The Sioux Chef, Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota, born in Pine Ridge, SD, is organizing the food tasting thanks to the Wokini Initiative of SDSU. RAPID CITY – An impressive lineup of presenters is slated for the first annual Lakota Food Summit taking place February 18th-20th at Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza.
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Part III of a series Geneva Lone Hill inside the community center, which is one of four buildings constructed by the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation. (Photo by Ernestine Anukasan) BATESLAND – The community that was victimized by a scam that took advantage of the abject poverty that grips much of
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Jerome wanted to know why he still felt so badly about his parents’ divorce. He couldn’t understand it. He was ten years old at the time. He came to counseling to begin his search for the answer. Therapist: “What is the worst thing about your parents’ divorce?” Jerome: “It feels
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Why do some children lash out? Why do they throw things around the room, yell at the people they love and smack those who they rely on? Most parents feel inadequately prepared to cope with anger problems because they never had anger management training. They hate it. They are afraid
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RAPID CITY – Ahani (a long time ago), before there were horses, Sunka (dog) was sacred to the Oceti Sakonwin. Sunka guarded the tipi encampments, and pulled travois’ when the camp moved seasonally following the buffalo. Each spring when the Wakinyan Oyate (thunder beings) brought magazu (rain) to replenish the
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Shawnee Real Bird, Crow and Cheyenne will soon become the first female Native American from a Montana tribe to obtain a commercial pilot’s license. (Photo courtesy Facebook) Shawnee Real Bird, age 21, will soon become the first female Native American from any Montana tribe to obtain a commercial pilot’s license.
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Native American Natural Foods’ is helping Indian reservation ranchers like Charles “Bamm” Brewer access markets through a new partnership with Niman Ranch that links with Tanka Fund and Tanka Regenerative Agriculture Coop. PINE RIDGE – Charles “Bamm” Brewer is one of only a handful of Native American buffalo ranchers able
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People gather for a candlelight vigil in honor of Selena Not Afraid of Swords Park in Billings on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Not Afraid had been missing since Jan. 1 Her body was found Jan. 20 less than a mile from where she was last seen. People gather for a
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Youth prayed for justice with a three-day relay run through Lakota, Cheyenne and Apsáalooke country after body of sister missing 20 days was found.(photo by Joanna J. Shane) HARDIN, Mont. – In honor of missing and murdered indigenous women, a group of relay runners who took off from the Pine
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PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) members elected Keith Anderson as Chairman, Cole Miller as Vice-Chairman and Rebecca Crooks-Stratton as Secretary/Treasurer yesterday. These three elected officials will serve four-year terms and make up the tribe’s Business Council. The Business Council is responsible for the day-to-day operations of
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