The University of North Dakota has hired Mary Baker as its Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) compliance liaison to assist with the University’s ongoing repatriation efforts. Baker comes to UND from the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Tribal Historic Preservation Office in New Town, N.D. Since September 2019,
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RAPID CITY – NDN Collective launched LANDBACK For the People, a new monthly podcast getting back to the origins of the LANDBACK movement, digging deep into history, while looking towards the future of Indigenous liberation where everyone has a place in the circle to bring their gifts, skills, and their
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It has been 47 years since Rutgers University Professor Ivan Van Sertima’s controversial book—They Came Before Columbus—ignited a dormant but viscerally powerful need in Black America to reimagine, embellish and validate their cultural history, given the perceived accepted abject history of slavery, exploitation and segregation. Van Sertima’s assertion was
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Outreach team. Journey On team members, all of them Indigenous and many of them experienced with homelessness themselves, work the streets of Rapid City wearing signature green apparel to forge personal connections with homeless people in the interest of public safety. (Photo: Courtesy of Journey On) Sioux Falls to begin
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Tribes and Native artists and crafters will help shape new rules WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs announced today that they will hold nation-to-nation consultations with Tribes and listening sessions
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KYLE – The South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition is pleased to announce that it has selected Red Dawn Foster (Oglala Lakota and Navajo) as Executive Director to lead the formation and launch of its housing development subsidiary, an entity that will support tribal communities in their efforts to increase the
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RAPID CITY—One South Dakota educational organization after another have joined South Dakota’s nine Indian tribes opposing the current changes to social studies standards. The latest are the School Administrators of South Dakota, and the South Dakota Association of Elementary School Principals. Over 20 school boards across the state have issued
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PIERRE— Opening the door to additional nonresident waterfowl hunters would see a further erosion of South Dakota resident waterfowl hunting opportunity and access, according to the South Dakota Wildlife Federation (SDWF). The SDWF requested that the Game Fish and Parks Commission at their April 13th and 14th meeting in Brookings
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Big Bend Dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota. The Mni Wiconi water pipeline, which brings water from the river to rural users, cities and Native American reservations, is receiving more than $20 million in federal funding for upgrades and maintenance. (Courtesy Army Corps of Engineers) BY: JACOB FISCHLER The
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LAME DEER, MT: Recently, the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Health Department issued public fliers stating that a case of brucellosis has been confirmed in a dog on the Reservation. Because that disease can be transmitted to humans, slight panic has occurred. Last year on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation there was a
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