Marty Two Bulls Jr. is the 2024 Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) Artist in Residence (AiR). Two Bulls is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and an artist and educator based in Rapid City, SD. (Courtesy Photo) LEAD – Marty Two Bulls Jr. is the 2024 Sanford Underground
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Honoring our exceptional artists and culture bearers! “We are excited about the wide variety of cultural and artistic practices of the 2024 fellowship cohort…Their creative endeavors bring together traditional knowledge, community perspectives, and each has their own spirit of growth and determination.” -Dr. Lara Evans, Ph.D., Vice President of Programs
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The Journey Museum and Learning Center, in partnership with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit, Painted Tipis of the Blackfeet Nation. The exhibit will open to the public on February 16 and will be on view through May 5, 2024.
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(EAGAN, Minn., June 24, 2023) – MMIR Intersects with Human Trafficking “We recognize that the crisis of our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) intersects with human trafficking and that eradicating violence against Native people hinges upon our ability to educate the public,” said CEO Lori Jump, StrongHearts Native Helpline.
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Brandon Sprague Band, April 25 at Sheridan College, Photo Courtesy SHERIDAN, Wyo. – How good of a guitarist must you be to open for BB King, the legendary king of the blues? That is how good Brandon Lakota Sprague, enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, is. He toured
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PIERRE – Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation provides educational experience and resources for Native American students. In 2010, The Indian University of North America began assisting college-bound Native Americans by providing students their first semester of college as a transition from high school to that of higher education. Throughout the 7th
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American Indian College Fund streaming Native American Day event DENVER– Mark your calendars! The American Indian College Fund is hosting a free streaming concert to celebrate Native American Day on Sunday, October 10, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. MDT. The event will feature performances by Native entertainers and artists allied with
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BROOKINGS – South Dakota State University will formally dedicate the newly American Indian Student Center Oct. 8 and cap the celebration with a 7:30 p.m. performance by Brulé, the world-renowned contemporary Native American new age/world beat, at the Oscar Larson Theatre in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on campus.
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SIOUX FALLS— The Native American Day Parade has been a celebration and recognition of the Oceti Sakowin and all Indigenous people in South Dakota since 2018. Last year, the parade was canceled as COVID-19 cases rose in South Dakota. This year, despite the availability of a COVID vaccine, another surge
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MNI LUZAHAN OTUNWAHE—Micheal Two Bulls (Oglala Lakota) recently completed a large-scale mural at the soon-to-open location of Racing Magpie at 801 East Saint Andrew Street. The mural, completed on a roughly twenty-five foot high by forty foot long wall on one of Racing Magpie’s buildings, features a variety of striking
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