SACRAMENTO, CA– Small nonfarm businesses in six South Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Nebraska and Wyoming are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses
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Jackie Giago, wife of the late Editor of Native Sun News today Tim Giago, was Grand Marshall of the Native American Day parade oct. 10 in downtown Rapid City ( photo by Stewart Huntington) Rapid City Color Guard leads the parade. Black Hills clean Water Alliance float with a White
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RAPID CITY – On Saturday, October 8th there will be an awareness walk on domestic violence starting at 9 am, beginning at the Monument Civic Center bandshell. Native Women’s Society of the Great Plain’s annual awareness walk will feature speakers Larry Swallow, Cora Whiting and Kevin Killer with awesome
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The Indian University of North America® of Crazy Horse Memorial® student and performer, Taylor Begay (Diné) CRAZY HORSE – Crazy Horse Memorial will host its annual Native Americans’ Day celebration on Monday, October 10. The event will feature hands-on activities, a Native Americans’ Day program (including the announcement
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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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