RAPID CITY – The Lakota Nation Invitational (LNI) board voted today to cancel all 2020 LNI events and basketball tournament, due to the rising numbers and concerns about safety for our students/athletes, fans and workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following are the quotes from LNI board President Chuck Wilson
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ALBUQUERQUE – In honor of Native American Heritage Month, American Indian Graduate Center has established the Empowering Scholars Initiative, which will increase the organization’s reach as it transforms the educational journeys of Native scholars. The $1M scholarship launch is set to happen on November 1, 2020, thanks to the generosity
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RAPID CITY – A Healing Room is now available to patients, visitors, physicians and caregivers at Monument Health’s main hospital in Rapid City. It is located in the new Fifth Street entrance which opened its doors to the public last month. The circular room is around 250 square feet and
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EAGLE BUTTE — In less than two months, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will bring Santa Claus to South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, where he will deliver thousands of personalized Christmas gifts to children in 20 reservation communities. The grassroots, nonprofit youth organization has held its Wo Otúh’an Wi
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RAPID CITY — On Monday, a resolution which would have taken the first steps in resolving 3 outstanding land deeds involved with the Rapid City Indian School lands was voted to be moved to a future working session for further discussion. The Rapid City Council voted 6-3 to move discussion
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CHAMBERLAIN – On October 14, St. Joseph’s Indian School and Native Hope staff led female students in grades 6-12th grade through an educational opportunity on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and the Red Sand Project. The event brought awareness and provided information on protective factors around sex trafficking. Sex trafficking
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On Oct. 18, Camp Mni Luzahan went up anew, this time on land universally recognized as being under tribal jurisdiction in a rural area outside of Rapid City.COURTESY / Camp Mni Luzahan RAPID CITY – The legacy of Lakota Territory treaty violation reared its head to haunt city officials in
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2020 STEM Camp – Andrew Afterbiffa; Alis Shah and Brooke Blue Courtesy Missoulian. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded the University of Montana (UM) $740,000 to promote STEM educational activities (science, technology, education and math) among Native students in six states. Under the grant UM will be working with
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Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender RAPID CITY – During a COVID-19 briefing, Mayor Steve Allender announced that city employees and the public will be required to wear masks to city meetings and facilities. “For eight months now we have been monitoring and responding to the impacts of the COVID pandemic
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Deb Haaland WASHINGTON – Wednesday afternoon, a bill introduced by Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-NM) to break cycles of poverty in Indian Country, was signed into law. The bill received bipartisan support from Congressional Native American Caucus Co-Chair Tom Cole (R-OK), Representatives Norma Torres (D-CA), and Don Young (R-AK). The Senate companion to
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