Día de los Muertos celebration at Rushmore Mall

The Aztec Dancers, Kalpulli Huitzillin, from St. Paul, Minnesota perform at the Rushmore Mall. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) RAPID CITY – A vibrant, multicolored and exotic performance that one does not often witness in and around He Sapa (Black Hills) took place inside the Rushmore Mall on Friday, November

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Shared by Native Sun News Today November 11, 2022

Legislation to hold the IRS more accountable

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a current member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, today announced that they intend to introduce

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Shared by Native Sun News Today November 3, 2022

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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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 28, 2022