PIERRE– Today, Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) announced South Dakota will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs. “Businesses across the state continue to say they would grow and expand, if it wasn’t for the lack of
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Enbridge Line 3 opponents in Northern Minnesota locked themselves at man-camp gates in civil disobedience to raise awareness. COURTESY / Martin Keller BACKUS, Minn. — Eleven individuals locked themselves at the entrances to Enbridge’s Line 3 workers’ encampment in a civil disobedience action here on May 6, to raise awareness
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“I never allow a lack of knowledge on a particular subject matter to hold me back from doing something,” said James Parker Shield, Chippewa Cree Little Shell, when talking about the National Native Hall of Fame. “About ten years ago I thought: there is a Hall Fame for just about
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PIERRE. – The South Dakota Department of Health has released new income guidelines for the WIC Program effective May 3, 2021. WIC is a special supplemental nutrition program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provided at no cost to eligible moms, infants and children. Its goal is to
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WASHINGTON .— Recognizing the preservation of language as essential in maintaining and strengthening Native American tribes, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) introduced a bipartisan bill to support Native American languages this week. “Congress made a commitment to promote and protect the rights of Native Americans to use their
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BOULDER, CO – Creative Nations, in collaboration with the Dairy Arts Center and Boedecker Foundation, will host Sing Our Rivers Red, a series of carefully curated exhibitions that aims to bring awareness to the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQQIA individuals (MMIWG+), and colonial gender-based violence
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WASHINGTON – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced today that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has begun disbursing $900 million to federally recognized tribes under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. ARP was signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021, and the funds will
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“The General Store” (Ace Hardware and Lumber store) in Martin, SD has been sold to RF Buche and will take over on May 18th, 2021. Buche plans to keep the store running regular hours through the transition so customers are not affected. “Martin is great, thriving business community and we
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Tribal College Journal is launching a new creative writing column featuring award-winning student author Brianna Reed of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). The first of its kind, the new bi-monthly column will showcase Reed’s rising talent as she continues to break boundaries and explore new horizons through her
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Bison gallop in front of corralling fence on the North Rim of Grand Canyon. Photo courtesy of National Park Service GRAND CANYON, AZ—According to the National Park Service (NPS) the herd of 600 bison on the Grand Canyon North Rim will be reduced to 200 by a “lethal removal program.”
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