Resources for Native American suicide awareness and prevention

WASHINGTON DC – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) leads nationwide initiatives aimed at enhancing behavioral health. Since 1989, it has celebrated National Recovery Month each September to advocate for new evidence-based treatments, provide support for the recovery community, and honor the commitment of service providers and

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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 7, 2024

Anybody want to share a great tribal story?

The weekly radio show Voices of the West has been on the air since 2011. Since 2011, a group of dedicated western aficionados has been producing a weekly radio show to capture the many unique “voices” and stories of the “Wild American West”.  Each week, the one-hour show, aired at

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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 7, 2024

Healing the Disconnect

Rivers Reborn Dan McCaw, Fisheries Biologist for the Penobscot Nation, searches for Atlantic Salmon Redds in the Mattamiscontis Stream on Tribal Trust Land within the Penobscot River watershed. Similar to alewives, the Penobscot River, and several other waterways in Maine, support some of the last remaining wild Atlantic salmon in the

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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 29, 2024

Northern Cheyenne election coming up

LAME DEER, Mont. – As required under the 1996 amended constitution and bylaws, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe holds an election for tribal officials every two years.  The next one will be this year; the Primary to be held on Thursday, October 3. The top two vote-getters for each position will

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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 29, 2024

Restoring Riverine Ecosystems and Traditional Economies

Map shows land cover types on Penobscot reservation and off-reservation trust lands. Note: The portion of the Penobscot River outlined in bold black lines is part of the Penobscot reservation Part two of three For decades, deleterious effects of contamination and diverting the flow of natural estuaries and riparian ecosystems

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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 22, 2024

Women’s equality: A Lakota perspective

Marcella Gilbert and her mother Madonna Thunder Hawk (both Cheyenne River Lakota). SANTA ROSA CA – Women’s Equality Day, celebrated on August 26th, marks the anniversary of the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which declared: “The right of citizens of the United States to

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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 15, 2024

CSC alum, Walz, selected as Harris’ running mate

Tim Walz, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota’s 1st district and Chadron State College alumnus, delivers the undergraduate commencement address May 10, 2014. Later that day, Walz received the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award. (Photo by Tiffany Valandra/Chadron State College) CHADRON – Current Vice President Kamala Harris, the

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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 12, 2024