Black Elk Peak (Photo courtesy Fine Art America) PINE RIDGE RESERVATION— No issue matters more to the Lakota than the return of the Black Hills. On every spiritual and historical level, the Black Hills represent the core of Lakota identity and meaning in this modern world. But fifty years
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RAPID CITY — In response to recent news that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade today, ending the federal right to abortion, NDN Collective released the following statements: “This system is not made by Indigenous people, or for us. It has lost all moral and ethical authority
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RAPID CITY—A Rapid City woman pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to stealing $65,000 and multiple passports after knocking over a mailbox with her car in February 2021. Courtney Twiss, of Rapid City, backed into a mailbox cluster at Star Village in February 20, 2021, detaching it from its
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Mark Vargo (Photo courtesy of myblog.com) Tuesday, Governor Kristi Noem elected to replace the impeached Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg with a familiar face. She selected Pennington County’s State’s Attorney Mark Vargo to replace him. Vargo has more than 30 years of experience in the legal fields, in both public and
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The summit of Black Elk Peak (Photo courtesy of travelsouthdakota) HILL CITY—Back in 1874 few white Americans had seen the Black Hills, let alone set foot in them. Custer led a gold prospecting expedition deep into the Hills up the only natural access, a canyon carved over millions of
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ANTELOPE LAKE – Sinte Gleska University hosted the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen during her recent visit to the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Marilyn Malerba , lifetime chief of the Mohegan Tribe photo courtesy Manchestercc.edu On Tuesday, June 21st, Yellen and the new U.S.
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REDCO’s Jillian Waln and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, became the first sitting national treasury secretary to visit a reservation, fulfilling a promise made last year to begin visiting tribal nations to expand her department’s engagement with tribes. Along with Tellen, was Marilyn Malerba, a lifetime
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Girls setting table at St Francis Mission (Photo courtesy of Digital Public Library of America) PIERRE —In continuing the coverage on the harmful legacy of Catholic schools on South Dakota Indian reservations, a closer look at more recent (in the new millennium) cases brought against two of the educational
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Pictured: Senator Lisa Murkowski (left) with Ms. Liz La quen náay Medicine Crow at SCIA Hearing on June 22, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC – This week, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) held an oversight hearing on “Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior’s Federal Indian Boarding
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gofund.me/07862136 Tim Giago, owner/publisher of Native Sun News Today, is the original founder of seven Native American Newspapers/Magazines over the last forty years. Mr. Giago has paved the way for countless journalists, bringing hard-hitting Native American issues to light, helping change policies at a local, state and national level. Tim
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