Dustin Sene new superintendent of Little Big Horn National Monument. (Photo courtesy National Park Service) CROW AGENCY, Mont. — The National Park Service (NPS) announced the selection of Dustin Sene as superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. He will begin his new assignment on June 4. Sene has worked for
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WASHINGTON, June 6, 2023 — The American Bar Association Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice will honor Native American rights trailblazer and activist John E. Echohawk, executive director of the Native American Rights Fund. The award will be presented at a dinner celebration honoring his distinguished career during the
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Jonathan Windy Boy On March 30, 2023, the Catholic church, by way of a Vatican press release, officially repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery. Montana State Representative Jonathan Windy Boy, Chippewa Cree suggested this story. He hopes to introduce legislation to get the State of Montana to concur. That will have
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John McKendree, Mississippi Chapter of Rolling Thunder, Lettie Irons Connell, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, 2016 Battle of the Little Big Horn Anniversary, (Photo courtesy) Not all military heroes served on the front lines. One such who has served in the background is Lettie Irons Connell, Standing Rock Sioux. Connell, seventy-five
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Christopher A. Piña, Felipa DeLeon-Mousseau, Eltina Threestars and Muffie Mousseau are looking forward to the upcoming Two Spirit Wacipi in the Black Hills. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan) RAPID CITY – Two brave Lakota Winyan (women) have conquered the stigma and paved a path for other Two-Spirit Natives. Monique “Muffie” Mousseau
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Ancient Roots Homestead is an Indigenous farm in Bowler, Wisconsin where owners Lucille and Benjamin Grignon grow the traditional plants of their ancestors. (Photo courtesy Facebook) On April 5, 2023, Lucille Grignon (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Nation), presented a virtual “healing camp” sponsored by The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
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Houses in a new development on Oct. 28, 2022, in Harrisburg. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) For-profit entities might have a shot at some of the $200 million in housing infrastructure funding, the Housing Development Authority’s board members learned on Tuesday. Tribal entities, however, likely won’t be eligible unless the Legislature
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(Photo courtesy KOTA TV) RAPID CITY—On May 23, 2023, the South Dakota District Court ruled in favor of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST), denying a motion to dismiss, brought by the US Department of Interior (DOI) OST was the plaintiff in this case, DOI was the defendant. OST sought relief
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Mayoral candidate Laura Armstrong, earned herself an A+ for her grasp of Native issues in Rapid City. (Courtesy Photo) RAPID CITY—Given Rapid City’s sizeable Native population, one has to wonder why only one mayoral candidate saw fit to mention Natives on their website. Laura Armstrong, Brad Estes, Josh Lyle, Jason
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The birth of a White Buffalo Calf at Bear River State Park is creating quite a stir as White Buffalo are sacred to many tribes on the Northern Plains. (Courtesty Photo) As first reported by the Cowboy State Daily News, A 30-pound rare white bison calf hit the ground at
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