Most of us have very specific, vivid ideas about what staying in a psychiatric hospital looks like. These ideas have likely been shaped by Hollywood or sensationalist news stories. Because how often do we hear about someone’s real-life stay at a psychiatric facility? If going to therapy is rarely talked
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Shared by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Contributing Blogger September 6, 2019
RAPID CITY– Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity, along with Samantha Goings, welcomes the public to attend a home dedication ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 30 at 929 Dilger Avenue in Rapid City. This home is the eighth and final home to be dedicated at the Garfield Green
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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 29, 2019
The Remove the Stain Act would strip the highest military award from 20 U.S. soldiers who slaughtered hundreds of Native women and children. WASHINGTON ― Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) plans to introduce legislation this fall to rescind 20 Medals of Honor awarded to U.S. soldiers who slaughtered hundreds of Lakota
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BLACK HILLS – Rural America Initiatives and Rapid City Community Conversations are pleased to announce the date and location of this year’s Native American Day Parade, which will be held in conjunction with the Black Hills Powwow on October 12, 2019 in downtown Rapid City. Parade registrations are available at
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WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is looking to change the narrative about American Indians in classrooms, transforming how teachers are teaching history to achieve a more inclusive, accurate and complete education. As part of its national education initiative, Native Knowledge 360 Degrees (NK360°), the National Museum of
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Tribal members and allies, pictured in Rapid City in 2015, continue to express opposition to licensing of proposed Dewey Burdock radioactive extraction project, which regulators say could have a large impact on Lakota cultural resources. RAPID CITY – With the Oglala Sioux Tribe set to argue Aug. 28-30 for its
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Chase Iron Eyes, right, sits next to his attorneys in a Morton County courtroom in April 2018 during a pretrial conference on charges of felony inciting a riot and misdemeanor criminal trespass related to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests on Feb. 1, 2017. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune BISMARCK, N.D.
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The eldest living descendant of White Fox, (Pawnee) is fighting to bring his regalia back home from Sweden. PAWNEE, OK— Much of the Pawnee world was in turmoil back in the 1870’s. Disease and hardship had reduced a once mighty warrior tribe to a fraction of its former numbers, and
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Place your hand on your chest. Breathe so that you feel your chest moving in and out against your hand. This is chest breathing, a shallow form of breathing that often occurs as a response to stress. Rapid chest breathing quickly gets oxygen to the muscles so you can fight
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger August 29, 2019
Have you ever been totally absorbed while reading a book, cooking or watching a movie? Did you zone out to the point you didn’t notice what else was going on around you? If so, you’ve experienced a trance-like state that’s similar to what happens to you during hypnosis. Hypnosis, also
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