These Noble Brutes: Engravings of the American Bison

These Noble Brutes: Engravings of the American Bison RAPID CITY — On display May 31st, 2025 – October 5th, 2025 We are excited to feature this special traveling exhibit curated and collected by Lee Silliman. This exhibit is a cornucopia of vintage engravings depicting the iconic mammal of the American

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Shared by Native Sun News Today June 6, 2025

Mental Health falsehoods and facts

ROCKVILLE, MD – For more than 20 years, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has recognized Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM) every May to increase awareness about the vital role mental health plays in our overall health and well-being. The purpose of MHAM is also to provide

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Shared by Native Sun News Today June 5, 2025

Frozen Ice Age bison reopens extinction debate

Frozen Ice Age bison reopens extinction debate Buried in ice for 30,000 years, the steppe bison recently pulled out of the Yukon permafrost gives the relatives of today a graphic window into the world of our paleo Indian ancestors. Science verifies many of the stories passed down by our ancestors,

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Shared by Native Sun News Today June 5, 2025

Restoring buffalo as wildlife

In 2007, Jason Baldes brought the first ten bison designated for conservation to Wind River. Today there are more than one hundred buffalo on the reservation. Photo: Tom Christiansen, courtesy of Jason Baldes. WIND RIVER. WYO – Like many tribes of the American West, the Shoshone have a long and

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Shared by Native Sun News Today May 15, 2025

Cheyenne Commerce Center, the “Mini-Mall”

Native owned businesses in Lame Deer, MT (Photo by Clara Caufield) Years ago, as a child, Donna Fisher, tribal member and former Tribal President used to wonder why there were no Cheyenne-owned businesses on Cheyenne Avenue, the main street in Lame Deer. Due to a strange glitch which occurred when

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Shared by Native Sun News Today May 15, 2025

Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day

President Joe Biden hands a pen to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as he signs a proclamation on the North Lawn at the White House in Washington, Oct. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) President Donald Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor’s practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples

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Shared by Native Sun News Today May 15, 2025