CHEROKEE, NC – Richard Sneed, the Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, released the following statement regarding the House passage of the Lumbee Recognition Act: “The group calling themselves the ‘Lumbee Indians’ has changed their story many times claiming affiliation with multiple unrelated tribes but have
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Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe legend Marcella LeBeau (Photo Courtesy of USA Today) Marcella LeBeau, is a 102 year old member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte whose Lakota name is Wignuke Wate Win (Pretty Rainbow Woman). Perhaps one of the oldest Native Americans in the Great Plains, she
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Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota (Photo courtesy of Travel South Dakota) WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK – Wind Cave National Park will offer free tours on November 11, Veterans Day, to commemorate and honor the service of American veterans. Tours of the Garden of Eden are at 10 a.m.
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General William T. Sherman (third from left) and Commissioners in council with chiefs and headmen, Fort Laramie, 1868 (Courtesy Photo) The dialogue concerning this issue was brought to my attention by Oglala Sioux Tribal Council Healthcare Committee members at the scheduled meeting of the three Tribal Health Committees representatives
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Squaw Island controversial name has officially been changed The Democrat & Chronicle reports Squaw Island, a tiny island located off the City Pier on Canandaigua Lake, has been renamed Skenoh Island. “Skenoh,” pronounced scan-oh, translates to either health or peace in the Onöndowa’ga (Seneca) language. According to the Rochester newspaper,
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J.D. Kay John Brown III, the medicine man and historic preservation officer for the Narragansett Indian Tribe, speaks during a ceremony on Saturday at the site of the “Great Swamp Massacre” in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. (Courtesy Photo) PROVIDENCE — No longer will members of the Narragansett Indian Tribe
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PORCUPINE – Thunder Valley Community—Oglala Lakota Nation (Oceti Sakowin Territory) is one of ten winners of the 2020-2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Prize honors and elevates communities for working at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity. Thunder Valley is
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WASHINGTON — The National Wildlife Federation applauds the introduction of the bipartisan Indian Buffalo Management Act by Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). The bill will establish a permanent program within the Department of the Interior to develop and promote Tribal ownership and management of buffalo and their habitat
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PIERRE – Most Pierre-area residents are familiar with South Dakota Urban Indian Health’s (SDUIH) Abbey Road clinic location. SDUIH has been located at 1714 Abbey Road for almost 20 years, first opening its doors at that location in 2005. Now, after 44 years of caring for Urban Natives in
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Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai Idaho. (Courtesy Photo) LAPWAI, Idaho – The Nez Perce Tribe (Tribe) closed on the purchase of 358 acres of land adjacent to the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge. The property consists of agricultural, range and some development land and sits to the north and east of
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