Beverly Stabber Warne RAPID CITY — The Oceti have lost another elder, Bev Warne (Oglala Lakota).Warne belongs to a small class of Native Americans who has helped the Oceti remember who they are. They were born after the turn of the Twentieth Century. After the U.S. policies of genocide, termination
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This story was printed with permission of the Brings Plenty family. On Tuesday, April 16, the casket of Cole Brings Plenty rests before three tipis representing his family tiospayes. All photos reprinted with permission of Brings Plenty family. Photo Credit/Jodi Rave Spotted Bear EAGLE BUTTE – In death, Cole Brings
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American Indian Health Service of Chicago The federal government recently awarded a Chicago health clinic nearly half a million dollars for a healing circle diabetes program that will treat the disease “through practice of communal songs, prayer, music, and dance,” grant records show. The Department of Health and Human Services
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May is National Mental Health Month. While mental health is rightfully a concern for all, Native Americans have multiple reasons to be committed to learning, acting, and advocating for increased awareness and access to culturally competent mental health care. According to an article published in 2023 by Compassion Behavioral Health,
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Today, Robins Kaplan LLP filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin against entities that include Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, Inc., Snap Inc., TikTok parent company ByteDance, and Alphabet Inc., which owns YouTube
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The Midwest HIDTA assesses that private passenger vehicles, the USPS, and commercial mailing services are the primary drug transportation methods used by DTOs to transport illicit drugs into and throughout the Midwest HIDTA region. Governor Noem is reaching out to Tribes in the state. She says she wants to help
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Chief Little Wolf Legendary Northern Cheyenne Chief 1868 (Photo courtesy Wallace Bearchum, Northern Cheyenne Cultural Commission) LAME DEER, Mont. – Every American Indian Tribe has a dark story to recall about surviving the onslaught of Manifest Destiny and U.S. Military attempts to exterminate them. Sadly some Tribes did not survive,
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Cole Brings Plenty. August 18, 1996 – April 5, 2024 photo via Facebook Noted young actor and advocate Cole “Coco” Brings Plenty (27) of Eagle Butte and Lawrence, Kansas, began his journey on or about April 5, 2024, following five days of concern for his wellbeing and whereabouts. His father,
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Deb Haaland Secretary of Interior WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the proposed appointments of Sharon Avery and Jeannie Hovland as Associate Commissioners to the National Indian Gaming Commission. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act established the three-person National Indian Gaming Commission in 1988 to support and
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tribal officials from South Dakota gave testimony at the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee listening session on public safety in Native American communities on March 20, 2024. None of the testimony given regarding the difficulties of policing vast areas of land were new as this crisis has
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