Sioux Chiefs from the late 1800’s. We at Native Sun News Today know our readership is interested in knowing who our current and future leaders are. So following is a compilation of the tribal elections and leadership of the nine tribes in South Dakota. We are providing this information as
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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 18, 2022
Earlier this year, in May, the U.S. government announced that another round of free, at-home COVID test kits would be made available to order through the United States Postal Service. The test kits can be ordered no more than eight at a time, and are shipped for FREE to residences
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AP—A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s request for a review of a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision to grant a license for a potential uranium mine in southwestern South Dakota despite the tribe not being individually consulted on the potential impact to cultural resources. The
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Cherokee Nation Language Department Director Howard Paden, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Fluent Speaker Rosie Flute, Speaker Services Manager Sammy Eagle and Speaker Services Specialist Winterhawk Grimmett. (Courtesy Cherokee nation) STILWELL, OK—For nearly a year fluent Cherokee Speaker Rosie Flute was cooking family meals on an electric burner after her
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On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we recognize Indigenous knowledge, culture and practices that can inform the way we address climate, foster more inclusive communities, and live up to our responsibilities to future generations. WASHINGTON — On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Secretary of the
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MMIW Medicine Wheel riders who came from all over the country to join in on their annual trek from Bear Butte to Crazy Horse Memorial stopped in to enjoy the festivities at the “Healing the Nation” Wacipi in Pine Ridge Village. Posing with them are Tribal Royalty from neighboring tribes.
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Native bikers carry flags from the Kul Wicasa Nation, Potawatami Nation. Iroquois Nation, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Lumbee Nation in the Wounded Knee Memorial Run. WOUNDED KNEE – On Saturday evening, August 5 one could hear the low throaty growl of motorcycle engines coming from a distance. As the
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PINE RIDGE—The Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing the federal government for failing to provide adequate law enforcement on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The lawsuit, filed this week is against the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and added some high level officials in the Interior department alleging the inadequacy, created a “public
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Cecil Little Hawk III, received a job offer through the internship program. KYLE– Eight young people across the Pine Ridge Reservation are currently participating in a construction internship program that is facilitated in partnership with Lakota Funds and the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition. In mid-June, the interns were placed
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Leola One Feather, right, of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, lines up a grouping as John Willis photographs, left, Native American artifacts on July 19, 2022, at the Founders Museum in Barre, Massachusetts. AP photo RAPID CITY—An ongoing issue, since it was made law, was the repatriation of
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