Tim Giago’s Memorial was a service to remember

Women who worked for Native Sun News Today were honored at the Tim Giago Memorial Dinner on Saturday July 15. L to R: Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa, Delphine Red Shirt, Cristy Tibbits, Yolanda Thompson, Michele Hudson, and Tallie Nauman. (Photo by Michele Davies) Award Winning Journalist Jodi Rave Spotted Bear, the

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 21, 2023

Senate Passes Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act

“We applaud the Senate’s passage of our bill, and we hope the House of Representatives considers it in short order.” SD Senators Thune and Rounds WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed their Tribal Trust Land Homeownership

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 20, 2023

Native POP hosts premiere event

Morning Prayer (I am the land, the land is who I am) artwork by Joe Pulliam, Oglala Lakota won Best of Show at 2023 Native POP. (Photo by Christopher Piña)   Above: “Indian Alley – L.A. artwork by Galen LaRoche won Best of Division II- Two Dimensional B Below: Models

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 13, 2023

Cook-Lynn leaves behind a legacy of art and accomplishment

Author Elizabeth Cook-Lynn with Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association’s Executive Director Gay Kingman. (Photo courtesy Gay Kingman) RAPID CITY—“Writing is an essential act of survival for contemporary American Indians,” Elizabeth Cook-Lynn once wrote. “The final responsibility of a writer like me … is to commit something to paper in the

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 13, 2023

Maine governor vetoes tribal sovereignty bill

AUGUSTA, MAINE—Despite having a Democrat in the governor’s chair, Maine tribes were dealt a blow last week when Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill designed to ensure federal law applied to Maine tribes when it came to sovereignty. The nature and focus of tribal sovereignty has long been misunderstood by

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 13, 2023

Native POP returns to Main Street Square

RAPID CITY – Native POP: People of the Plains is excited to announce the 2023 art market and cultural celebration for the two-day art show to celebrate the market’s eleventh year at Main Street Square. This juried art show and cultural celebration is a free annual event in the heart

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 7, 2023