EAGLE BUTTE SD – The first meeting of a newly formed grassroots organization to promote literacy on the Cheyenne River Lakota reservation took place on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. The tentative name of the group is The Cheyenne River Literacy Working Group (LWG). The kickoff meeting on February 12 was
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PIERRE, S.D.—Law students, legal professionals and others interested in better understanding child welfare related law will have the opportunity to learn from local and national experts on April 3, 2025. The fourth annual Legal Workshop presented by the South Dakota Unified Judicial System, University of South Dakota Knudson School of
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Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people gather in Juneau for the opening of Celebration on June 5, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) The state of Alaska has filed suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior in an attempt to overturn a legal opinion that allowed the Native Village of Eklutna to
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Bodwé conducting workshops as part of Sioux San Memorial Project DOWAGIAC, Mich. – Bodwé Group companies Blue Star Integrative Studio (BSIS) and Seven Generations A + E (7GAE) announced today that they will be conducting five community engagement workshops in Rapid City, SD to collect and assess community feedback regarding
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Rapid City NDN Collective announced that Wizipan Little Elk Garriott will serve as the organization’s new president. Founder Nick Tilsen will continue to serve as CEO. RAPID CITY – NDN Collective announced that Wizipan Little Elk Garriott will serve as the organization’s new president. Founder Nick Tilsen will continue to
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RAPID CITY – More than a dozen Indigenous communities welcomed over 540 buffalo, also known as American bison, back to ancestral grazing lands across the nation late last year as part of a multi-state, Indigenous-led initiative by the InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC), Tanka Fund and partner The Nature Conservancy
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Valerie Siqueiros regularly attends IPAC meetings, council sessions and events with a smile. Here she and her 14-year-old daughter Christina are pictured participating in a Halloween costume contest at Sacred Pipe Resource Center in October 2024. (Photo by Cheryl Kary) BISMARCK, ND – On a crisp December evening in 2023,
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Johnson calls for hearing on federal failures in Indian Education WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) called on the House Committees on Natural Resources and Education & Workforce to hold an oversight hearing on the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and the dire state of Indian education.
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Tori Standing Cloud SIOUX FALLS, SD – Tori Standing Cloud (Rosebud Lakota) is a full-time mental health counselor at the 988 Helpline Center in Sioux Falls, SD since February, 2024. She is also a full-time graduate student at the University of South Dakota on track to receive her Master’s in
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District 4A encompasses the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. The black outline is the entire legislative district, while the dashed lines mark the reservation’s segments. (Photo courtesy of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly) ‘Hard-fought progress toward fair representation is now protected’ The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that
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