And the Uhre Saga goes on By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Grand Gateway Hotel Photo courtesy of mtstandard.com When the family is being sued, for racial actions, and the mother gets into it with protestors outside their hotel, how can you top that for a news
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Boarding school truth and healing commission hits a snag By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Bipartisan efforts to create a federal commission to explore and repair the legacy of the Indian boarding schools hit a stumbling block last week, due to a request that subpoena power be
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Galena, and a large scar on the land By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Galena Court House Photo by Joe Budd Galena, a once prosperous Black Hills mining town, is now just a small cluster of houses, but at one time it was the site of
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Bipartisan legislation would require E15 fuel to be sold on U.S. military bases WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced the Armed Forces Fuel Choice
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Old Keystone and Modern Keystone By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Keystone, South Dakota Photo courtesy travelsouthdakota.com Locals know Keystone as the town at the base of Mt Rushmore, the home for Taffy, and Old Time Photos, the lead-up to the Pigtail bridges off Iron Mountain road
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Plate 86 Purple Martin (Progne subis) Audubon observed that Indians frequently hallowed out gourds and hung them near their camps; the gourds were then taken over by martins, which were so audacious that they chased away the vultures attracted to the Indians’ venison. “Almost every country tavern has a Martin
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MIT to host indigenous and antiracist innovators summit CAMBRIDGE, MA –Solve is set to host their Indigenous and Antiracist Innovators Summit in an engaging two-day, in-person event held June 16 – 17 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to
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Locals take to streets to protect Gun Violence By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Staff Writer In the national news, the word from the media talked about a grade school in Uvalde, Texas, involving a number of fourth graders and three teachers were all killed in their school. Some speculated
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Native Forward Scholars Fund announces new strategies After 53 Years, American Indian Graduate Center embraces new name ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Celebrating 53 years of impact, the largest scholarship provider to Native scholars in the United States today announced its new name: Native Forward Scholars Fund. The change reflects the
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Nearly $9 Million awarded for tribal transportation safety WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced that 51 Tribes will receive $8.9 million for 58 projects from FHWA for Fiscal Year 2021 to improve transportation safety. This new grant announcement comes in addition to $120
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