Congressman Dusty Johnson with Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Ryman Lebeau and Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out in Washington D.C. Washington, D.C. – On June 13, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, led by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) passed out of the House Natural
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Nick Tielson RAPID CITY – Today, in response to an article published by Fox News featuring NDN Collective, and the subsequent snowball of right-wing attacks by other media outlets and elected officials, the organization released the following statement: “In a classic move, Fox News released a lengthy, highly editorialized article
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Dr. Dawn Tobacco-Frank Oglala Lakota College President KYLE – Oglala Lakota College (OLC) announces its 50th Annual Graduation Ceremony with 151 graduates receiving Masters, Bachelors, Associate Degrees and Certificates. This year the celebration will include a Feather Tying Ceremony and Baccalaureate on Thursday, June 15, 2023, beginning at 5:30 PM.
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In this June 19, 2018, file photo, girls wave flags as they march along Pasadena Avenue in a parade from Max Brandon Park to University Park, celebrating Juneteenth in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, FILE) Americans will soon celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people
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Jonathan Windy Boy HELENA, Mont. Earlier in June, the Gianforte administration, Montana announced it is opting out of $10 million of federal money that would have paid for children’s meals this year, according to an estimate from the Montana Food Bank Network. Citing administrative burdens, a Department of Public Health
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Marcella Gilbert, her assistant Janie Ducheneaux, and volunteers from the Sioux YMCA in Dupree plus other volunteers from the community worked together to plant the 400 tiny choke cherry trees that are now full-grown and thriving. (Courtesy photo) Chokecherries are sacred to the Lakota. At one time they were so
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) this week urged U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to direct the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to provide additional support to tribal law enforcement agencies in South Dakota to help combat
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Mary Bordeaux and Peter Strong at Racing Magpie RAPID CITY –Racing Magpie, through a partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation, has launched an exciting new funding opportunity for Lakota visual creatives. This program – Sinew Fund – brings a unique visual arts-based funding opportunity to Lakota Country. Lakota visual creatives
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This photo by Keith Johnson shows one of the 770 homes destroyed by the 1972 flood. Photo courtesy of the Rapid City Public Library. Bottom: (Photo courtesy of the State Historical Society) RAPID CITY—Thousands of stories have been and will be written about the June 9, 1972, Rapid City Flood,
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Manny Iron Hawk (Okowozu), Emanuel Red Bear (Oohenumpa), and Harry Little Thunder (seated; Itazipco). They are of the Wakpa Wasté area (Cheyenne River). The Lakota Oyate Topa Treaty Council (LOTTC) from Wakpa Waste’ (Cheyenne River) gathered with Native treaty activists from several states and Canada for a regional Treaty Summit in Rapid
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