As a two-spirit woman, Carla Douglas has survived trauma and experiences that many people will not have to go through in their lifetime. She has overcome these challenges to become a needed resource in Rapid City. Photo by: Richie Richards RAPID CITY — When Carla Douglas, 54, was born, her
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The grandmother of Kylen Shangreaux, Sonya Dubray, has been sentenced for her role in his murder and cover up. The young boy died in a tragic way but his family wants to keep his memory alive by helping others. RAPID CITY – The story for Kylen Shangreaux, age 2 at
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Participants in the Sovereign Sisters Gathering attended a rally at South Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence L. Piersol’s June hearing in Rapid City in the case of Dakota Rural Action v. Noem. COURTESY / Sacred Activism RAPID CITY – Native American pipeline construction resisters were among the first of
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Stress is tension and pressure that occurs in our lives because of various demands, responsibilities and concerns. When our boss tells us to work harder or when our children bug us for attention while we’re trying to watch a football game – that’s stress. When we’re caught in traffic or
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger September 26, 2019
If you see the world as a terrible place in which to live, other people as unfair, or life as having the cards stacked against you, you create a formula for anger, sadness or worry. Like when you are leaving for work on a dark, cold, wet morning and you
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON – Vice Chair Kathryn Isom-Clause, and Associate Commissioner E. Sequoyah Simermeyer of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) released the Fiscal Year 2018 Gross Gaming Revenue numbers. FY 2018 revenues total $33.7B, an overall increase of 4.1% over FY 2017. The GGR for FY 2018 is the highest in
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 21, 2019
PRIOR LAKE, MN – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) recently opened a public exhibit that celebrates and chronicles the history of the tribe and allows visitors to experience Dakota culture. The exhibit is located in Hoċokata Ti (2300 Tiwahe Circle, Shakopee), the SMSC’s new cultural center and gathering space.
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Historian and author, Yuval Noah Harari. The French and their tribal allies defeat the British at the Battle of Monongahela in 1755. RAPID CITY— A couple of years back a meeting was held at Rosebud Casino, chaired by Elgin Bad Wound with assistance from Leonard Little Finger, among others. Those
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Connie Hopkins and her four grandchildren have been displaced from their house in Lakota Homes in North Rapid City, following a fire in early August, 2019. (Photo courtesy Connie Hopkins) RAPID CITY – A grandmother has been evicted from her house after nearly four years of living in Lakota Homes;
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For the first time in the 70-year history of the power company, Sicangu Oyate members, pictured at the 2019 standing-room-only election meeting, gained the majority of seats on the board of directors. Credit COURTESY / Rosebud Cordier VALENTINE, Nebraska – Sept. 14, 2019 marked the first time that tribal members
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