The United States Postal Service provides a pathway for homeless individuals to have a P.O. Box at no cost. A free P.O. box can be incredibly useful for homeless individuals as it provides them with a secure mailing address. This allows them to receive important documents, apply for job opportunities,
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View of Pactola Lake from the Pactola Visitors Center. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Outgoing Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland called the Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed a “treasured landscape” as she finalized her decision to withdraw more than twenty thousand acres in the Black Hills National Forest
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Francis Whitebird (Courtesy Randy Glass Studio) If there were only one man, he would have no need of language, but once there are at least two men, they must be able to communicate. If there were only one man, there would be no need for identity, but once there are
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Wounded Knee Massacre mass gravesite. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) As the 134th commemoration of the Wounded Knee Massacre nears, efforts to protect the massacre site and review medals awarded to participating soldiers are in limbo. After years of activism by Lakota people, the U.S. Department of Defense announced in
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Construction in Lamedeer, Montana on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – All around the small berg of Lame Deer, Montana, heart of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, new construction is being pursued. On the west end of town, the BIA/.I.H.S. or government side, a
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Roger Broer and Dream Catchers Artists Guild to receive Governors award in the Arts FORT PIERRE – Arts South Dakota and the South Dakota Arts Council will celebrate the 27th biennial Governor’s Awards in the Arts on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at Drifters Bar & Grille, Fort Pierre. Recipients of
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Dr. Gordon Ambrosino, new Managing Director of Museum, Interpretation & Cultural Affairs of The Indian Museum of North America ® at Crazy Horse Memorial® CRAZY HORSE, SD – Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is excited to welcome Dr. Gordon Ambrosino as the new Managing Director of Museum, Interpretation & Cultural Affairs
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In an undated photo, children are seen in the sewing department at Cut Bank Boarding School in Montana. The school was also known as the Blackfeet Agency Boarding and Day School. (Sherburne/Mansfield Library, Archives & Special Collections) WASHINGTON DC – On December 22, 2024, after a year-long in-depth investigation, the
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Main Street Square event hosted by City’s Disability Awareness & Accessibility Committee; Features fun on ice, free skates, parking, hot chocolate RAPID CITY, SD—Mark your calendars for a fun day of ice skating for people of all abilities. The City’s Disability Awareness and Accessibility Committee, in partnership with Main Street
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Whitney Rencountre, Mary Jo Gibbons, Maurice Twiss, Moses Brings Plenty and his brother Joseph Brings Plenty at the Lakota Nation Education Conference at the Ramkota Best Western in Rapid City. (Photo by Kirk Dickerson) RAPID CITY – For forty-seven years, the Lakota Nations Education Conference has provided educators with an
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Shared by Native Sun News Today January 5, 2025