introduced a series of bills to license and regulate sport betting. The bills aim to establish the Minnesota Sports Wagering Commission to license and regulate betting on real sports and esports, with licenses available to one or more bookmakers who would be permitted to contract with a casinos or racetrack to offer bets to players over the age of 18. HF767 would authorize sports betting at the state’s land-based casinos or racetracks.”
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University of Minnesota initiative to examine school’s history with tribes, teach residents about racial justice
“The report on the U’s relationship with tribes is a necessary step toward acknowledging past wrongs, said Tadd Johnson, the university’s senior director of tribal nations relations… The tribes and the university will work together on the archival report.”
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Mille Lacs Band leader: ‘We will be stronger’ after pandemic
“In the annual State of the Band address — a virtual event this year — Chief Executive Melanie Benjamin said the past year was marked by the loss of life, jobs and financial security…’If there is one thing we have proven is that no virus can stop us as a band or take away our spirit.’”
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Careful planning helped Treasure Island survive the pandemic
“‘It was a complete transformation of the way we do business…Every division had to do their research and come up with the changes they needed to make.’”
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White Earth Tribal and Community College signs articulation agreement with BSU
“[The] agreement with Bemidji State University…will allow students the opportunity to be dually admitted in both schools.”
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Indigenous organizations collaborate to feed their most vulnerable
“‘When we are fueling our bodies with Indigenous foods, our bodies remember those tastes. They remember that they make us feel good. It’s a part of us.’”
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Prairie Island Indian Community buffalo project
“The Buffalo Project supports the Native Mdewakanton Sioux culture, spirituality, and provides community families with highly nutritional meat. The goal of the Buffalo Project is to grow the herd and provide bison meat for community members and their families and for educational purposes.”
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community launches ‘Understand Native Minnesota’ [video]
“It’s a campaign to provide greater understanding of Native American history, culture, and modern tribal governments into Minnesota’s education system, Rebecca Crooks-Stratton explains.”
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A closer look at Indigenous Minnesotans making history [interview audio file]
“Angela Davis speaks with Vanessa GoodThunder, who is working to revitalize the Dakota language, and David Glass, who is challenging the appropriation of Native imagery and culture in sports.”