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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PIERRE – October 8, 2021 is the deadline for college or university students to file applications with the Legislative Research Council to serve as legislative interns for the 2022 Legislative Session. Twenty-two intern positions are available and students from all majors are encouraged to apply. Interns are needed to serve
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KYLE –As the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) announced and began to deploy $2,000 American Rescue Plan (ARP) payments to tribal members this summer, the Lakota Federal Credit Union, in partnership with Lakota Funds, launched a public education campaign to encourage wise financial choices. Through a Facebook live interview with the
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Grants to support innovative housing programs in 33 communities WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding $142 million to build systems to end youth homelessness in 33 local communities, including $2,794,581 for the Statewide Continuum of Care in South Dakota. HUD’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration
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RAPID CITY—Even the worst poker player in the world beats the best poker player in the world if he gets dealt a royal flush. Most Lakota start out in life with a pair of deuces, and Aleesia Dillon started out with even less than that. However difficult her formative years
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Bill introduced to reauthorize Native housing funding Bill would expand housing resources for Native veterans, students WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) recently introduced legislation with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) and 6 other members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to reform and reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance
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Native American Agriculture Fund invests $1 million in Native youth for 2021 The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) has awarded $1 million dollars to 20 grantees serving Native youth across 115 Tribal Nations. The diverse range of grants for youth programming provides direct capital to projects impacting more than
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2021 was a tree planting success 35,000 tree starts were planted and donated This May, Red Cloud Renewable received about 35,000 baby trees grown by the Colorado State Forest Service and paid for by Trees, Water, and People and Nomadic Tipi Makers. There were thousands of Ponderosa Pine seedlings, as well
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WASHINGTON – In Canada this past May, the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School brought past Indigenous traumas into the international spotlight. Yesterday, over 700 more unmarked graves were found on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Canada. Boarding schools and residential schools are a tragic thread in history that the United States and Canada share:
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that Kristi Nuna’q Williams is joining her team as Staff Director and General Counsel of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, of which Murkowski is Vice Chairman. Kristi Williams will be the first Alaskan to hold this position. Kristi previously served as Senator
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