LAS VEGAS – When he played Smiles A lot in the 1990 film “Dances with Wolves” Nathan Chasing Horse won over the hearts of many movie goers with his boyish antics. Now, 33 years later, the actor is being charged with using his influence to sexually abuse young indigenous girls.
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Manny and Renee Iron, members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe visit the infamous Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. (Photo courtesy Renee Iron Hawk) Renee Iron Hawk (Tituwan Oohenumpa) first heard years ago about annual “Bearing Witness” retreats at the infamous Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is proud to announce the launch of “Change the Bill”, a call to action that aims to promote reconciliation through art. Despite being the original inhabitants of this land, an Indigenous person has never been represented on a permanent Canadian
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Dean Alan Smith, pastor of over twenty years at the Morning Star Baptist Church in Lame Deer, Montana. LAME DEER, MT—On January 3, 2023, Dean Alan Smith, pastor of over twenty years at the Morning Star Baptist Church in Lame Deer, Montana, pled not guilty to federal charges filed the
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Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. received the Key to the City from Muskogee Mayor Marlon Coleman during an after-celebration held at the Martin Luther King Community Center. MUSKOGEE, OK — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. was presented the Key to the City of Muskogee during the
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Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek eloquently delivers State of Tribal Nations Address. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) Part 2 of 3 PIERRE – Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek eloquently delivered the State of Tribal Nations Address to a joint session of the South Dakota State Legislature
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OST wants Biden Administration to release funds to buy nine new snow plows for the nine reservation districts. (Photo courtesy Urban Milwaukee) PINE RIDGE—Newly elected Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out has sent an 18-page disaster relief request letter to President Biden, dated January 19, 2023, to the
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Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek. Part 1 of a series PIERRE –Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek delivered a very well prepared and well-articulated South Dakota State of Tribal Nations Address before a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature. On Thursday, January 12 the State of Tribal Nations
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PINE RIDGE—There are two proposed amendments to the Oglala Sioux Tribe constitution, and to vote on these amendments, tribal members must register by mailing in registration forms mailed to them. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), not the tribe, is supervising this vote. Many around the reservation are reporting that
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Early Woodland Indians grew corn, beans and squash that were also known as the Three Sisters. These grown vegetables were well stored throughout the winter months allowing the Shawnee plenty of food throughout the year. Native American elders remember when there was no word for diabetes in indigenous North American
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