District 4A encompasses the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The black outline is the entire legislative district, while the dashed lines mark the reservation’s segments. (Photo courtesy of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly) ‘Hard-fought progress toward fair representation is now protected’ The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that
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Researcher/historian Dakota Goodhouse (Standing Rock) digitizing Bismarck Indian School records Jan. 3, 2025 at the Kansas City National Archive. (Dennis J. Neumann photo) BISMARCK – Work is underway on a research project that promises to make it easier to access the historical records of a Native American residential boarding school
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Dr. Gordon Ambrosino, new Managing Director of Museum, Interpretation & Cultural Affairs of The Indian Museum of North America ® at Crazy Horse Memorial® CRAZY HORSE, SD – Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is excited to welcome Dr. Gordon Ambrosino as the new Managing Director of Museum, Interpretation & Cultural Affairs
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In an undated photo, children are seen in the sewing department at Cut Bank Boarding School in Montana. The school was also known as the Blackfeet Agency Boarding and Day School. (Sherburne/Mansfield Library, Archives & Special Collections) WASHINGTON DC – On December 22, 2024, after a year-long in-depth investigation, the
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Main Street Square event hosted by City’s Disability Awareness & Accessibility Committee; Features fun on ice, free skates, parking, hot chocolate RAPID CITY, SD—Mark your calendars for a fun day of ice skating for people of all abilities. The City’s Disability Awareness and Accessibility Committee, in partnership with Main Street
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Calvin Spotted Elk SCOTTS VALLEY, CA – Calvin Spotted Elk of Scotts Valley, California, documents his direct descendancy from Chief Spotted Elk, a revered Lakota treaty signer who died at Wounded Knee and who has erroneously been called “Big Foot” by many European historians. Spotted Elk’s grandfather was born on
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Vintage composite souvenir doll in wool blanket, ca. 1950s. Collection of Aliyah Keuthan. With the holidays upon us, many gift givers look for the perfect doll as a child’s play companion or for an adult to display as art, but what makes doll making sacred? From ancient times, dolls were
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Eugene “Ray” Taken Alive has been fighting for the return of his grandmother’s voice recordings from the Lakota Language Consortium since her death in 2020. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal) Eugene “Ray” Taken Alive has spent the better part of four years in an ongoing backand forth legal
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Pipeline spills between 2010 and 2020 in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains States. Black circles indicate size and location of involuntary oil, gas, and chemical discharges. Shaded patches indicate Tribal lands. Photo credit: Native Land Information System https:nativeland.info Between 2010 and 2020 there were 3398 oil, gas, and hazardous
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Oglala Chief Red Cloud during his visit to Carlisle Indian School in 1880. WASHINGTON, DC—It takes 23 hours to drive from Pine Ridge to Carlisle Indian School but this far off historic industrial school has had a large impact on the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Last Monday President Biden signed a
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