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- Minnesota 'Nice' Just Shoving It In All Other Blue States' Faces Nowwww.wonkette.com Minnesota 'Nice' Just Shoving It In All Other Blue States' Faces Now
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- MPCA was 'arbitrary and capricious' in granting PolyMet permit, Supreme Court rules - Minnesota Reformerminnesotareformer.com MPCA was 'arbitrary and capricious' in granting PolyMet permit, Supreme Court rules - Minnesota Reformer
The Minnesota Supreme Court dealt a serious setback to the long-planned PolyMet project to mine copper from a Hoyt Lakes deposit near the old LTV Steel plant, which would be used to process the ore. The ruling directs the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to reopen the permitting process and ...
- Minnesota tribe makes history with state's first legal marijuana saleminnesotareformer.com Minnesota tribe makes history with state's first legal marijuana sale - Minnesota Reformer
RED LAKE — The first legal sale of recreational marijuana in Minnesota was made on the Red Lake reservation on Tuesday to a tribal employee before a throng of journalists and tribal leaders. Charles Goodwin, a Red Lake band member and employee of the tribal dispensary, selected some Nudder Budd...
The first legal sale of recreational marijuana in Minnesota was made on the Red Lake reservation on Tuesday to a tribal employee before a throng of journalists and tribal leaders.
- Recreational weed is now legal in Minnesota: What to knowwww.cbsnews.com Recreational weed is now legal in Minnesota: What to know
Where can you legally smoke recreational cannabis? Can you grow cannabis in your home? Is it OK for Wisconsinites to buy marijuana in Minnesota and bring it back home? Here are answers to all your questions about the new law.
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> Minnesotans are now able to legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes, after the Minnesota Legislature approved a 300-page bill earlier this year, and Gov. Tim Walz signed it into law shortly thereafter. It became official Tuesday.
- Minnesota cities can no longer mandate turf grass lawns - Minnesota Reformerminnesotareformer.com Minnesota cities can no longer mandate turf grass lawns - Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota cities can no longer ban pollinator-friendly native landscaping, thanks to a provision in a state government finance bill that took effect in July. Concern over declining populations of bees and other pollinators has sparked interest in native plant landscaping in recent years, with many h...
- DNR confirms new Line 3 aquifer breach in northern Minnesotawww.mprnews.org DNR confirms new Line 3 aquifer breach in northern Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources confirmed it’s investigating the rupture near Moose Lake, south of Hill City in Aitkin County in an area with complex wetlands and peat bogs. It’s the fourth confirmed breach of a groundwater aquifer along the Line 3 corridor.
- One solution to Minnesota’s teacher shortage: alternative trainingsahanjournal.com One solution to Minnesota’s teacher shortage: alternative training
This summer, Teach Minnesota is training nearly 50 teachers who will be in classrooms in the fall. Program leaders say this model can train the diverse teachers that Minnesota needs.
- Minnesota creates new office to support ‘emerging farmers’ - Minnesota Reformerminnesotareformer.com Minnesota creates new office to support ‘emerging farmers’ - Minnesota Reformer
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is hiring a director for the Emerging Farmers Office as part of a larger push to diversify the agriculture industry. In May, lawmakers approved $1.5 million in funding over the next two years to expand the Emerging Farmers Office. The director will do outreach...
- Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.portside.org Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.
In a staggering report last month, the Department of Justice documented pervasive abuse, illegal use of force, racial bias and systemic dysfunction in the Minneapolis Police Department. City police officers engaged in brutality or made racist comments, even as a department investigator rod...
- Beltrami County Historical Society pushes to return sacred Indigenous artifacts to communitieswww.mprnews.org Beltrami County Historical Society pushes to return sacred Indigenous artifacts to communities
Recently a court granted the Beltrami Historical Society’s museum permission to break up arguably its most important collection — the John Morrison collection. This will allow culturally sensitive artifacts to be repatriated to the Indigenous communities where they originated.
In addition to preserving the area’s rich history, the Beltrami County Historical Society may now be making it.
Recently a court granted the museum permission to break up arguably its most important collection — the John Morrison collection — so that culturally sensitive artifacts could be repatriated back to the Indigenous communities from where they originated.
Emily Thabes is the society’s executive director. Sitting in the museum she gave an overview of the building’s own history.
“We're in the Great Northern Depot in Bemidji, Minnesota, so this was the last depot that was built by James J. Hill,” Thabes said. “It was built in 1913, so it's 110 years old this year and this building was converted into the history center in 2000.”
Emily Thabes is executive director of The Beltrami County Historical Society. She said the old Great Northern Railroad Depot was turned into a museum in 2000. This year it will turn 110 years old.
But it’s some of the items in the building which has focused her attention recently.
A few years ago, a First Nations tribe in Canada sent the historical society a letter enquiring about a ceremonial water drum.
The museum no longer had the artifact, but it forced the staff to re-examine what was in their archives and in particular the John Morrison collection which contained about 2,000 artifacts from numerous tribes throughout the U.S. and Canada.
The collection also includes the largest number of Red Lake artifacts outside of the reservation.
Morrison who was half Native American, acquired much of his collection during the 1920s and 1930s although many of the artifacts predate that. At the time he owned the trading post in Ponemah on Red Lake. He later served as the local school’s first headmaster as well as the postmaster.
In the 1960s shortly before his death, Morrison donated his collection of artifacts to the historical society. It became the foundation of the museum itself. Morrison also recorded descriptions of some of the objects.
Upon hearing of the Red Lake artifacts former Red Lake executive administrator, Thomas Cain Jr., had to see them for himself. He says it used to be that trading posts like Morrison's sometimes took objects as surety for things people needed until people could pay, much like modern-day pawn shops. Red Lake Reservation
Red Lake Reservation encompasses nearly 800,000 acres across northern Minnesota with four primary communities; Red Lake, Redby, Little Rock and Ponemah.
“The families were more than likely hungry for food. So that's an example of how a lot of these artifacts end up where they do is through hunger, starvation, poverty,” Cain said. “You know, people got to eat every day.”
In Morrison’s recordings he describes how he came into possession of many of the artifacts, including some regalia.
“The jacket was not originally a part of the costume. And I got that I think in 1920, along there I traded some of the Indians around there when I had the store,” he said in the recording. “The headdress I bought from a Catholic priest from the Pine Ridge Reservation (in South Dakota).”
Among the objects in the collection were 150 to 200 objects protected under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act or NAGPRA.
Passed in 1990, the federal law protects human remains, funerary objects or objects of cultural patrimony. It applies to institutions that receive federal dollars, all except the Smithsonian Institution which follows different guidelines.
According to Thabes, the Bemidji collection contained all of those kinds of items except human remains.
“We've had these items for some time and of course the law has been in place for some time,” she said. “But the will that Mr. Morrison left regarding the items and how he wanted those items to be treated put restrictions on us about being able to follow NAGPRA guidelines.” A box with artifacts
Much of the Morrison collection is stored in boxes. Emily Thabes said the items have been blessed by Indigenous members from the communities they were taken from.
Basically, Morrison said the collection could not be broken up.
Last year after consulting with area tribal members the historical society secured the help of a Twin Cities law firm and a consultant. And in an unprecedented move, with help from volunteers and the county, they successfully argued in court to amend the will, allowing the repatriation process to move forward.
“We put forth the right argument regarding why we wanted to make the change,” Thabes recounted. “Because it's a significant thing to not follow a will but it is a more significant thing not to follow the rights of Native American people.”
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe member, Jim Jones Jr., is a NAGPRA expert. He served 22 years with the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. As a former culture resource director, he's been involved in countless repatriations. He says it's uncommon to see an institution do what Beltrami County's did.
“The items that were identified were in fact sacred items. And so, the institution knowing what those items are, working with tribal communities realize that, 'Hey, we shouldn't have these, the right thing to do is to return them back to the tribal communities,’” Jones said. “It’s rare that you see something like that because if you don’t have a tribal community or you’re a private collection or private museum, there’s no law that mandates that you have to return those items.” A hand holds a horn
Emily Thabes displays a hand-carved powder horn that is part of the John Morrison collection. Most of the pieces were gathered during the 1920s and 1930s while Morrison operated a trading post in Ponemah, Minn.
Jones hopes other institutions follow Bemidji's lead.
Following NAGPRA guidelines the Beltrami County Historical Society created an inventory and sent letters summarizing the items to nine tribes they know are affected. However there may be others. The items will also be entered into an online registry with descriptions and photos when possible.
Thabes said the organization now looks forward to whatever next steps develop. Personally, she says, she’s grateful how this experience has changed her worldview.
“If this was my grandmother, right? This is literally pieces of my grandmother, that's how I have to think about these things. Would I want her to be on display somewhere?” Thabes asked.
“No, of course not. Nobody wants that. So, if we think about things from our basic human needs, desires and instincts, because that's where we all are. Then I think that helps to guide where we need to go.”
- Violent crime down across the board in the Twin Cities - Minnesota Reformerminnesotareformer.com Violent crime down across the board in the Twin Cities - Minnesota Reformer
Violent crime in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area is down 11% in the first half of 2023, according to data presented this week by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans. Aggravated assault is down 6% in the region, rape is down 17%, and robbery and homicide are bo...
- Finn Fest opens in Duluth, commits to the city for next five yearswww.mprnews.org Finn Fest opens in Duluth, commits to the city for next five years
Around 2,000 people are expected at Finn Fest in Duluth, a five-day festival celebrating Finnish culture that features music, film, art and shopping, along with talks on Finland’s recent acceptance into NATO, and even public saunas.
- Boys from the North Country: Exploring Bob Dylan's time in Minnesota | MinnPostwww.minnpost.com Boys from the North Country: Exploring Bob Dylan's time in Minnesota | MinnPost
Two new books explore Bob Dylan’s roots in Hibbing and Duluth, with fellow Iron Range songwriter Paul Metsa at the heart of both.
- Book excerpt: The time Mayor Hubert Humphrey had to choose between civil rights and the police - Minnesota Reformerminnesotareformer.com Book excerpt: The time Mayor Hubert Humphrey had to choose between civil rights and the police - Minnesota Reformer
When Humphrey arrived, not yet two months into his mayoralty, he faced two men he considered essential allies and the irreconcilable choices they embodied.
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Just about a week before legalization, leaders of some cities who want tighter restrictions on marijuana use have been rushing to update their local codes.
- How to re-enroll in Medicaid and MinnesotaCare as deadlines approachsahanjournal.com How to re-enroll in Medicaid and MinnesotaCare as deadlines approach
Minnesotans on the government health insurance Medicaid and MinnesotaCare must re-enroll by August and December to receive health care. Here’s how to re-enroll.
- Restored voting rights inspire Native woman to run for Duluth officesahanjournal.com Restored voting rights inspire Native woman to run for Duluth office
After recovering from addiction, Miranda Pacheco wants to help other people dealing with housing and mental health challenges in Duluth, Minnesota. The state legislature passed a law this spring restoring voting rights to 55,000 people with felony records.
- New maps show where Minnesota businesses might need environmental justice analysis under law | MinnPostwww.minnpost.com New maps show where Minnesota businesses might need environmental justice analysis under law | MinnPost
The final product only applies to projects inside, or within a mile of, environmental justice areas in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, Rochester and Duluth. But the definition of an environmental justice area is expansive enough to cover the vast majority of those regions.
- Leaked tritium may have reached Mississippi Riverwww.mprnews.org Leaked tritium may have reached Mississippi River
Xcel Energy says water with very low levels of radioactive tritium was detected about 30 feet from the river’s edge. State health and pollution control officials say there’s no risk to drinking water.
- Reduce, Reuse and Rental Could Solve a Growing Solid Waste Problemstreets.mn Reduce, Reuse and Rental Could Solve a Growing Solid Waste Problem
Nonprofit Reuse Minnesota has issued a new report on the statewide impacts of reusing what might otherwise wind up as waste. It’s called a “circular economy.”
- E-bikes are pricey, but Minnesota is offering buyer rebates next yearspokesman-recorder.com E-bikes are pricey, but Minnesota is offering buyer rebates next year
E-bikes have grown significantly in popularity since the pandemic began as people sought ways to be out and about.
- Vikings rookie Jordan Addison cited for driving 140 mph in St. Paul | MinnPostwww.minnpost.com Vikings rookie Jordan Addison cited for driving 140 mph in St. Paul | MinnPost
Plus: Paper mill strike continues; Minnesota unemployment rate remains at 2.9%; beloved St. Paul restaurants to close this weekend; and more.
- Think you have talent? You could win $10,000 at the Minnesota State Fairwww.mprnews.org Think you have talent? You could win $10,000 at the Minnesota State Fair
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Overall, Minnesota CEO pay declined 20% in the 2022 fiscal years for the companies, mainly because of stock market declines and fewer equity awards being exercised.
- Walz highlights teacher shortage on statewide workforce tour - Minnesota Reformerminnesotareformer.com Walz highlights teacher shortage on statewide workforce tour - Minnesota Reformer
Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday asked a group of Savage 4th graders attending summer school a question: “How many of you think you’d like to be teachers someday?” No one raised their hands. “Awe, c’mon — it’s so fun!” Walz said. A few students tentatively put their hands in the air. The unenthusiastic re...
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Plans are afoot to revamp and reinforce parts of its Bean and Bear section and two other popular loop hikes. Minnesota lawmakers this year approved $565,000 for the work.
- Minnesota Supreme Court declines to hear Derek Chauvin's petition for appealm.startribune.com Minnesota Supreme Court declines to hear Derek Chauvin's petition for appeal
The imprisoned former officer who killed George Floyd is now turning to the U.S. Supreme Court, one of his attorneys said.
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Thank you for your interest in providing feedback on the initial range of alternatives before MnDOT refines the concepts and evaluates them. This is your opportunity to tell us what should be incorporated and if there should be additional alternatives developed. Please be clear, concise, and as spec...
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Seven years since winning NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea has played hundreds of gigs around the world, scored a Broadway play and become an influential advocate for disability awareness.
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A subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp initiated foreclosure proceedings against the owners of Crossroads Center mall.
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Minnesota’s 11 tribes are among those seeking compensation for the land that is now a great part of the University of Minnesota’s holdings.
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