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Reprimand lifted for Spirit Lake whistleblower
The Indian Health Service has rescinded its reprimand of a clinical psychiatrist who sounded the alarm over what he regarded as systemic failures to protect endangered children of the Spirit Lake Tribe.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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The Indian Health Service has rescinded its reprimand of a clinical psychiatrist who sounded the alarm over what he regarded as systemic failures to protect endangered children of the Spirit Lake Tribe.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Autopsy complete but still secret in Spirit Lake infant death
The state forensic examiner completed an autopsy on a 2-month-old girl whose relatives worried could be a neglected child, but an investigation of the death continues.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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The state forensic examiner completed an autopsy on a 2-month-old girl whose relatives worried could be a neglected child, but an investigation of the death continues.
Friday, August, 03, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Three Affiliated Tribes wants riverboat gambling
A Three Affiliated Tribes official says the tribe plans to offer riverboat gambling on a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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A Three Affiliated Tribes official says the tribe plans to offer riverboat gambling on a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.
Thursday, August, 02, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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OUR OPINION: Indian Health Service must explain Tilus reprimand
The Indian Health Service needs to explain itself. Otherwise, the stain on its integrity caused by the situation at Spirit Lake only deepens.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Opinion
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The Indian Health Service needs to explain itself. Otherwise, the stain on its integrity caused by the situation at Spirit Lake only deepens.
Tuesday, July, 31, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Opinion
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St. Michael man charged in deaths of two children waives federal bond
The man charged with murdering two children last year in their home on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation near Devils Lake waived his right to a detention hearing that was scheduled for today in Grand Forks.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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The man charged with murdering two children last year in their home on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation near Devils Lake waived his right to a detention hearing that was scheduled for today in Grand Forks.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Fort Totten psychologist reprimanded for letter of concern involving Spirit Lake
A clinical psychologist who wrote a letter expressing “grave concern” about endangered children on the Spirit Lake reservation has been reprimanded and reassigned.
Saturday, July, 28, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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A clinical psychologist who wrote a letter expressing “grave concern” about endangered children on the Spirit Lake reservation has been reprimanded and reassigned.
Saturday, July, 28, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Fort Totten to host bike rally and powwow
A bike rally and health fair will be held today at the Fort Totten (N.D.) Historic Site.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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A bike rally and health fair will be held today at the Fort Totten (N.D.) Historic Site.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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ND tribal official sentenced for embezzlement
Authorities say the former director of the Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Program has been sentenced to three months in a halfway house for embezzlement.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - - News
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Authorities say the former director of the Spirit Lake Vocational Rehabilitation Program has been sentenced to three months in a halfway house for embezzlement.
Wednesday, July, 25, 2012 - - News
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St. Michael, ND, man pleads guilty
A St. Michael, N.D., man admitted in federal court Tuesday to causing a drunken driving accident that led to a Grand Forks man’s death. Douglas Allen Baker, also known as Douglas Lawrence, faces up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter in U.S. District Court in Fargo.
Tuesday, July, 24, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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A St. Michael, N.D., man admitted in federal court Tuesday to causing a drunken driving accident that led to a Grand Forks man’s death. Douglas Allen Baker, also known as Douglas Lawrence, faces up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter in U.S. District Court in Fargo.
Tuesday, July, 24, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Man charged in 2011 killings of 9-year-old, 6-year-old on Spirit Lake Reservation
After an agonizing 14 months of waiting and wondering, the people of the Spirit Lake Nation learned Monday that federal authorities had arrested a St. Michael, N.D., man over the weekend and charged him with the brutal killings of two children.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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After an agonizing 14 months of waiting and wondering, the people of the Spirit Lake Nation learned Monday that federal authorities had arrested a St. Michael, N.D., man over the weekend and charged him with the brutal killings of two children.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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St. Louis River gradually returns to normal after June flood
Fisheries biologists with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources say the St. Louis River probably weathered the high water well and that fishing will rebound as the river returns to more normal conditions.
Sunday, July, 22, 2012 - Forum Communications - Outdoors
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Fisheries biologists with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources say the St. Louis River probably weathered the high water well and that fishing will rebound as the river returns to more normal conditions.
Sunday, July, 22, 2012 - Forum Communications - Outdoors
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UND Indian culture expert: Big hurdles in protecting reservation children
Recent deaths of children at the Spirit Lake Nation have brought a spotlight on child abuse and neglect, from federal and state authorities and from the news media. Greg Gagnon, a now retired Indian studies professor, says those problems are real, but many outsiders do not appreciate the enormous hurdles tribal officials face in dealing with the problem.
Sunday, July, 22, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Recent deaths of children at the Spirit Lake Nation have brought a spotlight on child abuse and neglect, from federal and state authorities and from the news media. Greg Gagnon, a now retired Indian studies professor, says those problems are real, but many outsiders do not appreciate the enormous hurdles tribal officials face in dealing with the problem.
Sunday, July, 22, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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14 months, and no charges yet in death of 2 children in Spirit Lake reservation
Destiny DuBois, 9, and her brother Travis DuBois Jr., 6, were found under a mattress in their father's home, slain by a knife or another cutting weapon. Their mother Mena Shaw discovered them there after their father Travis DuBois reported them missing. Almost 14 months later, nobody has been charged. Now, the search here on the Spirit Lake Nation is for answers to crimes that shook the community and have been cited as a grave example of endangered children on the reservation.
Sunday, July, 15, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Destiny DuBois, 9, and her brother Travis DuBois Jr., 6, were found under a mattress in their father's home, slain by a knife or another cutting weapon. Their mother Mena Shaw discovered them there after their father Travis DuBois reported them missing. Almost 14 months later, nobody has been charged. Now, the search here on the Spirit Lake Nation is for answers to crimes that shook the community and have been cited as a grave example of endangered children on the reservation.
Sunday, July, 15, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Violence against children drives tribal whistleblower
Betty Jo Krenz can’t forget the desperate faces and voices she came to know while working with Head Start and foster-care children at Spirit Lake Nation. She is one of a small but vocal group of people who have been reporting alleged gaps in the child protection and welfare programs on this Dakota Sioux reservation in northeast North Dakota. The tribal government dismissed her a year ago.
Sunday, July, 15, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Betty Jo Krenz can’t forget the desperate faces and voices she came to know while working with Head Start and foster-care children at Spirit Lake Nation. She is one of a small but vocal group of people who have been reporting alleged gaps in the child protection and welfare programs on this Dakota Sioux reservation in northeast North Dakota. The tribal government dismissed her a year ago.
Sunday, July, 15, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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‘How can you lose a girl for 90 days?’
Former Sen. Byron Dorgan: Child abuse on reservations needs better, more coordinated response
“There aren’t enough resources, and there aren’t enough people to care,” he said following the death of a a two-month-old child at the Spirit Lake Nation. Child abuse and neglect is one of the most vexing problems facing Indian country today, experts say. Dorgan chaired the Senate Indian Affairs Committee until 2010.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Former Sen. Byron Dorgan: Child abuse on reservations needs better, more coordinated response
“There aren’t enough resources, and there aren’t enough people to care,” he said following the death of a a two-month-old child at the Spirit Lake Nation. Child abuse and neglect is one of the most vexing problems facing Indian country today, experts say. Dorgan chaired the Senate Indian Affairs Committee until 2010.
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Hoeven seeks early hearings on Indian child protection
Hearings on the problem of Indian child abuse likely would be held in Washington, D.C., “because more senators would be there, and there would be national exposure,” said Ryan Bernstein, deputy chief of staff for Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. “We see the issue right now in our state, but this is an issue in other states, as well.”
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Hearings on the problem of Indian child abuse likely would be held in Washington, D.C., “because more senators would be there, and there would be national exposure,” said Ryan Bernstein, deputy chief of staff for Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. “We see the issue right now in our state, but this is an issue in other states, as well.”
Saturday, July, 14, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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At Spirit Lake, a family grapples with the death of a baby girl
Deborah Kaye Anderson will be mourned Saturday at a funeral on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, home for all her brief life. The infant girl, 2 months old when she died last week, will be laid to rest wearing a white christening dress and an Indian headband decorated with a white plume.
Friday, July, 13, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Deborah Kaye Anderson will be mourned Saturday at a funeral on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, home for all her brief life. The infant girl, 2 months old when she died last week, will be laid to rest wearing a white christening dress and an Indian headband decorated with a white plume.
Friday, July, 13, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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3 from Spirit Lake sentenced for embezzlement
Three Spirit Lake tribal members were sentenced for embezzlement Thursday, U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced. Bruce Walking Eagle, Rochelle Walking Eagle and Lorna Walking Eagle were each sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $25 to the Crime Victim’s Fund.
Friday, July, 13, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Three Spirit Lake tribal members were sentenced for embezzlement Thursday, U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced. Bruce Walking Eagle, Rochelle Walking Eagle and Lorna Walking Eagle were each sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $25 to the Crime Victim’s Fund.
Friday, July, 13, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Public meetings set for N.D. highway plan
The N.D. Department of Transportation will hold public input meetings on a new strategic plan for state highways on July 18, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Park River City Hall and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Howard Johnson in Grand Forks.
Wednesday, July, 11, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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The N.D. Department of Transportation will hold public input meetings on a new strategic plan for state highways on July 18, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Park River City Hall and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Howard Johnson in Grand Forks.
Wednesday, July, 11, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Infant dies at Spirit Lake Indian Reservation after ignored neglect reports
The death Saturday of a 2-month-old girl whose mother was suspected of drug abuse and child neglect is the latest episode in what critics have described as an ongoing crisis of children at risk at Spirit Lake Nation, according to a federal official.
Wednesday, July, 11, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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The death Saturday of a 2-month-old girl whose mother was suspected of drug abuse and child neglect is the latest episode in what critics have described as an ongoing crisis of children at risk at Spirit Lake Nation, according to a federal official.
Wednesday, July, 11, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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