Tourism: Badlands, and a Stronghold Table By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Columnist Growing up in Rapid City, I do recall, events that stood out as being repeated by my folks. One, was they would take a trip up to Bear Butte, and hike to the summit, and
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1950 U.S. Census release provides volunteer opportunity to learn, support local history FARGO, N.D. — Have you ever wondered about what Great-Uncle Joe did for a living in Hillsboro, North Dakota? Wanted to know where great-grandparents who lived on a farm in North Dakota were born? These mysteries and
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Blackfeet Tribal Chairman removed By Clara Caufield Native Sun News Today Correspondent An recent incident on the Blackfeet Reservation, Browning, Montana sharply illustrates how the drug abuse epidemic on the Great Plains Reservations is having devastating effects on entire communities, reaching out to touch of lives of even the
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Churches face boarding-school reckoning By Peter Smith As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis’ historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their own legacies of operating such schools. © Provided by Associated Press Indigenous
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Chairman Frazier’s statement on Noem’s executive order. EAG;LE BUTTE – “The Governor of the state of South Dakota has made it clear that the United States is not responsible for any of its actions. In true dictator fashion she is forbidding the educators of our children to
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Preserving the Native American languages By Clara Caufield, NSNT Correspondent The preservation of their Native tongues is challenging many indigenous groups around the world, many of those languages in danger of extinction. This problem faces every Tribe in America. This series is looking at the various strategies Native American
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Rapid City Council takes a bus trip to Pine Ridge By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer In light of the events regarding the Grand Gateway Hotel, a bus trip that had been in the works for 3 months, was slated to visit Pine Ridge. On this trip,
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A response to Governor Noem’s report on Critical Race Theory RAPID CITY – NDN Collective responded to recent news that South Dakota governor Kristi Noem signed an executive order that claims to restrict the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 state schools. “Noem’s executive order is yet
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Tourism on the Reservation: How does a cemetery grab you? By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer When tourism is mentioned around South Dakota, the first item that tends to jump on everyone’s list is Mt. Rushmore. However, for Native Americans, the “Shrine of Democracy” is a
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Noem and Critical Race Theory South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has come out with her proclamation on the use of Critical Race Theory in South Dakota’s public schools. And we suppose this proclamation also included South Dakota’s private schools. The major point we garner from Noem’s proclamation is
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