Tribal President Rynalea Whiteman Pena LAME DEER, Mont. – Last week Native Sun News Today printed a story “Lawlessness and Violence at Northern Cheyenne Blamed on Inadequate B.I.A. Law Enforcement” which quickly made its way through cyberspace. Just one day later, July 20, 2020, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe formally, by
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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 6, 2020
Charlene Teters ALBUQUERQUE – When Charlene Teters, (Spokane), enrolled in graduate school at the University of Illinois in 1989, her teenage children asked to go to a University basketball game. They were enjoying the game when at half time a non-Native man dressed in buckskin, beads, paint and a
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Barb had been trying for years to improve her relationship with her mother, Sandra. Barb tried everything. She would go over there for a quiet dinner with Sandra and then find herself being criticized for neglecting her husband and son. Barb tried staying away. She caught hell for that too.
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger August 4, 2020
Many people who have to live or work with the chronically angry feel unprepared to cope with their titanic temper tantrums. When we don’t know what to do when faced with anger, we have an unfortunate tendency to make up our own interventions. This DIY approach to cope with someone’s monumental rage is usually
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LAME DEER, Mont. – Within the past few months, four unsolved murders, several home invasions, the rise of bold drug operations in broad daylight on Cheyenne Avenue (Main Street in Lame Deer) ; the increased presence of intoxicated persons also hanging out in that area and finally the rise of
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WALL – Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative is retiring and returning more in capital credits to members this year – $7.3 million total – and is distributing the funds in August, which is a month ahead of the normal time frame. “This has been a challenging year for people due to
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Supaman promoted the tribal census response as a means to “holding the government accountable for the treaties we made,” saying, “We need to do our part for our people.” DENVER – The Chocktaw Nation missed out on many millions of dollars in federal aid for Covid-19 relief and other programs
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Free masks available at Western Dakota Tech RAPID CITY – Free masks and mask-making kits can be picked up by residents of Rapid City every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday within the main entrance of Western Dakota Tech (WDT) from 9 a.m. to noon. The masks and mask kits are a
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Artist Mark Powers stands in front of the mural he did for the Lower Brule tribal offices. Mark Powers has only a few more details to add to his mural that will be displayed in the Lower Brule tribal offices. The mural, which he calls the Stairway Mural, is 90%
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The grassroots struggles against two Energy Transfer Partners oil pipelines delivering Bakken fracked oil from North Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico connected tribal members from both ends of the Mississippi River, as pictured when Standing Rock water protectors joined with Bayou Bridge Pipeline fighters in Louisiana. Courtesy of IEN
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