LAME DEER, MT: As of the October 3,2024 filing deadline for the 2024 tribal elections, 40 tribal members paid a filing fee and declared their, candidacy for nine open seats. There are several familiar names of incumbents, former office holders and community leaders among that number, but also many “fresh
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 7, 2024
The United States Department of Homeland Security provides Citizenship & Immigration Services, that include fee waivers for individuals that can demonstrate an inability to pay filing fees for various citizenship and immigration documents. The Form to Request a Fee Waiver and the Instructions for Completion are both available as .pdf documents. This
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Shared by United Resource Connection September 4, 2024
Rivers Reborn Dan McCaw, Fisheries Biologist for the Penobscot Nation, searches for Atlantic Salmon Redds in the Mattamiscontis Stream on Tribal Trust Land within the Penobscot River watershed. Similar to alewives, the Penobscot River, and several other waterways in Maine, support some of the last remaining wild Atlantic salmon in the
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LAME DEER, Mont. – As required under the 1996 amended constitution and bylaws, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe holds an election for tribal officials every two years. The next one will be this year; the Primary to be held on Thursday, October 3. The top two vote-getters for each position will
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Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority Office LAME DEER., Mont. – The Northern Cheyenne Tribe and the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority are collaborating to conduct a comprehensive assessment of housing and related health needs on the Reservation. The project is funded by HUD. The project aims to gather crucial
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Austin Sunka Luta (Cheyenne River Lakota) has 14 years of being clean and sober by traveling the Red Road to Recovery. (photo courtesy of Austin Sunka Luta) EAGLE BUTTE SD – September is National Recovery Month, according to the federal Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Since 1989, the
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Kehala Two Bulls with her husband Marty Two Bulls Jr and their two daughters. (Photo courtesy Kehala Two Bulls) RAPID CITY – Kehala Two Bulls accepted the nomination to replace South Dakota District 34 Senate candidate Michael Calabrese who recently resigned from his candidacy due to family reasons, according to
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Panel participants at the Voices of the Elders meeting. (Photo by Mia Feroleto ) PINE RIDGE, S.D. – Thursday morning, August 22nd, 2024, fifty plus people gathered in the conference room at the Prairie Wind Casino for an all-day meeting organized by Wakan Tahoki Omniciye or Voices of the Elders
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On Thursday August 22, 2024 the signing of an MOU for co-stewardship of the Black Hills National Forest between the Great Sioux Nation Tribes and the U.S. Forest Service took place at the Mystic Ranger Station on 8221 Mt. Rushmore Rd. in Rapid City. Left to right: Crow Creek Sioux
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An Advance Healthcare Directive is a legal document that specifies one’s healthcare preferences, and who should make healthcare decisions on their behalf if they are unable to do so themselves. It is also known as a living will, advance directive, or medical directive. Treatment preferences in advance healthcare directives may include specific instructions
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