WASHINGTON, DC—Questions abound on how President Biden’s recent marijuana possession pardons will impact Indian Country. Those who were convicted on federal charges, and did not have that conviction coupled with other drug or criminal convictions, are eligible for the pardon. Those who were convicted of state charges, regardless of their
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Billy Mills RAPID CITY—There is an impressive lineup of speakers at the 2022 Lakota Nation Education Conference (LNEC) being held in Rapid City at the Ramkota Inn December 14-17. In its 44th year, the Lakota Nations Education Conference has been offering quality educational training to Teachers, Parents, Paraprofessionals, Administration, School
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An Arapaho buckskin ghost shirt, ca 1890 (Wikipedia) Part two of a series To unravel the history behind the 1890 massacre of more than 300 Mnicoujou and Hunkpapa Lakota men, women and children at Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála (Wounded Knee Creek) and uncover the identity of the victims, one must revisit
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UPDATE: A federal appeals court has ruled that the federal student debt relief program may not have proper authorization, and has requested a review which will delay processing of your application. You can still complete an application online, receive an automated email confirming your application was received, but the processing
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Shared by United Resource Connection October 17, 2022
SIOUX FALLS– More than 550 professionals in the child advocacy field attended the 22nd annual Community Response to Child Abuse Conference, held October 6-7 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. The conference provided professional training and educational opportunities for teachers, medical professionals, dentists, law enforcement, social workers, mental health
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SACRAMENTO, CA– Small nonfarm businesses in six South Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Nebraska and Wyoming are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses
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Jackie Giago, wife of the late Editor of Native Sun News today Tim Giago, was Grand Marshall of the Native American Day parade oct. 10 in downtown Rapid City ( photo by Stewart Huntington) Rapid City Color Guard leads the parade. Black Hills clean Water Alliance float with a White
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Linda Green making a moccasin pattern under the instruction of Precious Trujillo at the recent Moccasin Workshop sponsored by the Community Organizing for Unified Power (COUP). (Photo by Chantelle Blue Arm) RAPID CITY – Ancient Lakota winyan (women) took pride in how well their family was adorned
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Phyllis Young display a buffalo hide painting of a boarding school painted in the 1940’s that was purchased at an auction by the queen of Finland of the Oyate. (photo by Ernestine Anunkasan hupa) RAPID CITY – For nearly a century after the closing of the Rapid City Indian Boarding
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(photo courtesy of pintrest) A bull bison is dangerous, a bear is dangerous, a wolf is dangerous, but nothing in the ancient world was as dangerous as a dozen men armed with spears and the skill and organization to use them correctly. Wolves differed from the bears and the bison
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