Bodwé conducting workshops as part of Sioux San Memorial Project DOWAGIAC, Mich. – Bodwé Group companies Blue Star Integrative Studio (BSIS) and Seven Generations A + E (7GAE) announced today that they will be conducting five community engagement workshops in Rapid City, SD to collect and assess community feedback regarding
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Rapid City NDN Collective announced that Wizipan Little Elk Garriott will serve as the organization’s new president. Founder Nick Tilsen will continue to serve as CEO. RAPID CITY – NDN Collective announced that Wizipan Little Elk Garriott will serve as the organization’s new president. Founder Nick Tilsen will continue to
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RAPID CITY – More than a dozen Indigenous communities welcomed over 540 buffalo, also known as American bison, back to ancestral grazing lands across the nation late last year as part of a multi-state, Indigenous-led initiative by the InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC), Tanka Fund and partner The Nature Conservancy
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Valerie Siqueiros regularly attends IPAC meetings, council sessions and events with a smile. Here she and her 14-year-old daughter Christina are pictured participating in a Halloween costume contest at Sacred Pipe Resource Center in October 2024. (Photo by Cheryl Kary) BISMARCK, ND – On a crisp December evening in 2023,
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Johnson calls for hearing on federal failures in Indian Education WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) called on the House Committees on Natural Resources and Education & Workforce to hold an oversight hearing on the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and the dire state of Indian education.
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Tori Standing Cloud SIOUX FALLS, SD – Tori Standing Cloud (Rosebud Lakota) is a full-time mental health counselor at the 988 Helpline Center in Sioux Falls, SD since February, 2024. She is also a full-time graduate student at the University of South Dakota on track to receive her Master’s in
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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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