Standing Rock Chairwoman meets with Assistant Secretary of the Army FORT YATES — Janet Alkire, the Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, recently met with Assistant Secretary of the Army (CW) Michael Conner to discuss the environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). The Army Corps of Engineers
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Breaking silence and finding justice By StrongHearts Native Helpline *TRIGGER WARNING: This personal story includes graphic content that some readers may find distressing. Highest Rates of Child Abuse Statistically, Native Americans experience the highest rates of violence in the country, and sadly, that includes cases of
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Don Hendrick named to Commission on missing and murdered indigenous people By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer “A lack of urgency, transparency, and coordination has hampered our country’s efforts to combat violence against American Indian and Alaska Native people,” reads a statement from U.S. Interior Secretary Deb
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Opening eyes at Lakota Homes By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer RAPID CITY – The last time Delaney Apple put an event together, down in Kyle, the response was well received. So the next one he decided on, with a bit of prayer, was to bring
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Missoula police found not responsible for death of Native American By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer A case involving the death of a young man is seeing light, and while the evidence shown from a video showed him killing himself, doesn’t offer a lot of solace to
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Navajo man executed after 40 years in prison By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Clarence Dixon, a 66 year old who had lived on death row for over 40 years, was put to death on Wednesday, centered on the death of a college student in 1978.
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Missoula police found not responsible for death of Native American By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer A case involving the death of a young man is seeing light, and while the evidence shown from a video showed him killing himself, doesn’t offer a lot of solace to
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Punishment in jail should not involve abuse By Joseph Budd, Native Sun News Today Staff Writer When you get handed a hot topic, you’d like to know everything you can on a given topic. Case in point, a call came in regarding a Charles Pulliam, an incarcerated young man, currently
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Billy Mills attends honoring ceremony at South Dakota Mines By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer In a nice sized ceremony at the Surbeck Center’s ballroom, an Honoring Ceremony took place Friday, to recognize five Native American students, who will graduate and start the next chapter of their
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Death of a child PINE RIDGE – News out of Pine Ridge today was shocking. Law enforcement was called to an address on the 2900 block of Highway 18 at 9pm Thursday. The call, was regarding a drive by shooting. However when officers arrived, the perpetrator was gone. But
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