Dan Stusek HELENA, MT—In the very near future the Montana District and Re-Apportioning Commission will make a final decision on the new voting districts for the Montana Legislature going into effect in 2024. Why should tribal members be interested in this process? Simply because the voting districts determine how possible
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Shared by Native Sun News Today January 6, 2023
“I have never touched a white man during my lifetime. I just can’t trust any white man and never will because they killed my father and brother for no reason at all.” Alice Ghost Horse Reprinted with permission from Manny Iron Hawk WOUNDED KNEE –– In the preface of Rapid
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Senator Mike Rounds meeting with Indian Education delegates in 2016 (Cheyenne River Chairman Harold Frazier at Right) addressing the initial stages of the RESPECT ACT. (Photo courtesy of Indianz.com) WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) has sponsored a new bill, the RESPECT Act (Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging
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A Ghost Dance Shirt that is part of the collection of items that were returned to the Oceti Sakonwin. (Photo courtesy of Wounded Knee Survivors Associations) PORCUPINE – On Thursday December 29, on the anniversary of the massacre at Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála (Wounded Knee Creek) sacred Lakota and Dakota artifacts,
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December 15, 1890 Sitting Bull was killed by Tribal Police, who were directed by the Agency Superintendent James McLaughlin to arrest Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull Tiwahe and close Mnicoujou Tiwahe shared within their families, that there was never an intention to arrest Sitting Bull but to eliminate Sitting Bull
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United Resource Connection is seeking Medicaid and SNAP recipients for input and feedback about local support programs and services. One of the goals of United Resource Connection is to make access to support services more user-friendly. One of the ways we do this is by providing more than phone numbers
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Shared by United Resource Connection January 4, 2023
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion recently released the second edition of their Physical Activity_Guidelines (available as a pdf). The guidelines provide evidence-based guidance to help people maintain or improve their health through physical activity. They also have released a number of
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For children and young adults of families impacted by addiction, the holidays, substance misuse, and its related stresses may bring on a great deal of additional fear and isolation. Here are some resources and guidance that can be used to help them through the season. The National Association for Children
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NDN Collective CEO Nick Tilsen. (photo courtesy of Argus Leader) RAPID CITY—NDN Collective sent out a press release last week indicating that their CEO Nick Tilsen had had all charges dismissed stemming from a July 2020 protest incident at Mount Rushmore during the visit of then President Donald Trump. Generally,
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The family of Abbey Lynn Steele gather for a candlelight vigil in front of the Pennington County Jail. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) RAPID CITY – A large group of allies’ weathered frigid temperatures in the evening hours of Tuesday, Dec. 6 to attend a candlelight vigil for Abbey Lynn
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