STANDING ROCK—Recently Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill to help facilitate the return of ancestral human remains to the tribes in his state. The Human Remains Protection Act updates a 1989 state statute to complement the 1990 federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). While
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Sicangu Lakota, Photo by Google ROSEBUD – For decades, the Sicangu Lakota Treaty Council has advocated for the treaty rights of the Lakota Nation. And it will continue this legacy this week in the highest echelons of the Federal Government as a participant in the White House Summit on Building
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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Throughout October, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) and STTARS Indigenous Safe Housing Center (STTARS) will host webinars and panels, provide social media toolkits, and participate in various awareness days in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). DVAM offers advocates
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Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Chairman J. Garret Renville, center, stands with tribal archivist Tamara St. John, left, and Historic Preservation Officer Dianne Desrosiers after Renville signed an agreement Sept. 13, 2023, with the U.S. Army that for the first time allows ceremony in the Army’s repatriation process for ancestral remains from
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Indigenous Fashion designer Jillian Waterman, (front center) with her models in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Sabrina Stewart) NEW YORK CITY – Friday September 9, Jillian Waterman showcased her new clothing line Beetlejuice, in the streets of New York City. Early in the morning a few of her models gathered in
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Robert Bordeaux, a storyteller with Siċaŋġu Co, is interviewed for the documentary, “Tatanka: A Way of Life.” The buffalo is an integral part of the history and culture of tribes in South Dakota and across America. South Dakota Public Broadcasting has partnered with the Red Cloud Indian School
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M.S. Ed., Dakota Hunkpati FORT THOMPSON – The Dakota Hunkpati Kunsi-Unci Society had its beginnings in 2014 when the late Stella Pretty Sounding Flute, Dakota Hunkpati, expressed her wishes for Oyate to bring back the sacred “Horse dance.” Paying tribute to Stella’s request, her niece Belinda F. Joe (Rencountre), Jean
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CRAZY HORSE – Crazy Horse Memorial® will host its annual Native Americans’ Day celebrations on Monday, October 9, 2023. The all-day event features a Native Americans’ Day Program, hands-on activities, and performances by Pamyua, a nationally acclaimed Alaska Native performance group. The Native Americans’ Day Program begins at 10:00am
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Washington, D.C. – Today, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act passed the U.S. House by unanimous consent. This bill preserves a section of the land where hundreds of Lakota Indians were massacred by the U.S. Army. U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the bill in May after
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L-R: Dallas Goldtooth, Fawn Sharp, and Nick Tilsen hold space in front of the White House as U.S. Secret Service and Park Police push the crowd back. Photo by Sunny Red Bear for NDN Collective. On Peltier’s 79th birthday, organizer and actor Dallas Goldtooth, National Congress of American Indians
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