OST seeks adequate funding for law enforcement

PINE RIDGE—Citing a failure to “provide and adequately equip a sufficient number of law enforcement officers,” the Oglala Sioux Tribe filed suit on October 4 against the United States. The suit levels seven claims against the government, alleging they inadequately funded tribal law enforcement in violation of three treaties and

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Tribal legislators encourage veterans to check new PACT Act

Montana State Representative Rynalea Whiteman Pene, Northern Cheyenne. (Courtesy photo) HELENA – State Representatives Sharon Peregoy, (Crow) and Rynalea Whiteman Pena, (Northern (Cheyenne) are working to bring more awareness to Native veterans in Montana and other areas about the passage of the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act sponsored

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‘Kolas’ at Prairie Market

The iconic painting of four Indians astride their war ponies in front of Prairie Market titled “Kolas” by Oglala Lakota Artist Keith Braveheart. ( Photo courtesy of Keith Braveheart) The iconic painting of four Indians astride their war ponies in front of Prairie Market titled “Kolas” by Oglala Lakota Artist

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Oceti Vote Fest rocks Rapid City

Hand Games at the Oceti Vote Fest (Photo courtesy of Lakota Law Project) RAPID CITY – Hosted by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Lakota People’s Law Project, and Thunder Valley CDC, the event brought hundreds of Native People together to celebrate native culture and register voters People from across

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Ute tribe upset at Biden Administration

President Joe Biden at Camp Hale. (Courtesy Photo) CAMP HALE, UT— President Biden designated a new National Monument in the middle of the Ute Indian Tribe’s traditional homelands without tribal consultation and including the Tribe in the management of these lands.  The Tribe and its elected leaders were even excluded

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Foster youth voices matter in South Dakota

PIERRE – In South Dakota, we value the voices of youth and young adults who are or have been in foster care. Their lived experience is important and can have a positive impact on their own lives and the lives of future children in foster care. This October, South Dakota

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SkasdiCon celebrates Native comic book scene

  TAHLEQUAH, OK. – Cherokee Nation is celebrating Native perspective and influence within the comic book scene with its first-ever Indigenous comic convention, SkadiCon. The family-friendly event is slated for Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Northeastern State University in the University Center Ballroom at 612 N.

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What is Halloween?

Chantelle and Tanille Blue Arm’s children in their Halloween costumes while attending the “Nite at the Museum” at the School of Mines Sat. Oct. 22. Dressed as Alice in Wonderland characters are; Bella Wiese as Absolum the Caterpillar, Scarlet Anderson as the Cheshire Cat, Andrea Swiftbird as Alice and Josiah

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Awaiting the Indian Messiah

Native Americans performing ritual Ghost Dance. One standing woman is wearing a white dress, a special costume for the ritual dance, 1890. (Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of Interior) Teachings about a Messiah that will come to save the human race from inevitable self-destruction and regenerate

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