Ellen White Thunder (Oglala Sioux) has been named as the Deputy Director of Lakota Funds. Kyle, SD – Ellen White Thunder (Oglala Sioux) has been named as the Deputy Director of Lakota Funds. White Thunder joined the Lakota Funds team eight months ago and was instrumental in the success of
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Sec. Deb Haaland poses for a picture with Jr. Miss Gila River Sineca Jackson during her visit to the Gila River Indian Community on Feb. 22, 2022. Photo Credit: Gila River Indian News WASHINGTON, DC— The Department of the Interior recently announced a nearly $580 million allocation to continue fulfilling
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LAS VEGAS – When he played Smiles A lot in the 1990 film “Dances with Wolves” Nathan Chasing Horse won over the hearts of many movie goers with his boyish antics. Now, 33 years later, the actor is being charged with using his influence to sexually abuse young indigenous girls.
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Manny and Renee Iron, members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe visit the infamous Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. (Photo courtesy Renee Iron Hawk) Renee Iron Hawk (Tituwan Oohenumpa) first heard years ago about annual “Bearing Witness” retreats at the infamous Nazi death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is proud to announce the launch of “Change the Bill”, a call to action that aims to promote reconciliation through art. Despite being the original inhabitants of this land, an Indigenous person has never been represented on a permanent Canadian
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Dean Alan Smith, pastor of over twenty years at the Morning Star Baptist Church in Lame Deer, Montana. LAME DEER, MT—On January 3, 2023, Dean Alan Smith, pastor of over twenty years at the Morning Star Baptist Church in Lame Deer, Montana, pled not guilty to federal charges filed the
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Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. received the Key to the City from Muskogee Mayor Marlon Coleman during an after-celebration held at the Martin Luther King Community Center. MUSKOGEE, OK — Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. was presented the Key to the City of Muskogee during the
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WASHINGTON, DC – Reports from the Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control reveal that men and boys represent a majority of missing and murdered Indian persons. But the Missing and Murdered Indian Women (MMIW) movement continues to ignore these facts: In 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice
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CHICAGO — Today, the MacArthur Foundation released a national report commissioned as part of its Safety and Justice Challenge that highlights that Native people are disproportionately incarcerated in the United States. The report shows that in states with higher Native populations, incarceration rates are up to seven times that of white
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Early Woodland Indians grew corn, beans and squash that were also known as the Three Sisters. These grown vegetables were well stored throughout the winter months allowing the Shawnee plenty of food throughout the year. Native American elders remember when there was no word for diabetes in indigenous North American
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