Toni Handboy is a Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe member and founder of Piya Wicoicaga Luta. She has become an advocate for children and families in her tribe and has become a voice for men and women in incarceration. Photo Credit: Karla Abbot PIERRE – For generations, many children from the
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Anger is like fire: it cannot survive without fuel. Like fire, unchecked anger can grow out of control and cause enormous damage and pain. But also like fire, anger can be recognized, controlled and managed in our lives. The fuel that keeps anger burning can come from many sources –
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger August 17, 2019
WARROAD, Minn. — Whenever she thought her small staff would be facing a particularly stressful deadline day, Rebecca Colden, the publisher of the weekly Warroad Pioneer, declared a Bloody Mary Monday. This was definitely one of those Mondays — indeed, the last of them. The Pioneer, the newspaper that had
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The models line up backstage during the fashion show at the Native American Development Corporation’s Conference at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center in Billings. Della Big Hair-Stump remembers growing up and watching her grandparents and mother beading and sewing at the dining room table. She traveled to powwows across
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SANTA FE, NM — In the wake of a federal appeals court win in May, a coalition today filed a new lawsuit and request for a restraining order (link will be added here when available) to defend the Greater Chaco region of northwest New Mexico from illegal oil and gas
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Traditional Native Games qualifiers participate in the 2018 cornstalk shoot championship hosted at One Fire Field in Tahlequah. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will host its 14th annual Traditional Native Games competition Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Sam Hider Health Center in Jay. Competitions include a cornstalk shoot, Cherokee
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Lead attorney iin the battle for compensation for the Black Hills Claim Arthur Lazurus dies at age 92. Lazurus was a partner in the Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Kampelman law firm. RAPID CITY— Last week noted Washington attorney Arthur Lazarus, Jr., passed away at the age of 92 from
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Presidential hopeful Julian Castro SAN ANTONIO, TX – Following the heinous acts of violence in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, presidential candidate, former Obama Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Julián Castro released a statement with his reaction, citing the need to
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The Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center, examined 28 mass shootings, which claimed nearly 150 lives and wounded hundreds. Between January and December 2017, 28 incidents of mass shootings, during which three or more persons were harmed, were carried out in public places within the United States. The assessment discovered
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An art peice by Jim Yellow Hawk was used over the weekend at an event at the Journey Museum in Rapid City to bring awareness and education of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Image courtesy Jim Yellow Hawk WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) introduced a bill to bolster efforts
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