Bounce house and slide at NDN Collective’s 3rd Annual Backpack Giveaway. (Photo by Estella Claymore) RAPID CITY—Back to School Bash? Backpack Giveaway? Why not both!? This was the attitude at this year’s 3rd annual NDN Collective Backpack Giveaway that was held on Saturday, September 10, 2022, inside the Rapid Skillz
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Part 2 of a two part series POP Fest brought to the Main Street Square stage their finale performance, the phenomenal Navajo Bluesman, Levi Platero, who literally rocked the spires surrounding Main Street Square, with flurries of guitar riffs the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Hendrix. (Photo by
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Sequoia Crosswhite performing in downtown Rapid City at Main Street Square. (Courtesy photo) RAPID CITY – Some people are born into a dissonant reality, where all the critically important aspects and distinctions of identity run counter to the accepted norm. These people are often marginalized, often begin life in poverty,
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(Photo courtesy Press Pool) NEW TOWN, ND—The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation today strongly condemned the most recent effort by the state of North Dakota to undermine the lawful rights of MHA Nation. In an Aug. 24, 2022, letter to an energy company, North Dakota Solicitor General Matthew Sagsveen
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Jamie Smith Last week the NSNT interviewed South Dakota Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jamie Smith. Although the Native vote overwhelmingly goes to the Democrats in most elections, a Democrat has not occupied the governor’s chair since 1978, which made the Republicans complacent over the next few decades, figuring the Native vote
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Samantha Kelty RAPID CITY—Some state agencies, such as driver’s licenses and public assistance, will now have new ways to assist folks in registering to vote in South Dakota, as a federal agreement set down by a federal judge on September 6, would help bring the state in line with the
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GRAND FORKS, ND—A recent discovery that came out at the University of North Dakota (UND), has more than a few people surprised, angry and shocked. Dating back to March of this year, faculty and staff first came across human remains and cultural objects, while looking for missing sacred items
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NDN Collective staff showcasing backpacks being given away at 2021 event. (Photo courtesy NDN Collective) RAPID CITY – Today, Wednesday, September 7, NDN Collective officially opened Oceti Sakowin Community Academy, the first Indigenous-led school designed specifically for students in the Mni Luzahan (Rapid City) area. A community grand opening occurred
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Students line up on the campus of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School in this undated photo. The school operated from 1898-1933 in Rapid City, South Dakota, and was part of a federal initiative to crush Indigenous cultures and assimilate Native youth into the Western world. The children attending the
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Mary Peltola, a Yup’ik Alaska Native ANCHORAGE, AK—Once the darling of the GOP’s 2012 anti-Obama Tea Party movement, former Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, has gone down to defeat in the Alaskan race for a spot in the US Congress. Former Alaska state Representative Mary Peltola, a Yup’ik Alaska Native,
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