Sophisticated tribal economies go back well before the time of Columbus. While empires like the Maya, Inca and Aztec are well known, tribes as far north as the Arctic Circle had a flourishing trade-based economy that networked from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Agriculture based economies like the Iroquois and
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The Hall of Tribal Nations at BIA headquarters honors the federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes of the United States with a display of each one’s flag. The new American Rescue Plan Act relief for indigenous community services is earmarked for these 574 tribal governments, not corporations. (COURTESY
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By Darren Thompson Native Sun News Today Correspondent Tara Houska: “President Biden, stand up for Anishinaabe treaties, stand up for our wild rice, stand up against fossil fuel expansion.” Photo Courtesy by Keri Pickett BEMIDJI, Minn. — As construction continues on Enbridge Energy Inc.’s Line 3 replacement project, so
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds’ (R-S.D.) legislation to repeal discriminatory federal laws targeting Native Americans unanimously passed the Senate. The Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act would repeal 11 outdated federal laws, including laws that stripped Native American children from their families for the purpose
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The Board of Directors of Wambli Ska Okolakiciye and Woyatan are excited to announce the much-anticipated Grand Opening of the Daron White Eagle Center. The Daron White Eagle Center honors the legacy of Daron White Eagle the founder of Wambli Ska Okolakiciye and father of Chris White Eagle, President of
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DENVER — The discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada has, once again, ignited the trauma of Indigenous people across North America. In the United States, Indigenous children were also taken from their families and homes and
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ROCKFORD, TN – Remote Area Medical- RAM® – a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality, dental, vision and medical care to underserved and uninsured individuals—will be coming St. Francis, SD, on August 13-15, 2021 to provide free care. To fulfill its goal of treating as many people
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Courtesy Photo MISSION . Seventeen-year-old, Rosebud Sioux Tribal member Tashina Red Hawk, has officially joined the ranks of Entrepreneurship. In May of this year, she opened her very own drive through coffee shop located on Highway 18 and Washington Street next to NAPA. When asked why she opened her coffee
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Indian treaty rights are one reason judge denied South Dakota governor’s lawsuit to hold fireworks. She sends second letter to U.S. President despite court ruling that explained wildfire and perchlorate problems at national monument in tribes’ unceded Black Hills territory. COURTESY / Kristi Noem PIERRE – South Dakota Gov. Kristi
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On the same day Canadian pipeline developer TC Energy announced that it’s officially terminating its Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project, one Native American activist has avoided jail time for her protest against it. Jasilyn Charger, represented by attorney Terry L. Pechota, pled no contest today to a charge of criminal
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