President Biden signs a new initiative to preserve Native languages in the United States. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Education and Health and Human Services today announced that the annual Native Languages Summit will be held on Oct. 4 in Oklahoma City. The Speaking Sovereignty Summit – which
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Sacheen Littlefeather in 1973 when she took the stage on behalf of Marlon Brando, to decline his Academy Award for Best Actor. LOS ANGELES—Almost fifty years after Sacheen Littlefeather took the stage on behalf of Marlon Brando, to decline his Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy of Motion Picture
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No more iconic and disturbing photo of Wounded Knee exists than this tragic death photo of Chief Big Foot. WOUNDED KNEE—A recent resolution from the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) announced that the tribe had entered into a “real estate purchase and sales agreement for the Czywczynski property at Wounded Knee.”
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Ghost Dance of the Sioux, print from a wood engraving, 1891. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C WOUNDED KNEE – For more than a century, there have been misconceptions about the identity of the victims of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre. Because the site is within the boundaries of the Oglala
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A Lakota tipi stood as the main focal point at the 19th Annual Indian Education Summit. (Photo by Estella Claymore) RAPID CITY– Okolakicize! Okolakiciyapi! “Working together as one, for the betterment of all!” This was the theme for this year’s 19th annual South Dakota Indian Education Summit held September 8-9,
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Bounce house and slide at NDN Collective’s 3rd Annual Backpack Giveaway. (Photo by Estella Claymore) RAPID CITY—Back to School Bash? Backpack Giveaway? Why not both!? This was the attitude at this year’s 3rd annual NDN Collective Backpack Giveaway that was held on Saturday, September 10, 2022, inside the Rapid Skillz
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Part 2 of a two part series POP Fest brought to the Main Street Square stage their finale performance, the phenomenal Navajo Bluesman, Levi Platero, who literally rocked the spires surrounding Main Street Square, with flurries of guitar riffs the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Hendrix. (Photo by
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Sequoia Crosswhite performing in downtown Rapid City at Main Street Square. (Courtesy photo) RAPID CITY – Some people are born into a dissonant reality, where all the critically important aspects and distinctions of identity run counter to the accepted norm. These people are often marginalized, often begin life in poverty,
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(Photo courtesy Press Pool) NEW TOWN, ND—The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation today strongly condemned the most recent effort by the state of North Dakota to undermine the lawful rights of MHA Nation. In an Aug. 24, 2022, letter to an energy company, North Dakota Solicitor General Matthew Sagsveen
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Jamie Smith Last week the NSNT interviewed South Dakota Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jamie Smith. Although the Native vote overwhelmingly goes to the Democrats in most elections, a Democrat has not occupied the governor’s chair since 1978, which made the Republicans complacent over the next few decades, figuring the Native vote
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