Brothers Wakiyan LaPoint, and Thorne LaPoint, Sicangu Lakota from Rosebud were the hosts of the Mni Ki Wakan summit. (Photo by Christopher Pina) RAPID CITY – On August 15-17, organizers of the Mni Ki Wakan Water Summit brought together water protectors from the four corners of Ina Maka (Mother Earth)
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear, online publisher of Buffalo’s Fire, addresses about 400 Canadian and U.S. journalists on Aug. 12 during her acceptance speech of the inaugural Tim Giago Free Press Award. The awards banquet took place during the 40th Annual National Native Media Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba. PHOTO/Indigenous Journalists Association
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Happy crew at 2nd Blessings 2023 National Thrift Store Day (Courtesy: Clara Caufield) SHERIDAN, Wyo. – August 17th was National Thrift Store Day. In Sheridan, WY it was observed and celebrated in the spirit of generosity by the 2nd Hand Blessings Thrift Store in Sheridan, WY. Everything in the store
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Rotunda at the new Oyate Health Center on the Sioux San Campus in Rapid City designed by Seven Generations Architecture + Engineering (7GAE). (Courtesy photo) KALAMAZOO, MI – Seven Generations Architecture + Engineering (7GAE), a southwest Michigan based, tribally owned AE firm is working to preserve native histories in Rapid
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At one time the date for human occupation of the Americas was set at about 13,000 years ago, this date determined from archaeological digs at Clovis sites, principally in New Mexico. Over the years this date has been pushed back in time by findings since determined valid, and by findings
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WASHINGTON, D.C. As a national leader in behavioral health, the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is proud to partner with our member organization the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) in hosting the inaugural National Tribal Opioid Summit, August 22-24 at the Tulalip Tribes in Washington state. The summit,
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Making sure no one in South Dakota goes hungry is not just a passion for RF Buche. He considers it a moral obligation. It’s why the fourth-generation president of the GF Buche Co. – which operates Buche Foods supermarkets and Gus Stop convenience stores among its retail ventures – strives
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John Echohawk (Pawnee), was awarded the 2023 ABA Thurgood Marshall Award. (Courtesy photo) DENVER—Called a “beacon of light for advancing the cause of civil rights” by the American Bar Association (ABA), John Echohawk (Pawnee), was awarded the 2023 ABA Thurgood Marshall Award for being a “Native American rights trail blazer”
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Lester Runsabove LAME DEER, Mont. – Maggie Runsabove, Northern Cheyenne/Sioux of Lame Deer, Montana is a grieving mother, as is the rest of her extended family. On June 7, 2023, her son Lester Runsabove, age 41, an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe was brutally attacked in Billings by
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Robbie Robertson died on August 9, at his home in Los Angeles, at the age of 80. In the heart of every Native is a storyteller, and not surprising for tribal people with only an oral tradition to explain to the generations to come who they were, what they believed.
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