New initiative aims to increase homeownership on Rosebud Reservation ROSEBUD – With funding support from NeighborWorks America, five organizations located on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations – Lakota Federal Credit Union, Lakota Funds, Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Sicangu Wicoti Awanyakapi Corporation, and Tatanka Funds – have joined together
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Supporting Indigenous survivors of sexual assault Awareness Month This April, StrongHearts Native Helpline, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center and the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) by raising awareness of sexual assault and supporting victim-survivors of sexual violence. Rape and sexual assault are
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Little Bear addresses language preservation By Clara Caufield, NSNT Correspondent On March 24 and 25, 2022, the Annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Language conference was held via ZOOM, attracting about 110 participants from around the country. The focus was on tribal language preservation. Dr. Richard Littlebear, Northern
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Catholic Pope apologizes to First Nations Peoples of Canada Wasuta Waste Win NSNt Correspondent VATICAN CITY, Rome — Pope Francis, who is from Argentina, made a historic apology internationally on April 1, 2022 to the First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples in Canada for the “deplorable” abuses suffered in Canada’s
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Housing: Is it a crisis or long past? By Joe Budd, Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Depending on who you talk to, it’s a feast or famine world in housing markets. When looking at data from the US Census Bureau, one company determined that South Dakota, has a
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Face off for President of Northern Cheyenne By Clara Caufield, NSNT Correspondent LAME DEER, Mont. The results of the March 24, 2022 Reservation-wide Primary Election to fill the vacancy of the Tribal President’s seat at Northern Cheyenne were conclusive. Current Acting Tribal President Serena Wetherwelt (also current
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Racist comments draw quick response By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer RAPID CITY – Racist comments by a local business owner brought quick responses from local Native Americans, to local business owners and all the way from the Governor’s office. First on social media, with the
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Youth water protectors take center stage Water protector, O’Shea Greyeyes (Diné/Cherokee), holds his hands up before a line of militarized police the day before protest camps at Standing Rock, North Dakota were razed in resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline, February 23, 2017. (Jenni Monet) Five years
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Vitalant testing all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies For a limited time, donors curious about their antibody status can find out results and may help immunocompromised patients RAPID CITY — Starting today, when people donate lifesaving blood through Vitalant they can learn if they have antibodies to the
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