Frank Star Comes Out as he assumes his leadership role as the new Itanchun of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) OGLALA – As the trilling of Lakota Winyan and the Akisa of Lakota Wicasa resonated through the cold crisp morning air, excitement grew as an
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“The Missing and Murdered Indigenous peoples crisis is centuries in the making and will take a focused effort and time to unravel the many threads that contribute to the alarming rates of these cases. But I believe we are at an inflection point. We have a President and a government
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US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaking at the White House Tribal Nations Summit on Thursday (Photo courtesy SDPB Radio) U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is reiterating the Justice Department’s commitment to civil rights cases for Native Americans. Garland pointed to the case announced earlier this year involving the Grand Gateway
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WASHINGTON, DC—This week, the Department of the Interior hosted the White House Tribal Nations Summit, the first in-person convening since 2016. Over two days, the Summit provided an opportunity for Biden-Harris administration and Tribal leaders from federally recognized Tribes to meaningfully engage about ways the federal government can invest
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(Photo courtesy International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Facebook page) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, renewed efforts to urge President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial
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President Biden at Tribal Nations Summit. (Courtesy Photo) WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), ranking member and chairman, respectively, of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), all members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
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Newtok, Alaska, the village where erosion has already claimed several homes and the river is banging on more doors. WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration today announced the launch of a new Voluntary Community-Driven Relocation program, led by the Department of the Interior, to assist Tribal communities severely impacted by climate-related environmental
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Billy Mills Mills will be the Keynote speaker at the Lakota Nation Education Conference on Thursday Dec. 15 at 9:30 a.m. RAPID CITY – Olympic Champion Billy Mills will be the Keynote speaker at the Lakota Nation Education Conference. The conference held at Ramkota Inn in Rapid City kicks off
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Adeline Spotted Elk, Northern Cheyenne (Courtesy Photo) As noted in Part 1 of this article, the Northern Cheyenne are desperately struggling to save their language. Only approximately 315 of the nearly 12,000 enrolled members remain fluent speakers. Most speakers are elders. Due to COVID and other causes about two hundred
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Jim Yellow Hawk has refined his niche in the Native American art market with his signature style of ledger art with traditional imagery often beautified with Kimimila (butterflies) Tusweca (Dragon flies). (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) RAPID CITY – Indigenous art that illuminates the artscape of He Sapa is essential
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