Dan Stusek HELENA, MT—In the very near future the Montana District and Re-Apportioning Commission will make a final decision on the new voting districts for the Montana Legislature going into effect in 2024. Why should tribal members be interested in this process? Simply because the voting districts determine how possible
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Senator Mike Rounds meeting with Indian Education delegates in 2016 (Cheyenne River Chairman Harold Frazier at Right) addressing the initial stages of the RESPECT ACT. (Photo courtesy of Indianz.com) WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) has sponsored a new bill, the RESPECT Act (Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging
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“The Missing and Murdered Indigenous peoples crisis is centuries in the making and will take a focused effort and time to unravel the many threads that contribute to the alarming rates of these cases. But I believe we are at an inflection point. We have a President and a government
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US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaking at the White House Tribal Nations Summit on Thursday (Photo courtesy SDPB Radio) U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is reiterating the Justice Department’s commitment to civil rights cases for Native Americans. Garland pointed to the case announced earlier this year involving the Grand Gateway
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(Photo courtesy International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Facebook page) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, renewed efforts to urge President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial
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President Biden at Tribal Nations Summit. (Courtesy Photo) WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), ranking member and chairman, respectively, of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), all members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
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Newtok, Alaska, the village where erosion has already claimed several homes and the river is banging on more doors. WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration today announced the launch of a new Voluntary Community-Driven Relocation program, led by the Department of the Interior, to assist Tribal communities severely impacted by climate-related environmental
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MASSACHUSETTS—Controversy continues to reign over the imposition of mask mandates and vaccines when it comes to COVID-19. Last week an article appeared on the Defender, an internet site dedicated to children’s health, by Madhava Setty, MD. Setty is a noted anesthesiologist with a bachelor’s degree from MIT in electrical engineering.
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Jason Smalls ( photo courtesy of forefathers solutions.com) The bi-annual session of the Montana Legislature will convene the first Monday of January, 2023. The legislature is now dominated by extremely conservative Republicans. The House of Representatives and the Senate includes far more Republicans than Democrats. The Republicans are in control,
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(photo courtesy) RAPID CITY — Fundraising season is in full swing for United Way of the Black Hills. Many generous employees from Black Hills businesses have contributed to the United Way this year. “The people of the Black Hills are truly generous,” said Jamie Toennies, Executive Director. The United Way
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