Houseless and hungry By Clara Caufield, NSNT Staff Writer Part IV RAPID CITY – What normally happens to a homeless person who is drunk, passed out and in danger of freezing to death in a big city? If they are lucky, somebody will notice and call the cops. Going
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Charges dropped against Indigenous Water Protectors and Allies WASHINGTON – The United States Attorney’s office has decided to not charge 33 Indigenous water protectors and their allies who were arrested while peacefully occupying the Bureau of Indian Affairs lobby in the US Department of Affairs building on
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Standing Rock withdraws as a Dakota Access Pipeline Cooperating Agency amid serious safety concerns Water released into the Missouri River compromises emergency plans for Dakota Access Pipeline and puts Reservation at risk FORT YATES, N. D. – Newly elected Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairperson Janet Alkire is calling
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Tiffany Gusbeth named a “Leading for Equity” fellow Tiffany Gusbeth DENVER– Tiffany Gusbeth (Northern Cheyenne Nation), Vice President of Student Success Services at the American Indian College Fund, was one of 12 individuals chosen nationwide to participate in the inaugural cohort of Leading
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Montana law supports tribal language preservation efforts By Clara Caufield, NSNT Staff Writer MISSOULA, Mont. – Three Montana Tribes and the Montana State University Center for Bilingual and Multi-Culture Education will co-host a Workshop at the University of Montana in Missoula to provide professional development training for teachers
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American Indian Youth Literature a American Indian Youth Literature award winners ward winners. Vanessa ‘Chacha’ Centeno Award Chair American Indian Youth Literature Awards CHICAGO — Today American Indian Youth Literature Award-winning titles were highlighted during the American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards, the premiere announcement of the best
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BHFCU makes donation to help feed Black Hills elders RAPID CITY – Black Hills Federal Credit Union (BHFCU) recently donated $1,000 to Meals on Wheels Western South Dakota, enough to cover the costs of 250 meals. The credit union is pleased to support the elderly population in our communities.
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Share Our Strength provides seed funds for Native American communities WASHINGTON – Share Our Strength, a longtime partner of the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, has invested $1 million over two years to expand the scope of the Family Spirit evidence-based home visiting program to promote early childhood
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Transition at Sioux San raises questions By Clara Caufield, NSNT Staff Writer At the end of February, 2022 the Indian Health Service will no longer have a presence in Rapid City. Instead, under the direction of the Great Plains Tribal Health Board (GPTHB) federal health care as mandated by
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Lakota singers breathe new life into old Native songs Project underway revisits century-old recordings made at Standing Rock Cody Wasinzi (left) and Courtney Yellowfat rehearse a song recorded 110-years-ago by a Standing Rock elder. Yellowfat is the primary cultural advisor and co-producer of the “Densmore/Lakota Song Repatriation Project.” The
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