Eva Flying, President of Chief Dull Knife College, Northern Cheyenne and Donavin Sprague, Cheyenne River Sioux, Instructor at Sheridan Community College, Courtesy SC. By Clara Caufield, Northern Cheyenne Correspondent SHERIDAN, Wyo. — At the end of November 2022, Sheridan College (SC) staff and the Native American Students Association concluded the
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“Racism in sports against our children has been happening for far too long, enough is enough.” Shawn Traversie LAPLANT – The Little Moreau Conference received a proposed zero tolerance policy on racism in schools for a first reading at its April 9, 2023, meeting. Brent Mareske, principal and athletic director
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It has been 47 years since Rutgers University Professor Ivan Van Sertima’s controversial book—They Came Before Columbus—ignited a dormant but viscerally powerful need in Black America to reimagine, embellish and validate their cultural history, given the perceived accepted abject history of slavery, exploitation and segregation. Van Sertima’s assertion was
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The painting by Edgar S. Paxson titled “Custer’s Last Stand” is considered the most accurate depiction of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Paxson researched the battle for more than 20 years and once he started painting, it took him six years to complete the six by ten foot
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On May 5th, 2023 the Red Ribbon Skirt Society will be hosting its first ever Red Dress Gala at the Holiday Day Plaza located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Red Ribbon Skirt Society was founded in 2016 by Lily Mendoza in efforts to bring about awareness and education on
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Mykenzie Rouillard modeling a dress designed by Stephanie Gamble. (Courtesy photo) Nalei Bugarin modeling a dress created by Sweet Sage Woman designs. (Courtesy photo) Models for JG Indie at the Inaugeral Culture Shock Event held at the Monument April 15 where more than 60 models and 7 designers showcased the
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A parfleche bag taken from the Wounded Knee Massacre site. A leather vest decorated with porcupine quills taken from the Wounded Knee Massacre site. KYLE – At a March 25, 2023, meeting of Wounded Knee Descendants at the Oglala Lakota College (OLC) in Kyle, SD, participants acknowledged ancestors murdered at
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Defund the Police is one of the most noted and controversial political slogans in American history. It is not readily apparent what the slogan means, but the proponents of the slogan continue to push it in the media. Detractors take it to mean abolishing the police, creating a society of
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Mykenzie Rouillard modeling a dress designed by Stephanie Gamble. (Courtesy photo) Nalei Bugarin modeling a dress created by Sweet Sage Woman designs. (Courtesy photo) Models for JG Indie at the Inaugeral Culture Shock Event held at the Monument April 15 where more than 60 models and 7 designers showcased the
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Outreach team. Journey On team members, all of them Indigenous and many of them experienced with homelessness themselves, work the streets of Rapid City wearing signature green apparel to forge personal connections with homeless people in the interest of public safety. (Photo: Courtesy of Journey On) Sioux Falls to begin
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