Police seek public’s help to locate missing Rapid City woman RAPID CITY – Rapid City police are currently seeking the public’s help to locate 28-year-old Aquila Mae Herman of Rapid City. She was reported missing to police on April 3rd. According to information garnered in the
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JACKSON, WY – Central Wyoming College and Native American Jump Start present Teton Powwow: Celebration of American Indian Cultures, Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21, 2022. Jackson Hole and the surrounding region are ancestral lands Indigenous Peoples and are valued for their rich natural and scenic resources. Indigenous
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Library debuts Flood of ’72 podcast RAPID CITY – In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Flood, Rapid City Public Library will present a new podcast series “Flood of ’72, 50 Years Later.” With the first episode debuting Friday, April 1, we’ll tell stories of survival and
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Shooting Victim at Grand Gateway Hotel passes away By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer News came out that the young man, Myron Pourier Jr of Porcupine, passed away this morning, after being shot on March 19th. Visiting the City during a basketball tournament, Myron was shot
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Pope makes historic apology to Indigenous for Canada abuses By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late July to
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New initiative aims to increase homeownership on Rosebud Reservation ROSEBUD – With funding support from NeighborWorks America, five organizations located on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations – Lakota Federal Credit Union, Lakota Funds, Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Sicangu Wicoti Awanyakapi Corporation, and Tatanka Funds – have joined together
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Supporting Indigenous survivors of sexual assault Awareness Month This April, StrongHearts Native Helpline, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center and the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) by raising awareness of sexual assault and supporting victim-survivors of sexual violence. Rape and sexual assault are
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Little Bear addresses language preservation By Clara Caufield, NSNT Correspondent On March 24 and 25, 2022, the Annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Language conference was held via ZOOM, attracting about 110 participants from around the country. The focus was on tribal language preservation. Dr. Richard Littlebear, Northern
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Catholic Pope apologizes to First Nations Peoples of Canada Wasuta Waste Win NSNt Correspondent VATICAN CITY, Rome — Pope Francis, who is from Argentina, made a historic apology internationally on April 1, 2022 to the First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples in Canada for the “deplorable” abuses suffered in Canada’s
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Housing: Is it a crisis or long past? By Joe Budd, Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Depending on who you talk to, it’s a feast or famine world in housing markets. When looking at data from the US Census Bureau, one company determined that South Dakota, has a
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