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• In 1973, about 200 members of the American Indian Movement and their supporters huddled in houses, some with guns, to protest alleged corruption within the tribal government.
• It was the same site where 80 years before soldiers from the 7th Cavalry slaughtered an estimated 300 Native American men, women and children.
• During the occupation, two Native Americans were killed, an activist went missing and a federal agent was wounded.
• This year's anniversary will be marked by ceremonies and prayers at the site of the occupation.
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USDA deputy secretary to announce grant program
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- The deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is traveling to South Dakota to announce $75 million in USDA research grants to combat U.S. and global hunger.
• Kathleen Merrigan will visit South Dakota State University in Brookings on Wednesday morning.
• The grants also aim to promote rural business development and highlight the economic importance of local and regional food systems.
• Merrigan also plans to discuss USDA's 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' initiative and efforts to create new opportunities for farmers, ranchers, and communities by building local and regional food systems.
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Slow-moving snowstorm pummels Midwest, heads east
• TAMMY WEBBER,Associated Press
• CHICAGO (AP) -- A massive, slow-moving storm paralyzed parts of the nation's midsection with heavy, wet snow Tuesday, straining power lines, closing schools, clogging roadways and delaying hundreds of flights before churning eastward, where forecasters expected it to dump 5-8 inches of snow in southeast Michigan on Wednesday afternoon and up to a foot in northern New England by later in the evening.
• The storm was so big -- making travel perilous Tuesday from the Oklahoma Panhandle to the Great Lakes -- that snowfall was expected to linger in Chicago and other parts of the Midwest on Wednesday, with additional accumulations of up to 1½ inches, said Matt Friedlein, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service's northern Illinois office. Chicago received 2-4 inches of snow Tuesday, but some northern suburbs got up to 7½ inches, Friedlein said.
• Other parts of the Midwest got far more, with more than 15 inches in parts of (Continued on page 18)
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