STATEMENT OF OGLALA SIOUX TRIBAL PRESIDENT FRANK STAR COMES OUT RESPONDING TO S.D. GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM’S BORDER ADDRESS TO THE JOINT SESSION OF THE S.D. LEGISLATURE (February 2, 2024 First, I would like to say that I am an honorably discharged U.S. Combat Marine that served tours in the Gulf
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Concerned parents show up for a town hall meeting, hosted by Lame Deer Public Schools superintendent Theresa Keel, to hear about what happened during an incident in which she alledgedly sprayed a student in the face with pepper spray. (Courtesy photo) LAME DEER, Mont. – Recently, the Lame Deer School
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The AISA panel from left to right: Ed Valandra (Sicangu Lakota) Senior Editor of Living Justice Press, James Riding In (Pawnee) Professor Emeritus, ASU, Sarah Hernandez (Sicangu Lakota) Assistant Professor at UNM and Melanie Yazzi (Dine) Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota. (Photo by Marnie Cook ALBUQUERQUE – “Colonialism is
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2024 Native American 40 Under 40 Class honoree Kim Ironroad (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) – Senior Program Assistant, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Seattle, WA. (Photo courtesy LinkedIn) MESA, AZ – The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development is proud to announce the 2024 Class of Native American 40
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BOULDER, Colo. – WILD.org and Wilderness Foundation Global are proud to announce the 12th World Wilderness Congress (WILD12), to be held from Sunday, August 25th to Saturday, August 31st, 2024 in He Sápa, the Black Hills, the sacred lands of the Lakota Nation. The event’s host will be the Sicangu
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Chef Sean Sherman, also known as “The Sioux Chef,” will host a virtual conversation with an audience at South Dakota State University as part of the Griffith Honors Forum Lecture, starting at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center. (Photo by Bill Phelps, @billphelpsstudio) BROOKINGS, S.D.
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Racing Magpie will be holding their 2nd Annual Valentine’s Art Market, in partnership with the Black Hills Indian Art Market, to be held Saturday February 10. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – It isn’t easy to create something that has lasting value and maintain its original integrity. That’s exactly
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: Sharon Scott (left), Director for the Oklahoma Indian Tax Association, Crystal Williams (middle), Vice Chair for the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and Naomie Droll (right), Public Policy Advisor at organize at the U.S. Capitol for a two days of meetings advocating for tax reform in Indian Country. (Photo by
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Students work on English assignments at Sapa Un Jesuit Academy. “We’re very student-based, with small class sizes, which allows us to move kids around in spaces based on need,” said principal Stacee Valandra. (Photo: Submitted) FRANCIS, S.D. – When talk turns to preparing more children on the Rosebud Indian Reservation
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Kiowa Pulitzer recipient N. Scott Momaday (Courtesy photo) “Is it possible to overcome great disadvantage” ~ N. Scott Momaday SANTA FE, N.M. – Navarre Scott Momaday, Kiowa, a writer, poet, educator and master storyteller, has died. His Pulitzer Prize winning debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is credited with the
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