My concern is that this will drag out for years and years, and in the meantime, the community will continue to suffer. – Ben Fenner, attorney for Oglala Sioux Tribe The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement building was closed in 2005. Without a central detention center, when an adult
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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 27, 2023
Health insurance is more accessible and affordable in South Dakota than ever, thanks in large part to the Medicaid Expansion program. The Department of Social Services reports that nearly 7,500 South Dakotans have been signed up for this important health coverage since July 1. While a good start, this represents
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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 21, 2023
KYLE – The South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition has partnered with Big Water Consulting and NeighborWorks to launch a statewide study to better understand the current housing conditions and needs of Native American veterans living on South Dakota’s nine Indian reservations. “The findings of this study will support the Coalition
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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 13, 2023
RAPID CITY – During Climate Week, NDN Collective launched the Indigenous Climate and Just Transition Fund – a major philanthropic endeavor to ensure that Indigenous-led frontline organizations are prioritized in federal investments such as the Inflation Reduction Act. NDN Collective will use the Fund for regranting, fund matching, technical assistance
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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 11, 2023
Dozens of people gathered to protest in favor of tribal sovereignty laws outside the Maine State House in April 2023. (Photo By David Sharp AP) AUGUSTA, ME—Tribes in Maine continue to take action to solidify their tribal sovereignty. Question 6 on the November 7 ballot will ask voters if language
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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 11, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Missouri— The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund has announced $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credit allocations — including a historic investment to spur economic growth in Native communities across the country. Travois New Markets, a nationally certified Community Development Entity (CDE) based
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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 11, 2023
(Editor’s note: this article first appeared in the September 29, 2022 edition of NSNT) History wastes little time distorting who people were, why they did the things they did, and unless a given piece of history was lucky enough to have a skilled, principled scholar on hand to jot down
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 29, 2023
STANDING ROCK—Recently Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill to help facilitate the return of ancestral human remains to the tribes in his state. The Human Remains Protection Act updates a 1989 state statute to complement the 1990 federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). While
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 29, 2023
Sicangu Lakota, Photo by Google ROSEBUD – For decades, the Sicangu Lakota Treaty Council has advocated for the treaty rights of the Lakota Nation. And it will continue this legacy this week in the highest echelons of the Federal Government as a participant in the White House Summit on Building
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 29, 2023
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). Throughout October, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) and STTARS Indigenous Safe Housing Center (STTARS) will host webinars and panels, provide social media toolkits, and participate in various awareness days in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). DVAM offers advocates
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 22, 2023
