Author Elizabeth Cook-Lynn with Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association’s Executive Director Gay Kingman. (Photo courtesy Gay Kingman) RAPID CITY—“Writing is an essential act of survival for contemporary American Indians,” Elizabeth Cook-Lynn once wrote. “The final responsibility of a writer like me … is to commit something to paper in the
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Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out with SD Congressman Dusty Johnson and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Ryman LeBeau at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre Grave-site. (Photo courtesy Congressman Dusty Johnson) Cheyenne River Lakota Tribal Chairman Ryman LeBeau, said, “I can’t remember the last time we had a
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AUGUSTA, MAINE—Despite having a Democrat in the governor’s chair, Maine tribes were dealt a blow last week when Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill designed to ensure federal law applied to Maine tribes when it came to sovereignty. The nature and focus of tribal sovereignty has long been misunderstood by
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WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION – Last week’s Supreme Court decision in Arizona et al. v. Navajo Nation did not give the relief the Nation sought, which was a modest request for the United States to assess the Nation’s water needs and develop a plan to meet them. The decision does
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RAPID CITY – Native POP: People of the Plains is excited to announce the 2023 art market and cultural celebration for the two-day art show to celebrate the market’s eleventh year at Main Street Square. This juried art show and cultural celebration is a free annual event in the heart
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WASHINGTON, DC—One of the first acts of the Trump presidency in 2017, was to nominate Neil Gorsuch to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the untimely death of Antonin Scalia. Considered a Conservative, and a strict Constitutionalist, the Gorsuch nomination drew the ire of the Democrat establishment,
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“Today is the continuation of our expression of our love for the people, for our community. We marched to give power to our voices but what we do now, is where the power of our collectiveness is going to become a catalyst for systemic change. We have a plan, we
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Two of the relatives who came out Friday night June 31 to enjoy a community picnic provided by Lloyd Big Crow and Oyáte kiŋ čhaŋtéwaštepi. (Photo by Christopher Pina) RAPID CITY – Lloyd Big Crow held his weekly community picnic Friday, June 30, at the band-shell in Memorial Park in
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Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out along with RF Buche of Buche’s Foods and Congressman Dusty Johnson were on hand for the Add Milk Campaign for healthier food choices for Indian Country. (Photo by Kirk Dickerson) PINE RIDGE – Celebrating the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives (HFMI) kickoff with
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It was an interesting and busy week at Native Sun News Today. Congressman Dusty Johnson was in Rapid City on Tuesday and the next day on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the Add Milk Ceremony. It seemed like the staff at the Native Sun News Today needed track shoes
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