RAPID CITY –The Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board (GPTLHB) and the Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center is pleased to announce a funding opportunity through the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to award mini-research project grants that contribute to the Public Health educational development of American
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Ernest Weston Jr. PINE RIDGE – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) notified the Oglala Sioux and 153 other tribes on Oct. 23 that they succeeded in obtaining licenses to provide advanced wireless internet services, creating unprecedented prospects for Indian country. “We’ll see in the coming years how this is
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Tameka Vocu PINE RIDGE – Buche Foods in Pine Ridge, SD has hired its first ever Lakota tribe member as the store manager. Tameka Vocu has recently taken over the position when the acting manager stepped down due to health issues. “I have some pretty big shoes
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National Recovery Month is a national observance held every September to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can enable those with mental and substance use disorders to live healthy and rewarding lives. If you are in recovery, we celebrate your success! We’re grateful that you have
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PINE RIDGE – The Oglala Sioux Tribe Election Commission has released its certified candidate list for the OST primary election which will take place on October 13. The list features 81 certified candidates for either OST President, OST Vice-President, or district representatives. There are 11 candidates running for OST
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Western Native Voice Executive Director Marci McLean: “It will open up the conversation on a national level to address root causes of the widespread violence and injustice towards Indigenous women and all women of color. COURTESY / Northern Plains Resource Council WASHINGTON, D.C. – Countless hours of
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South Dakota continues to report record breaking numbers of new cases and patients hospitalized because of COVID-19. Each day of the last week, the state has reported over 400 new cases. On Sep. 26, South Dakota reported nearly 600 new cases. Deaths from the virus in South Dakota are now
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Kyla Mermejo-Varga receives daily visitor Rambo Beasty Boots as she works with pandemic protection mask at Picuris Pueblo, one of dozens of tribes that sued successfully for CARES Act distribution. COURTESY / Picuris Pueblo Bison Program WASHINGTON – In the most recent about-face on CARES Act funding for Alaska Native
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U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission offer to give tribes complimentary licensing of broadband falls short of the incentive needed to provide equal access for Native and other rural constituencies, sponsors of the “Broadband for All Resolution of 2020” said in introducing the legislation to Congress
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WASHINGTON – United States Attorney Ron Parsons and Oglala Sioux Tribe Attorney General Scott James are pleased to announce that the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), part of the U.S. Department of Justice, has awarded a three-year grant to the Oglala Sioux Tribe to combat domestic violence and other
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