WASHINGTON –The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe is among 74 grant recipients announced today by the Biden-Harris Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to receive money for high-priority, locally-led conservation projects across the United States, as part of the America The Beautiful Challenge launched by the Administration in 2021.
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Friends and family of Kevin Grey Bull continue to seek justice for his death and are asking the community for anonymous tips. Photo credit/ Cheryl Kary Community members gathered to remember Kevin Grey Bull for his kindness at his vigil Nov. 5. Photo credit/Adriana Adame MANDAN, N.D.—Community members held
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Local resident addressed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline during a set of two public hearings at the Bismarck Radisson Hotel on Nov. 1 and 2. Photo credit/Adriana Adame During a Corps of Engineers public comment session in Bismarck, N.D. — where individuals provided
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Carrying the United States Flag – Gerald Cournoyer USMC, Oglala Sioux Tribal Flag – Samantha Decory (National Guard-Active), POW-MIA – Darrell Hernandez (U.S. Navy), K.I.A. Flag – Rod Rouillard (USMC), United States Army – Kim Conroy (US Army), United States Navy – Cornell Reddest (US Army), United States Air Force
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Darrell King April 30~November 19, 2023 LAME DEER, MT. – The entire Northern Cheyenne Reservation and Big Horn County are in shock. Early Sunday evening, November 19, Darrell King, Northern Cheyenne and elected Sheriff of Big Horn County, MT was killed in a head on collision with a semi-truck. At
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The two-story “tiny homes” feature two bedrooms in a loft configuration with a front porch to encourage a tight knit community of support, a key to the YMCA mission “to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.” An additional foundation (in the foreground) awaits the third home to be
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Four members of the Cheyenne River Waśagiya Najin grandmother group in Eagle Butte on July 16, 2023: (left to right) Leslie Vermillion, Madonna Thunder Hawk, Marcella Gilbert and Mable Ann Hunter. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Cheryl Spider DeCoteau was nervous. It was the Sisseton Wahpeton tribal citizen’s
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Local citizens exercise their first amendment rights and hold up protest signs calling on city officials to recognize the humanitarian crisis they have created by denying a permit for the relocation of the Hope Center. (Photo by Christopher Piña) MNI-LUZAHAN (RAPID CITY)—Winter may be warm at times in the Black
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Michelle Irvin, Loren Kezena, Andrea Cournoyer, Ingrid Weddell celebrate winning first place at National Indian Taco Championships held in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy Fort Randall Casino) PICKSTOWN—The Four Directions Restaurant at Fort Randall Casino won first place at the National Indian Taco Championships held in Pawhuska, Oklahoma in early October.
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced in August that a future Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue (T-ATS) ship will be named in honor of Solomon Atkinson, a pioneering Navy SEAL and an Alaskan Native of the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve. Del Toro made
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