Million dollar miracle at Northern Cheyenne

Northern Cheyenne Ministerial Association, Northern Cheyenne Tribal leaders and Everything Beautiful Thrift Store staff host a dedication of their new building, soon to be opened in midtown Lame Deer. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – On Sunday, November 17 the Northern Cheyenne Ministerial Association and Board of Directors,

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Shared by Native Sun News Today November 27, 2019

Stacey Livermont purchases Piesano’s Pacchia

Tony and Stacey Livermont in front of Piesano’s Pacchia located at 3618 Canyon Lake Drive in Rapid City. RAPID CITY – As the 10th annual Small Business Saturday approaches, Stacey Livermont (Oglala Sioux) is celebrating her entry into restaurant ownership at Piesano’s Pacchia after 20 years as the pizzeria’s chef.

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Bakken cough: An oil field workers dilemma

A Cheyenne River Sioux youth delegation, with tribal flag and staff, offered testimony during a public comment period at a South Dakota Water Management Board hearing on permitting Keystone XL Pipeline Construction. (Photo COURTESY / Dakota Rural Action) MANDAREE, N. D. – New oil-and-gas pipeline protection measures could help people

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‘I don’t feel safe around cops’

Alicia Cook and daughter, G., stand on the site of the now infamous altercation at a school in Rapid City, in which a RCPD officer struck one of two girls engaged in an after-school fight. The incident has caused strife in the community amongst those who support the officer’s action,

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Native American foster parents sought for “Simply Smiles Children’s Village” on the Cheyenne River Reservation

  LA PLANT— Simply Smiles, Inc. is seeking Native American foster parents for the Simply Smiles Children’s Village on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation (SD). The Simply Smiles Children’s Village is an intentional community that provides the forum and infrastructure for Native people to intervene, protect, and help to

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Shared by Native Sun News Today November 22, 2019