WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House would create a process allowing unused tribal veterans housing vouchers to be transferred voluntarily from tribes that do not need them to tribes where Native veterans are waiting for housing assistance. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., introduced the Tribal Veterans Voucher
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South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden (Courtesy photo) PIERRE—Gov. Larry Rhoden has extended the deployment of seven South Dakota National Guard soldiers assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for another year, keeping the small contingent on duty through Sept. 30, 2027. Three soldiers are stationed in Sioux Falls, three in Rapid
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AI Graphic CONNOR, ME— Another 83 acres of ancestral land have been returned to the Mi’kmaq Nation in northern Maine, continuing an ambitious effort to restore tribal ownership of lands that once sustained generations of Mi’kmaq families. The newly acquired property, known as Pugweliget, borders four acres already owned by
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U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Searchlight.) RAPID CITY—With gasoline and diesel prices once again punishing consumers, farmers and truckers, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) is asking President Donald Trump and state governments to provide immediate relief at the pump. In a letter to Trump, Rounds called
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Dan Ahlers (photo courtesy msn.com) HURON — Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden and Democratic challenger Dan Ahlers both criticized President Donald Trump on Saturday during a debate at the South Dakota State Fair, with Rhoden saying he agrees with Trump on other issues but could not support the president’s decision to
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Tim Giago RAPID CITY – Long before founding Native Sun News Today, Tim Giago had built a journalism career shaped by early influences, national experience and a determination to elevate Native voices in the press. An Oglala Lakota journalist known by his Lakota name Nanwíca K’ciji, He Stands Up for
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Sixty-four percent of programs surveyed reported being “substantially impacted” WASHINGTON — The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) released a report today examining the impacts of recent federal funding cuts to violence-related programs and services for American Indians and Alaska Natives, including those serving survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and
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South Dakota Governor Candidate, Toby Doeden. (Courtesy photo) SIOUX FALLS – A broad coalition of business groups has expressed concern with statements made by gubernatorial candidate Toby Doeden regarding the elimination of nearly $2 billion in local property taxes by cutting funding for schools, counties, and cities and implementing new
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A canyon in Bears Ears National Monument is pictured on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday moved to dramatically shrink two of Utah’s most prominent national monuments, eliminating nearly 3 million acres of protected land and igniting
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Colorado River Indian Tribal Chairwoman Amelia Flores (left) attends a tribal leaders visit to Supai on Havasupai Reservation on Friday, June 26, 2026. Tribal leaders from Arizona attended the meeting to hear from Havasupai Tribal leaders on their stance against the Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine. (Darren Thompson/ICT) SUPAI, Arizona —
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