Trauma, anxiety, and panic attacks should be treated with the same mindset as someone who has been knocked down. It is a painful experience that hurts and can be a bit frightening and disorienting. Yet the discomfort will pass with time, wounds will heal, and we will survive. I would
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger June 1, 2020
HETTINGER, ND – “Buffalo Tales & Trails,” a new Blog and website focusing on America’s new national mammal, the bison, or buffalo, will launch May 5. Subscriptions are available free at www.buffalotalesandtrails.com. The blog is written by Francie M. Berg, author of 3 books on buffalo. Her latest book “Buffalo
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Shared by Native Sun News Today May 29, 2020
By Mary Papenfuss A health team from Doctors Without Borders has been dispatched to the Navajo Nation to help the tribe’s struggle with a rate of coronavirus infections that’s higher than any state in America. As of Sunday, the country’s most populous reservation had logged at least 100 deaths due
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By Asha Glover WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ended South Dakota’s efforts to tax spending by nontribal members at a Native American casino, turning down the state’s challenge to an Eighth Circuit holding in favor of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. South Dakota had sought to overturn
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By Travis Dewes Native Sun News Staff Writer Liz Marty May, former State Representative of 6 years, announced her plans to challenge Dusty Johnson in the Republican Primary on February 4, 2020, during the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. And a few days before the announcement she received official
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In an effort to adapt their mission, The U.S. Army Field Band from Washington, D.C. is presenting daily live stream concerts in hopes of keeping America connected at a time where meeting in person is impossible. The virtual concert series: “We Stand Ready” is streaming on these two sites: www.youtube.com/ArmyFieldBand
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Co-Chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus Deb Haaland (NM-01) ALBUQUERQUE – In a letter to the CDC and FEMA, Co-Chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus Deb Haaland (NM-01) and Chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Ruben Gallego (Ariz.-07) pressed for
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SOUTH DAKOTA — The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin a phased restart of some 2020 Census field operations in South Dakota next week. For the health and safety of Census employees and the public, field staff will observe social distancing protocols
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Candi Brings Plenty: “Tribal sovereignty allows the tribes to operate these checkpoints within their land.” (PHOTO COURTESY / ACLU) By Justine Anderson Native Sun News Today Correspondent PIERRE – At a May 21 teleconference, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said she sent a letter asking U.S. President Donald Trump to
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Mining pollution threats recently earned Rapid creek, or Mniluzahan, a 2020 designation as one of America’s Most Threatened Rivers. (Photo by Talli Nauman) RAPID CITY – As tribal governments awaited federal consultation over proposed increases in large-scale gold prospecting on Rapid Creek upstream from here, the grassroots Black Hills Clean
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