(Courtesy Photo) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A sample of Sitting Bull’s hair has helped scientists confirm that a South Dakota man is the famed 19th century Native American leader’s great-grandson using a new method to analyze family lineages with DNA fragments from long-dead people. Researchers said on Wednesday that DNA extracted
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Squaw Island controversial name has officially been changed The Democrat & Chronicle reports Squaw Island, a tiny island located off the City Pier on Canandaigua Lake, has been renamed Skenoh Island. “Skenoh,” pronounced scan-oh, translates to either health or peace in the Onöndowa’ga (Seneca) language. According to the Rochester newspaper,
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(Courtesy Photo) GRAPEVINE, Texas — On the blistering September day that ended Grapefest, a wine festival in Grapevine, outside Dallas, Mayor William Tate pushed up the brim of his cowboy hat and addressed the crowd gathered for the unveiling of a new public work of art: Peace Circle. “It is
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J.D. Kay John Brown III, the medicine man and historic preservation officer for the Narragansett Indian Tribe, speaks during a ceremony on Saturday at the site of the “Great Swamp Massacre” in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. (Courtesy Photo) PROVIDENCE — No longer will members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe
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Tatum Ward 2021 INFR Barrel Racing Champion. (Photo Courtesy of Facebook) By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Staff During the 2021 Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) held Oct 19 to 22nd in Las Vegas. Tatum Ward, 23 year old Cheyenne River Sioux cowgirl who hails from White Horse, South
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BILLINGS, Mont. — The former chairwoman of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition was sentenced Friday for stealing federal grant funds for unapproved travel to Las Vegas and other unauthorized expenses, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Meredith McConnell, 52, of Lame Deer, was found guilty on
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Kevin Killer, Oglala SIoux Tribe President (Photo courtesy) By Kevin Killer, President, and Alicia Mousseau, Vice-President, Oglala Sioux Tribe Across the country, American Indian Nations and Tribes face many difficulties and challenges. The conditions on our Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota are representative of the conditions on many
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PACTOLA—Gold mining interest in the Black Hills did not end with the 2002 closing of the Homestake Mine. A private Minneapolis gold prospecting and exploration company, F3 Gold LLC, is set to core drill up to 42 exploratory sites near the Jenny Gulch area of Pactola Lake in the Black
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PORCUPINE – Thunder Valley Community—Oglala Lakota Nation (Oceti Sakowin Territory) is one of ten winners of the 2020-2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Prize honors and elevates communities for working at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity. Thunder Valley is
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WASHINGTON — The National Wildlife Federation applauds the introduction of the bipartisan Indian Buffalo Management Act by Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). The bill will establish a permanent program within the Department of the Interior to develop and promote Tribal ownership and management of buffalo and their habitat
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