FLANDREAU— A few weeks back the Flandreau Sioux Tribe filed suit against Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Last week the Tribe lost an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA had refused to sign off on the Tribe’s hemp growing operation,
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Shared by Native Sun News Today June 12, 2019
Onna LeBeau is the Executive Director of Black Hills Community Loan Fund located in downtown Rapid City. She has been helping Native and non-Native Americans with financial literacy and getting their credit scores up to secure home and business loans for the past four years.Credit: Richie Richards RAPID CITY –
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RAPID CITY— Keeping things simple when it comes to convoluted issues, like the Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Health Board (GPTCHB) 638 contract takeover of the Rapid City Indian Hospital (Sioux San), is not easy. Understandable fears, hostile communication, and escalating mistrust between the community and the GPTCHB, have worsened the
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The more aligned a couple is on certain crucial dimensions, the better off they will be in the long term. Below are questions that can help to start thinking about how compatible a couple is: • Do we expect our partner to tell us the amount of money spent on
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger June 11, 2019
Unfairness arises in situations of powerlessness, disrespect and a lack of reciprocity in your most intimate relationships. Often in relationships you want something or someone to change, but you cannot make it happen, which fuels your desire to defend against this feeling of impotence. Sometimes you cannot even get your
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We would certainly take objection to parents who are not teaching their children to read or do math because we know how difficult life will be without those skills. Why is responsibility any different? When we do not teach our children responsibility, we send them into the world without a
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You’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or maybe your loved one has. And you’re wondering, what’s the best treatment? What actually works? What the heck do I do? Because bipolar disorder is a chronic, complex condition, managing it can feel overwhelming and downright confusing. But thankfully there are effective, research-based
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Shared by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S., Contributing Blogger May 24, 2019
Once when I was watching the news, I saw a story about a man in southern California whose house had been destroyed by a mudslide. He was crying, and he told a reporter that he wanted the federal government to step in and help. Down the street, the reporter found
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4 ways Trump’s presidency has evoked a sense of powerlessness: 1) Marginalization – when an individual or group minimizes or disavows the legitimacy, rights or privileges of others who are believed to be somehow different from the mainstream. 2) Internalizing external reality- themes of loss related to reduced importance, influence,
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There is a long history of women who were told they were hysterical for openly expressing intense emotions. Guest blogger, Laura Brownstone, LCSW has been a therapist for over 15 years. In this post, she shares her thoughts on the shame and stigma that fuels the impulse of self injury. I
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