RAPID CITY— Most tribes are greatly encouraged by the memorandum issued by President Joe Biden last week, calling for better consultation between tribes and the federal government. Biden’s memorandum is a reaffirmation of Executive Order (EO) 13175 issued by President Clinton in November, 2000. President Obama also issued a similar
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Children of Mniconjou Lakota woman, who helped obtain her recent early release, pose with her grandchildren and great-grandchild. COURTESY / Clarissa Brown PART II WOODBRIDGE, Va. — It’s been a whirlwind experience for Mniconjou Lakota great-grandmother LaVonne Roach and her family since her release from Federal Prison Camp Alderson here
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Charbaonnueau Girls(Photo Courtesy) SIOUX FALLS – Legislation to address the molestation, rape, and torture of nine Native American sisters by priests, nuns, and church staff running an Indian boarding school is once again introduced this legislative session to South Dakota lawmakers. The South Dakota legislature will be tasked to consider
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Honor the Earth founder Winona LaDuke at Enbridge Line 3 resistance: One of dozens of women leaders telling the new Presidential Administration, “These three pipelines pose grave threats to Indigenous rights, cultural survival, sacred water and land, the global climate, and the public health crises within our communities.” Photo by
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Tim Mentz Photo courtesy of KCLO TV STANDING ROCK— When Tim Mentz was five years old, he had his hands painted red in ceremony, so he could carry the dead. He became a member of the Red Hand Society,
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LaVonne Roach poses in regalia for this picture from prison in 2000.COURTESY / Clarissa Brown PART I ALDERSON, West Virginia—A Mniconjou Lakota great-grandmother from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe was released Jan. 20 from Federal Prison Camp Alderson after more than 23 years in custody on a first offense. LaVonne
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Heather Dawn Thompson RAPID CITY — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of Heather Dawn Thompson as Director of the Office of Tribal Relations (OTR) on January 25. Thompson, a citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and a graduate of Harvard Law School, will assist the Secretary
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Among others, the pictured Wind River Indian Reservation area residents took part in a release of new findings and recommendations to raise awareness and obtain criminal justice system parity for tribal citizens. COURTESY / WYSAC LARAMIE, Wyoming – Wind River Indian Reservation resident Nicole Wagon lost two of her daughters
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Cindy Giago (Photo Courtesy) PINE RIDGE – The Oglala Sioux Tribe Council held a January 15 hearing at the Lakota Dome at Prairie Wind Casino and terminated the Chief of Staff, Cindy Giago, over a complaint from Justin Pourier. Pourier, who was the Director of the
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FOIA lawsuit secures media and public access to documents in the case of former pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber, who is serving five life sentences for abusing Native boys under his federally funded care. NEW YORK — On Jan. 13, a federal court here ordered the Indian Health Service to reveal
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