Precious Cook with her parents. Miss He Sapa Win being crowned. Two fancy dancers await decision. Jodi Rave, Jackie Giago, and Kirk Dickerson. Indigenous Peoples’ Day Parade 2025 float. (Photos by Marnie Cook) The post Native American Day Weekend first appeared on Native Sun News Today. Visit Original Source
Chante Heart, executive director of He Sapa Otipi. (Photo by Marnie Cook) NORTH RAPID CITY – The ground blessing for the He Sapa Otipi was held on the site of the planned community center on Friday. It was a chilly morning, and the wind could be heard whisking through the
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Elaine Miles and Whitney Rencountre II. CUSTER – The Crazy Horse Memorial celebrated the annual Native American Day with a full schedule of events featuring keynote speaker actor Elaine Miles, a performance from the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) Lakota Music Project with the Creekside Singers, craft workshops, and free
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Access to the internet is more crucial now than ever, especially for individuals and families struggling financially. The internet serves as a gateway to essential resources such as job opportunities, educational tools, healthcare information, and social services. Without affordable internet access, these individuals may face increased barriers to improving their
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RAPID CITY – The Black Hills Powwow is one of Rapid City’s premiere annual events, and the Thirty-Seventh Annual event held in the Summit Arena at the Monument from October 10-12, 2025, did not disappoint. Nineteen year-old Precious Cook, or Spotted Eagle Woman, was crowned the new 2025-2026 Miss He
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Parade 2025 float. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Downtown Rapid City was aglow in pink balloons, banners, streamers, and t-shirts on Saturday morning as parade-goers began lining up along Main Street to claim the best spots and floats were lining up to show-off their themes
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Leonard Peltier, 81, speaks about his experience in boarding school and recent freedom from federal prison during the annual Remembering the Children Walk in Rapid City on Oct. 13. RAPID CITY, South Dakota – Under crisp autumn winds, a sea of orange moved through the west side of Rapid City
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Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council members arrested. (Courtesy photo) LAMEDEER, Mont. – “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster Fuller As first reported by Native Sun News Today, recent politics at Northern Cheyenne have
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Federally unrecognized Dakota file lawsuit against US LAKE PEPIN, MN—In 1830, when U.S. treaty negotiators met Dakota and other tribal leaders at Prairie du Chien, one seemingly small provision would cast a long shadow over the next century of Dakota history. That treaty—sometimes called the Fourth Treaty of Prairie du
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library partners with Governors’ offices throughout the United States to provide FREE Children’s Books to any child up to the age of 5. Families that enroll receive one FREE book each month until the eligible child’s 5th birthday. You can check if your state participates in the
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