Map shows land cover types on Penobscot reservation and off-reservation trust lands. Note: The portion of the Penobscot River outlined in bold black lines is part of the Penobscot reservation Part two of three For decades, deleterious effects of contamination and diverting the flow of natural estuaries and riparian ecosystems
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19th. Century Calvary soldiers pose with Hotchkiss guns like those used at the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 to murder hundreds of mostly unarmed Lakota men, women, and children. (photo courtesy of Jeffrey Hotchkiss) PORTLAND ME – Jeffrey Hotchkiss of Portland, Maine, learned in 2009 that his relative invented the
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Registration line can be seen on both the left and the right beyond the food truck vendors and their patrons in the foreground. (Photo by Marnie Cook) MINILUZAHAN – The lonely parking lot behind the Journey Museum came alive on Friday as NDN Collective hosted their Fifth Annual Backpack Giveaway
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Faith Holmes and inmates at the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Corrections celebration the completion of the NCS workshop using meditation as a tool for change. (Photo courtesy Faith Holmes) PINE RIDGE – In November of 2022 an audience of 99 healers, educators and leaders gathered in Rapid City, South
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation to extend the reporting deadline for Indian Health Service (IHS) patients who seek emergency care outside of IHS facilities. The IHS Emergency Claims Parity Act would extend the emergency notification requirements of IHS’s Purchased and Referred Care
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Stephan Curran colorized this 1930s photo showing the family of HAWK 1890 member Marlis Afraid of Hawk at Pine Ridge Reservation. Left to right, her great-grandmother “He Ska Win”/White Mountain Woman; grandmother Mabel Cetan Kokipa/Afraid of Hawk; grandfather Richard Cetan Kokipa/Afraid of Hawk; and their two sons, Bert and Cain
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Marcella Gilbert and her mother Madonna Thunder Hawk (both Cheyenne River Lakota). SANTA ROSA CA – Women’s Equality Day, celebrated on August 26th, marks the anniversary of the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which declared: “The right of citizens of the United States to
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Miriam Iams (L), Evelyn Vinson (M), Joe Polaski (R) RAPID CITY – Officials reported a tremendous turnout for the annual ‘Fill a Patrol Car with School Supplies’ event at local Walmart stores on Friday, with five carloads of supplies donated. They also collected nearly $1,000 in cash donations to purchase
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The “Indian Church” depicts a gathering of people assembled in front of an altar, which is surrounded by structures resembling tipi walls for protection. “This is truly modern art, modern design, with its cross-racial themes, its fascination with celebrity and popular culture. There were moments when I thought, ‘Andy Warhol.
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Although the river’s salmon and other migratory fish have encountered numerous challenges, including polluted waters and rising ocean temperatures, none have been as detrimental as the aging hydro dams that prevent sea-run fish from accessing vital spawning habitats. PENOBSCOT INDIAN NATION — Indigenous communities, like many minority and low-income communities,
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