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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Arizona tribes condemn higher arsenic limit near Grand Canyon mine Arizona regulators have approved higher allowable arsenic levels in groundwater beneath the Pinyon Plain uranium mine near the Grand Canyon, despite strong opposition from the Havasupai Tribe and other Native advocates. Tribal leaders say the decision threatens a sacred watershed
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Mark Milk (This story was originally published by South Dakota Searchlight. Edited for space ) SIOUX CITY, Iowa — A Sioux Falls man on parole for a 1990s manslaughter conviction has been indicted on federal charges in connection with the death of his 14-year-old niece, a case that has intensified
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Wounded Knee Sign located on Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. (Photo Courtesy) For Violet Catches, the Defense Department’s decision not to rescind the Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers who were at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre was a gut punch. “I cried,” said Catches, a descendant of survivors and
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Agents of Survivance: Indigenous Women Teachers in the Boarding School Era Author: Anne Ruggles Gere Anne Ruggles Gere’s Agents of Survivance: Indigenous Women Teachers in the Boarding School Era is a powerful and necessary reframing of one of the most painful chapters in Indigenous history. Rather than centering the
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Since Wakanyeja Kin Wana Ku Pi was dedicated in April 2024, the land has hosted a variety of seasonal culture camps, internship activities and workshops for Lakota youth. This summer, CRYP plans to launch a paid teen internship opportunity dedicated to land stewardship. EAGLE BUTTE — This summer, the Cheyenne
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