Hoop dancing with Starr Chief Eagle is one of the many activities planned at Wind Cave National Park on Native Americans’ Day, October 10. (Photo Credit: South Dakota Arts Council) WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK– Hoop dancing, Lakota storytelling, and food highlight Native Americans’ Day activities at Wind Cave National Park
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SIOUX FALLS— On October 28, the Lakota Music Project, a collaboration between South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) and musicians from the Oglala Sioux and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribes will release its first recording, the self-titled Lakota Music Project on innova Recordings. Years in the making, this groundbreaking collaboration melds two musical worlds: Native American music including intergenerational traditional songs and
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ABERDEEN—Brian Bengs, U.S. Senate candidate for South Dakota, released the following statement in response to the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline that would stretch approximately 469 miles across South Dakota. “I strongly support the ethanol industry, but I fundamentally disagree with the Kelo decision, which simply provides another way
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EAGAN, MN— During Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, StrongHearts Native Helpline once again is raising awareness about domestic violence and supporting and honoring survivors and victims. As in past years, StrongHearts asks that domestic violence advocates, tribal leaders, reservation and urban Indigenous community members, service providers and Indigenous organizations
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VICE CHAIRMAN on the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Sen. Lisa Murkowski Senator for Alaska. WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), co-hosted a roundtable discussion titled, “Promoting and Supporting Tribal Access to Spectrum and Related Benefits in Native
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SIOUX FALLS—The latest set of social studies standards for South Dakota’s K-12 public schools are an example of ongoing colonialism and discrimination against Indigenous students and tribes in South Dakota, the ACLU of South Dakota said in a letter submitted to the Board of Education Content Standards ahead of its
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Photo: The 2022-23 American Indian College Fund Student Ambassador cohort. Left to right: Julianna Benge (Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation), Shannon Taylor (White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation), Chantel Pewewardy (Comanche Nation), Randy Estrin (Ketchikan Indian Community and Central Council of Tlingit Haida Indian
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RAPID CITY—NDN Collective, an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power, announces the opening of applications for the fourth year of the NDN Changemaker Fellowship. The Changemaker Fellowship will be offered to 21 Indigenous Changemakers across the continental U.S., Canada, Mexico, Islands of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana
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President Biden signs a new initiative to preserve Native languages in the United States. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Education and Health and Human Services today announced that the annual Native Languages Summit will be held on Oct. 4 in Oklahoma City. The Speaking Sovereignty Summit – which
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Bounce house and slide at NDN Collective’s 3rd Annual Backpack Giveaway. (Photo by Estella Claymore) RAPID CITY—Back to School Bash? Backpack Giveaway? Why not both!? This was the attitude at this year’s 3rd annual NDN Collective Backpack Giveaway that was held on Saturday, September 10, 2022, inside the Rapid Skillz
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