Utah Senator, Mike Lee. (Courtesy photo) WASHINGTON—A bipartisan Senate bill intended to speed construction of energy and infrastructure projects is drawing strong opposition from tribal organizations that say it could weaken one of the few federal laws protecting sacred sites and cultural resources. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
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AI Graphic RAPID CITY—No treaty history for any tribe is orderly or simple. What follows are the three main treaties impacting the Lakota Nation. THE 1825 TREATIES In 1825, federal commissioners Henry Atkinson and Benjamin O’Fallon traveled up the Missouri River to make treaties with different tribal nations to secure
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AI Graphic RAPID CITY—South Dakota voters will decide in November whether a majority should remain a majority when they amend their state constitution. Constitutional Amendment L would require every future amendment or revision to the South Dakota Constitution to receive 60 percent of the vote. The present requirement is a
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AI Graphic NORTHERN CHEYENNE—A conversation ensued, on Red Shirt Talks, a YouTube podcast, concerning the dilemma facing the Northern Cheyenne. The host, an extremely bright young man from Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota had Gene Small, President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe for an hour long talk show,
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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House would create a process allowing unused tribal veterans housing vouchers to be transferred voluntarily from tribes that do not need them to tribes where Native veterans are waiting for housing assistance. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., introduced the Tribal Veterans Voucher
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South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden (Courtesy photo) PIERRE—Gov. Larry Rhoden has extended the deployment of seven South Dakota National Guard soldiers assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for another year, keeping the small contingent on duty through Sept. 30, 2027. Three soldiers are stationed in Sioux Falls, three in Rapid
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AI Graphic CONNOR, ME— Another 83 acres of ancestral land have been returned to the Mi’kmaq Nation in northern Maine, continuing an ambitious effort to restore tribal ownership of lands that once sustained generations of Mi’kmaq families. The newly acquired property, known as Pugweliget, borders four acres already owned by
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Manager of Eagle Nest Industries Monte Gonzalez WANBLEE— Eagle Nest District, a political subdivision of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, officially received certification as a participant in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program, effective August 17, 2026, according to a press
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Northern Cheyenne Tribal President Gene Small. (Photo courtesy of billingsgazette.com) On Thursday, October 1st, the re-installed Tribal Council voted unanimously to impeach/remove Tribal President Gene Small from office. The meeting was chaired by Tribal Vice-President, Ernest Little Mouth, Sr. The events surrounding that development were rather chaotic. This article is
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U.S. President Donald Trump at midterm campaign rally in Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. (Courtesy photo from Meta.) DURANT, OK— President Donald Trump brought his midterm campaign push to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Thursday, making him one of only a handful of sitting presidents to visit an Indian reservation. The
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