NDN Collective school and housing project moves forward By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer With the vote, the City Planning commission made a step forward for the Native American community, approving the development overlay for a private school and residential development southeast of Hanes Avenue and
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Warning signs that someone has experienced sexual violence By StrongHearts Native Helpline Sexual violence is a far too common thing throughout Native communities. According to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Native Americans are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual violence in their lifetime. As we know, this
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Center for Disease Control COVID Update By Clara Caufield, NSNT Correspondent This is the second article about the Center for Disease Control (CDC) work on the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential lingering after-effects afflicting many, often called “Long Haulers” Or “Long COVID”. In conjunction with the National Institute of
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West charged with the murder of three By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Elijah West, 24 years old, has been charged in the deaths of three people on Pine Ridge Reservations on Friday, April 15th. According to records, the deaths involved Jamie Graham, 38, Alma Garneaux,
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Tourism: Badlands, and a Stronghold Table By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Columnist Growing up in Rapid City, I do recall, events that stood out as being repeated by my folks. One, was they would take a trip up to Bear Butte, and hike to the summit, and
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Churches face boarding-school reckoning By Peter Smith As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis’ historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their own legacies of operating such schools. © Provided by Associated Press Indigenous
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Chairman Frazier’s statement on Noem’s executive order. EAG;LE BUTTE – “The Governor of the state of South Dakota has made it clear that the United States is not responsible for any of its actions. In true dictator fashion she is forbidding the educators of our children to
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Preserving the Native American languages By Clara Caufield, NSNT Correspondent The preservation of their Native tongues is challenging many indigenous groups around the world, many of those languages in danger of extinction. This problem faces every Tribe in America. This series is looking at the various strategies Native American
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Tourism on the Reservation: How does a cemetery grab you? By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer When tourism is mentioned around South Dakota, the first item that tends to jump on everyone’s list is Mt. Rushmore. However, for Native Americans, the “Shrine of Democracy” is a
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Noem and Critical Race Theory South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has come out with her proclamation on the use of Critical Race Theory in South Dakota’s public schools. And we suppose this proclamation also included South Dakota’s private schools. The major point we garner from Noem’s proclamation is
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