With the smell of burning sage in the air, students at Wakanyeja Tokeyahci Wounspe Ti gather around the drum for their morning song. For these students, practicing Lakota traditions and speaking their ancestral language is the norm. Whether they know it or not, they are at the forefront of a
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Two Cheyenne River Lakota elders were hosts and active participants in the Native American-Zen Peacemakers Bearing Witness Retreat 2023 Wolakota Makasintomni Awachekiyapi Praying for Sacred Harmony and Worldwide Peace. Manny Iron Hawk (Titunwan Okowozu) and Renee Iron Hawk (Tituwan Oohenumpa) of Red Scaffold, South Dakota, welcomed a total of about
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RAPID CITY – Friends of the Children announced that National Director of Tribal Programs Tasha R. Fridia, J.D., Pejuta Cangleska Win (Sacred Medicine Circle Woman), is among the first cohort of 100 emerging changemakers selected to participate in the Obama Foundation’s Leaders USA program. The Obama Leaders program is a
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By Deb Haaland U.S. Secretary of the Interior The federal government’s responsibility to America’s combat veterans is personal to me. While my dad served two consecutive tours in Vietnam, my siblings and I would send letters to him not knowing if he would come home. Our country’s obligation to our
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Vacant lot off Las Vegas strip purchased for $12M by North Dakota Native American Tribe. RAPID CITY—One of the abiding realities of Indian Country is that some tribes benefit better from casino and gambling operations than others. All the Oklahoma tribes, and tribes like Shakopee and Nebraska Winnebago have casinos
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RAPID CITY—On May 16, 2014, Diane Humetewa (Hopi) became the first Native American woman jurist ever appointed to a federal bench. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to the United States District Court in Arizona. Only seven Native Americans have ever been appointed to a federal court, although two
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA—Jim James is enrolled in the Santee Sioux Tribe, Nebraska: a respected tribal elder: retired owner of Isanti Construction having built thousands of HUD homes, hospitals, and schools across Indian country: recipient of national HUD awards and a former Tribal President. Now relocated to Lincoln to be close to
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Jim James enrolled member of the Santee Sioux Tribe. Part two of a two part series LINCOLN, NEBRASKA: As reported in last week’s issue, Jim James, Santee Sioux now residing in Lincoln, Nebraska reported that he felt a victim of discrimination at the Big Reds Keno establishment on July 14,
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WASHINGTON DC—Old photographs reveal Zitkala-Ša (Red Bird) to be one of the most beautiful women of the 19th Century, but she has been selected as one of five women to appear on newly minted US Treasury Department 2024 quarters for more than just her exceptional looks. Zitkala-Ša was born in
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—Several converging factors make the recent tribal casino battles in Oklahoma something to which the rest of Indian Country should pay attention. Although an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, Republican Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, has worked tirelessly against tribal interest since becoming governor in 2019. Stitt has
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