SANTA FE, NM – The Santa Fe Indian Market will be back in person this year after an online virtual Market last year. The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) which runs the market announced on April 16 that there will be an in-person ticketed market on the weekend of
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Kickapoo building a traditional sweat lodge in Mexico. (Photo courtesy Wikipedia) By James Giago Davies Native Sun News Today Correspondent RAPID CITY—Several Algonquin tribes were settled in just south of the Great Lakes when Columbus reached the white sand beaches of San Salvador in 1492. One of these tribes, the
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Donavan Sprauge (Photo Courtesy) By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Correspondent “If we had been here in the late 15th century, we might have seen the Crow and Hidatsa Indians conducting a hunt at a nearby Big Goose buffalo jumps” Professor Donovan Sprague said in starting his lecture. From
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CHAMBERLAIN – St. Joseph’s Indian School recently awarded $84,350 in spring-semester scholarships to Native American students across the nation, bringing the total awards for the academic year to $176,050. This spring, the school provided 68 scholarships: 16 to alumni, 13 to family members of St. Joseph’s Indian School alumni and
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Courtesy Photo The Wanblee Mart has been sold to RF Buche, who owns a small chain of Buche Foods and Gus Stop Convenience Stores. Buche will take over on April 28th, 2021. “The store will be closed on the 28th for inventory, team member orientations and other misc. tasks so
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The Native Sun News Today endorses Sarah Collins, for the federal judge position in South Dakota that is about to be vacated by Judge Jeffrey Viken. NSNT endorses Mrs. Collins because she is the most qualified applicant for that job. The staff and management at Native Sun News Today encourages
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PHOENIX, AZ.– Native American voter advocacy organizations are launching an educational campaign in support of federal legislation that will prevent anti-democracy partisans in states from imposing voter suppression laws intended to block members of tribes, nations, and other communities from casting ballots in elections. Four Directions, the leading Native American
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PHOENIX, AZ.– Native American voter advocacy organizations are launching an educational campaign in support of federal legislation that will prevent anti-democracy partisans in states from imposing voter suppression laws intended to block members of tribes, nations, and other communities from casting ballots in elections. Four Directions, the leading Native American
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RAPID CITY – The Pennington County Commission appointed Germaine Little Bear to the county Housing and Redevelopment Commission during its Tuesday morning meeting. This is the third appointment to the Housing and Redevelopment Commission since November 2020. Commissioners Deb Hadcock and Ron Rossknecht were appointed to the commission by the
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RAPID CITY – NDN Collective announced that the organization will open and fund an Indigenous-led community based school in Rapid City. The school is expected to open in Fall 2022, serve 40 students in the first year, and will be the first Indigenous-led school designed specifically for students in the
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