RAPID CITY—While people acknowledge and understand the deep spiritual and historical connection Lakota people have with the land, it is the Indian cowboy who still retains the direct connection to the land and the horse. Whether he is a working cowboy or a rodeo cowboy, or both, the Indian
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NDN Collective hosted the inaugeral Indigenous People’s Day in downtown Rapid City. Supporters march from Memorial Park to Main Street carrying a banner displaying NDN Collective’s mantra, “Landback.” RAPID CITY—“We Are Still Here,” “Landback” and “Free Leonard Peltier.” These were some of the sayings on signs and banners that could
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KYLE – The South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition has partnered with Big Water Consulting and NeighborWorks to launch a statewide study to better understand the current housing conditions and needs of Native American veterans living on South Dakota’s nine Indian reservations. “The findings of this study will support the Coalition
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Phil Baird March 12, 1955-September 25, 2023 Hearts are heavy at United Tribes Technical College with the passing of Phil Baird, who spent a major share of his professional life on the UTTC campus. Phil came from South Dakota in 1985, as he said, “with my clothes in the back
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Members of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate in the Indian Cemetery at the former site of the Carlisle Indian Inductrial School late in the evening of Sept 17, 2023. (Photo By Charles Fox ICT) Amos La Framboise and Edward Upright of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate were disinterred by tribal representatives
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CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL – On Sunday October 1, was the 11th Fall Volksmarch, a bi-annual hike up Crazy Horse Memorial organized by the Black Hills Chapter of the American Volkssport Association (AVA) and hosted by Crazy Horse Memorial®. This event hosts thousands of hikers from all over the world who
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A buffalo hide painting depicting life at an Indian boarding school will be on display at Tusweca Gallery as part of the “Remembering the Children” exhibit. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID City – An exhibit that memorializes children whose spirits were almost lost to time, opened
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RAPID CITY – During Climate Week, NDN Collective launched the Indigenous Climate and Just Transition Fund – a major philanthropic endeavor to ensure that Indigenous-led frontline organizations are prioritized in federal investments such as the Inflation Reduction Act. NDN Collective will use the Fund for regranting, fund matching, technical assistance
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Dozens of people gathered to protest in favor of tribal sovereignty laws outside the Maine State House in April 2023. (Photo By David Sharp AP) AUGUSTA, ME—Tribes in Maine continue to take action to solidify their tribal sovereignty. Question 6 on the November 7 ballot will ask voters if language
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri— The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund has announced $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit allocations — including a historic investment to spur economic growth in Native communities across the country. Travois New Markets, a nationally certified Community Development Entity (CDE) based
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