Native Americans performing ritual Ghost Dance. One standing woman is wearing a white dress, a special costume for the ritual dance, 1890. Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of Interior. Teachings about a Messiah that will come to save mankind from inevitable self-destruction and destruction of Ina
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Carlee Schreiner, title is healing. The artist said the woman in this painting represent the jingle dress, which is also a healing dress to the Ojibwe. RAPID CITY – The Lakota Nation Invitational Art show is among the various competitions at the annual Lakota Nation Invitational. LNI Art Show coordinator
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Part 1 of 2 Husasa (Red Legs) became one of the first Sioux Chiefs to convert to Christianity. He took the English name of Thomas Whipple after a Bishop Whipple. On December 26, 1862, 38 Dakota Sioux were hanged by the U.S. military in Mankato, MN for their role in
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Students listened as Landon Schmeichel, an Advanced Placement U.S. history teacher at Legacy High School in Bismarck, N.D, taught a lesson about the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and how it led to the genocide of some 6,000 Cherokee during the forced Trail of Tears march. Despite the passing of
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A t-shirt bearing the message “You are not forgotten” is a fitting reminder that the houseless are not forgotten by members of Woyatan Church whose mantra is “Tunkasila through scripture.” (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID CITY – The Woyatan Lutheran Church expanded services this week to the unsheltered community
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Taylor Gunhammer giving a presentation at Ramkota during the Protect the Hesapa event. In the foreground is attorney Bruce Ellison who also gave a presentation outling legal remedies to curb mining in the Black Hills. (Photo by Kirk Dickerson) “Our tribal governments must step up to enforce our treaty rights
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President Joseph Biden signs a new Executive Order promoting the next era of Tribal Self-Determination with six Tribal leaders including Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairwoman Janet Alkire (right) at the 2023 Tribal Nations Summit at the U.S. Department of Interior on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. (Photo by Darren Thompson) WASHINGTON—Last
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The winter holiday season can be stressful as well as joyful for both adults and children. The entire family can become overstimulated and exhausted with multiple family and community celebration events, many of which encourage overspending and overeating refined carbohydrates. It’s also a time when nostalgia for times and people
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Friends and family of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives walked for a mile and a half to spread awareness during the Human Trafficking Walk on Nov. 30. Photo credit/Adrianna Adame BISMARCK, ND – More than 30 people walked for a mile and a half in the cold and wind during
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Tickets to win one of Chantelle Blue Arm’s signature quilts are currently being sold to help raise funds to help feed our houseless relatives. RAPID CITY – With the safety of our houseless relatives at the forefront after the closing of the Hope Center in Rapid City, several community organizations
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