PIERRE – Beginning Oct. 24, mandatory 10-digit dialing will start to take effect across South Dakota. On and after this date, you must dial the area code + telephone number for all local calls. Local calls dialed with only seven digits may not be completed. Instead, a recording may
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OTTAWA, CANADA – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and Sephora Canada will host the first national Zoom roundtable on Indigenous beauty on Tuesday, October 19 from 2 pm to 4 pm ET. The roundtable, which will be facilitated by Waneek Horn-Miller, the first Mohawk woman from Canada to
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The Oglethorpe Echo has been published for 148 years. Grady College students will work at the paper as part of a new non-profit entity, The Oglethorpe Echo Legacy Inc. (Background Photo: Unsplash; Foreground photo: Georgia Historic Newspapers) Grady College journalists are teaming with one of their alums to rescue a
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The American Indian College Fund staff, its students, and tribal college communities are mourning the passing of its longtime friend and ally, David Kennedy, on October 10. He was the co-founder of the international award-winning ad agency, Wieden+Kennedy. It was because of David Kennedy that the iconic agency became
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Fort Lewis College in Durango Colorado. (Photo Courtesy of Purgetory Resort) Nestled upon a beautiful mountain top overlooking Durango, Colorado (home of the southern Ute Tribe) is a well-kept secret – Fort Lewis College which offers free tuition to students enrolled in federally recognized Tribes. Currently, Native students represent
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JOM sponsored children’s program from Window Rock, AZ. (Photo courtesy Arizona JOM) Retaining leadership in Johnson O’Malley difficult RAPID CITY—Back in 1934 the Johnson-O’Malley Act authorized federal funding for Native students enrolled in nontribal schools, whether public or private. This involves an education plan approved by the Bureau of Indian
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Blackwater Community School. (Photo Courtesy) TEMPE, AZ. – Construction on the new Blackwater Community School, a two-story structure on the Gila River Indian Community, located southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, was completed on August 31, 2021. The school serves pre-school, the Family and Child Education Program (F.A.C.E.) and K-5 Grade School.
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PIERRE – Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation provides educational experience and resources for Native American students. In 2010, The Indian University of North America began assisting college-bound Native Americans by providing students their first semester of college as a transition from high school to that of higher education. Throughout the 7th
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs appointed its first-ever Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs Oct. 4. The committee will provide advice and guidance to the VA Secretary on all matters relating to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations and Native American Veterans. American
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Rapid City Library (Photo Courtesy of rcgov.com) RAPID CITY – Over 1,096 donations of non-perishable food, toiletries and clothing were received during Rapid City Public Library’s Fine Forgiveness initiative in September. As a result, $14,460.05 in library fines and fees were waived and local organizations WAVI, Feeding South Dakota, Cornerstone
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