Robert Upham presented a mixed media ledger art piece to Assistant Secretary of Interior Bryan Newland at John Hopkins University Center for Indigenous Health’s inaugural planetary health symposium in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, November 28. (Photo by Darren Thompson) Dr. Donald Warne, Co-Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health
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Groundbreaking for RAI expansion. From left to right: Richard Moves Camp (spiritual leader), Bruce Long Fox (RAI Executive Director), Anne Reddy (RAI Head Start Director), Jim Scull (Capital Campaign Steering Committee), Jack Lynass (Steering Comm, Pres BHCB), Paulette Davidson (Steering Comm, CEO Monument Health) and Andy Scull from Scull Construction.
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The 100 Horses Women’s Society, Inc. is dedicated to reclaiming the sacredness of womanhood through sharing ancestral, cultural knowledge and to strengthening the skills & resources of rural communities in order to enrich the lives of women across generations. (Courtesy photo) “A woman is worth 100 horses,” according to an
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Barbara Takei, a public historian and Tule Lake Committee CFO, speaks about the similar injustices American Indians and Japanese Americans have faced. (Photo credit/ UTTC video screenshot by Adrianna Adame) BISMARCK, ND. – United Tribes Technical College is acknowledging its past as a WWII-era concentration camp through the creation of
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WASHINGTON—The Department of the Interior announced on December 4, 2023 the conclusion of the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations, a decade-long effort to consolidate and return land to Tribal ownership. Over the course of the program, nearly 3 million acres in 15 states were consolidated and restored to Tribal
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland delivers remarks at a ship naming ceremony for the future USS Ernest E. Evans (DDG 141) at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on November 15, 2023. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jared Mancuso / Office of the Secretary of the Navy
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Meet Stuart James, the soundtrack of a movemStuart James, a hip-hop artist from the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota, raps about important issues that affect Native communities.The now 30-year-old started off as a shy kid. Though he liked basketball, James admitted he wasn’t the most athletic
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“Traditional O’odham singers at the 2023 Arizona Indian Gaming Expo in Maricopa, Arizona.” Photo by Darren Thompson MARICOPA, AZ—The Arizona Indian Gaming Maricopa, Association hosted its 2023 gaming expo at Harrah’s Ak-Chin, operated by the Ak-Chin Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, with close to 200 gaming professionals and Arizona based tribal leaders.
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PIERRE – 30,000 South Dakota employers will see an estimated $18 million in savings from their reemployment assistance taxes thanks to legislation Governor Noem signed into law last session that cut contribution rates by 0.5%. Employers will begin to receive their 2024 reemployment assistance tax rate notices on Oct. 31.
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PINE RIDGE – Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out implored the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) as well as President Biden to live up to their trust responsibilities to investigate and enforce all criminal laws on the Pine Ridge Reservation, as agreed to
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