RAPID CITY – Grassroots Native treaty rights events here during the national Independence Day holiday this 4th of July featured a peaceful but spectacular civil disobedience action: Four indigenous technical climbers scaled downtown’s landmark private grain elevator to drop a gigantic, inverted U.S. flag from the top. “An upside-down flag
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WASHINGTON – In Canada this past May, the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School brought past Indigenous traumas into the international spotlight. Yesterday, over 700 more unmarked graves were found on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Canada. Boarding schools and residential schools are a tragic thread in history that the United States and Canada share:
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that Kristi Nuna’q Williams is joining her team as Staff Director and General Counsel of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, of which Murkowski is Vice Chairman. Kristi Williams will be the first Alaskan to hold this position. Kristi previously served as Senator
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CASPER, WY —The Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo is returning to Casper July 9 – 17, 2021 and while you can attend the event in person, the PRCA rodeo will also be broadcast live on the Cowboy Channel (and the Cowboy Channel app) from July 13 – 17. “This
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Chairman Frazier statement regarding South Dakota Army National Guard deployment to Texas. EAGLE BUTTE – Harold Frazier, Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, sent a letter to the Governor of South Dakota requesting assistance on assessment and establishment of medical facilities in anticipation of the COVID-19 pandemic spread. Today,
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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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