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Ojibwe rice harvest is latest test of treaty limits in Minnesota

Ojibwe rice harvest is latest test of treaty limits in Minnesota

When Ojibwe band members today harvest rice outside reservation boundaries without a required permit, it will mark the latest chapter in Minnesota treaty conflicts. But this one goes beyond fish and wild rice.
by Dan Gunderson

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Amelia Boynton Robinson, survivor of 'Bloody Sunday,' dies at 104

Amelia Boynton Robinson, survivor of 'Bloody Sunday,' dies at 104

In 50 years, Amelia Boynton Robinson went from being beaten on a bridge in Selma, Ala., to being pushed across the bridge in a wheelchair alongside the president of the United States.

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Hmong commentary on 'bad women' draws backlash

Hmong commentary on 'bad women' draws backlash

A host on web TV told Hmong women in unhappy marriages to try harder to please their husbands.
by Doualy Xaykaothao

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Why your doctor won't friend you on Facebook

Why your doctor won't friend you on Facebook

Public professional Facebook pages focused on medicine are catching on. But doctors aren't ready to share vacation photos and other more intimate details with their patients.
by Shefali Luthra

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MN Fair offers booth to Black Lives Matter; group worries over safety

MN Fair offers booth to Black Lives Matter; group worries over safety

Minnesota State Fair officials say Black Lives Matter can have an authorized space on fair grounds. But a leader of the group says organizers may not feel safe.
by Tim Nelson

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Planned wild rice harvest to test 1855 treaty rights

Planned wild rice harvest to test 1855 treaty rights

The move by White Earth Band of Ojibwe members is a direct challenge to state law and conservation rules. The DNR warns it may prosecute if the harvest happens.
by Tim Nelson

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Why phone fraud starts with a silent call

Why phone fraud starts with a silent call

When you answer your phone and there's no one one the other end, it could in fact be a computer that's gathering information about you and your bank account.
by Aarti Shahani

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Aspen Ideas Festival: The four sources of happiness

Aspen Ideas Festival: The four sources of happiness

What's included in the Declaration of Independence? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Americans aren't promised happiness, just the pursuit of it. At the 2015 Aspen Ideas Festival, several psychologists suggest that our old notions of happiness aren't true today.

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Target Corp. to pay $2.8M discrimination settlement

Target Corp. to pay $2.8M discrimination settlement

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says thousands of people were adversely affected, and the settlement money will be divided among them.
by The Associated Press

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