ABERDEEN—Brian Bengs, U.S. Senate candidate for South Dakota, released the following statement in response to the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline that would stretch approximately 469 miles across South Dakota. “I strongly support the ethanol industry, but I fundamentally disagree with the Kelo decision, which simply provides another way
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EAGAN, MN— During Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, StrongHearts Native Helpline once again is raising awareness about domestic violence and supporting and honoring survivors and victims. As in past years, StrongHearts asks that domestic violence advocates, tribal leaders, reservation and urban Indigenous community members, service providers and Indigenous organizations
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RAPID CITY – Oaye Luta Okolakiciye has launched a voter registration, education, and information site to support the voice of Native people. Inajin Ye / Stand Up was created with the knowledge our voice is sacred, and to amplify the voices of native people. Every day decisions are made about
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VICE CHAIRMAN on the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Sen. Lisa Murkowski Senator for Alaska. WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), co-hosted a roundtable discussion titled, “Promoting and Supporting Tribal Access to Spectrum and Related Benefits in Native
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The Native American Parade Day in October 2019. The parade will return with Jackie Giago as the grand marshal in honor of Tim Giago. (Photo Journal File) RAPID CITY – After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Native American Day Parade is back. The parade is sponsored
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1910 Pendleton, Oregon Round Up Pow Wow (Photo courtesy pininterest.com) History wastes little time distorting who people were, why they did the things they did, and unless a given piece of history was lucky enough to have a skilled, principled scholar on hand to jot down every important particular, perhaps
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Imitating a Kimimila (butterfly) Sophia Benally gave a stunning exhibition of the women’s fancy dance to those who gathered at Prairie Edge as a preview of the upcoming powwow. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) RAPID CITY – Once again, the heartbeat of Ina Maka will reverberate throughout the foothills of
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SIOUX FALLS—The latest set of social studies standards for South Dakota’s K-12 public schools are an example of ongoing colonialism and discrimination against Indigenous students and tribes in South Dakota, the ACLU of South Dakota said in a letter submitted to the Board of Education Content Standards ahead of its
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Photo: The 2022-23 American Indian College Fund Student Ambassador cohort. Left to right: Julianna Benge (Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation), Shannon Taylor (White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation), Chantel Pewewardy (Comanche Nation), Randy Estrin (Ketchikan Indian Community and Central Council of Tlingit Haida Indian
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RAPID CITY—NDN Collective, an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power, announces the opening of applications for the fourth year of the NDN Changemaker Fellowship. The Changemaker Fellowship will be offered to 21 Indigenous Changemakers across the continental U.S., Canada, Mexico, Islands of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana
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