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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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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