WASHINGTON, DC – A diverse coalition of religious groups, native tribes and legal experts filed half a dozen friend-of-the-court briefs yesterday in Apache Stronghold v. United States, asking a federal appeals court to protect Oak Flat, the spiritual lifeblood and sacred site of the Apache people in Arizona. The
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Drew Zinecker (photo Courtesy Montana State Legislature) MONTANA—A legislative aide with aspirations of representing House District 80 in the 2023 Legislature questioned in public remarks last month whether members of tribes living on reservations in Montana should be able to vote in state elections. “If the reservations want to say
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Dan Stusek HELENA, MT—In the very near future the Montana District and Re-Apportioning Commission will make a final decision on the new voting districts for the Montana Legislature going into effect in 2024. Why should tribal members be interested in this process? Simply because the voting districts determine how possible
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“I have never touched a white man during my lifetime. I just can’t trust any white man and never will because they killed my father and brother for no reason at all.” Alice Ghost Horse Reprinted with permission from Manny Iron Hawk WOUNDED KNEE –– In the preface of Rapid
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Senator Mike Rounds meeting with Indian Education delegates in 2016 (Cheyenne River Chairman Harold Frazier at Right) addressing the initial stages of the RESPECT ACT. (Photo courtesy of Indianz.com) WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) has sponsored a new bill, the RESPECT Act (Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging
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A Ghost Dance Shirt that is part of the collection of items that were returned to the Oceti Sakonwin. (Photo courtesy of Wounded Knee Survivors Associations) PORCUPINE – On Thursday December 29, on the anniversary of the massacre at Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála (Wounded Knee Creek) sacred Lakota and Dakota artifacts,
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December 15, 1890 Sitting Bull was killed by Tribal Police, who were directed by the Agency Superintendent James McLaughlin to arrest Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull Tiwahe and close Mnicoujou Tiwahe shared within their families, that there was never an intention to arrest Sitting Bull but to eliminate Sitting Bull
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NDN Collective CEO Nick Tilsen. (photo courtesy of Argus Leader) RAPID CITY—NDN Collective sent out a press release last week indicating that their CEO Nick Tilsen had had all charges dismissed stemming from a July 2020 protest incident at Mount Rushmore during the visit of then President Donald Trump. Generally,
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The family of Abbey Lynn Steele gather for a candlelight vigil in front of the Pennington County Jail. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) RAPID CITY – A large group of allies’ weathered frigid temperatures in the evening hours of Tuesday, Dec. 6 to attend a candlelight vigil for Abbey Lynn
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A Tribal Language Story Part III This final segment of the Northern Cheyenne language story as related by knowledgeable tribal members, looks at contemporary language preservation efforts among the Northern Cheyenne in Montana. This is but one example of how tribal peoples around the world struggling to keep their
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