Navajo man executed after 40 years in prison By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Clarence Dixon, a 66 year old who had lived on death row for over 40 years, was put to death on Wednesday, centered on the death of a college student in 1978.
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Missoula police found not responsible for death of Native American By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer A case involving the death of a young man is seeing light, and while the evidence shown from a video showed him killing himself, doesn’t offer a lot of solace to
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Punishment in jail should not involve abuse By Joseph Budd, Native Sun News Today Staff Writer When you get handed a hot topic, you’d like to know everything you can on a given topic. Case in point, a call came in regarding a Charles Pulliam, an incarcerated young man, currently
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Billy Mills attends honoring ceremony at South Dakota Mines By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer In a nice sized ceremony at the Surbeck Center’s ballroom, an Honoring Ceremony took place Friday, to recognize five Native American students, who will graduate and start the next chapter of their
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Death of a child PINE RIDGE – News out of Pine Ridge today was shocking. Law enforcement was called to an address on the 2900 block of Highway 18 at 9pm Thursday. The call, was regarding a drive by shooting. However when officers arrived, the perpetrator was gone. But
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Standing Rock Chairwoman meets with Assistant Secretary of the Army FORT YATES — Janet Alkire, the Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, recently met with Assistant Secretary of the Army (CW) Michael Conner to discuss the environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). The Army Corps of Engineers
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Biden proclaims May 5 as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer President Biden issued a proclamation, declaring May 5th as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. “For generations, Indigenous persons, including American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians, have
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Bryan Brewer lauds LNI at Rapid City meeting addressing racism By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer RAPID CITY – Monday night in Rapid City at the Western Dakota Vo-Tech Event Center, a gathering of Native Americans and people of interest attended a forum to highlight several issues
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South Dakota Travels: Bear Butte By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer For most people, a trip to South Dakota checks off the usual suspects. But for the indigenous people, the key, sits to the north and east of Sturgis, a large butte that actually can be seen,
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Visit Rapid City Names Stacie Granum as Chief Strategy Officer RAPID CITY —Visit Rapid City announced that Stacie Granum is the new Chief Strategy Officer for the organization. She previously served as the Executive Vice President of Sales + Marketing. “Stacie has been an integral part of the Visit
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