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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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 23, 2022
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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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 23, 2022
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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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 23, 2022
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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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 15, 2022
(Photo courtesy Press Pool) NEW TOWN, ND—The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation today strongly condemned the most recent effort by the state of North Dakota to undermine the lawful rights of MHA Nation. In an Aug. 24, 2022, letter to an energy company, North Dakota Solicitor General Matthew Sagsveen
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 15, 2022
Jamie Smith Last week the NSNT interviewed South Dakota Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jamie Smith. Although the Native vote overwhelmingly goes to the Democrats in most elections, a Democrat has not occupied the governor’s chair since 1978, which made the Republicans complacent over the next few decades, figuring the Native vote
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 9, 2022
Samantha Kelty RAPID CITY—Some state agencies, such as driver’s licenses and public assistance, will now have new ways to assist folks in registering to vote in South Dakota, as a federal agreement set down by a federal judge on September 6, would help bring the state in line with the
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 9, 2022
GRAND FORKS, ND—A recent discovery that came out at the University of North Dakota (UND), has more than a few people surprised, angry and shocked. Dating back to March of this year, faculty and staff first came across human remains and cultural objects, while looking for missing sacred items
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 9, 2022
RAPID CITY—Lawrence Mexican, 31, earned a sentence for the beating death of Harry “Packy” Black Bear, 48, a homeless man who has been described as a leader in the homeless community. Circuit Court Judge Matt Brown, who was overhearing the case, awarded Mexican 808 days for his time served, while
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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 31, 2022
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Primary Elections were held on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Live stream of the 2022 Primary Election Official Canvas was provided by KIPI Radio 935 on Monday, August 15, 2022, from the Cheyenne River Motel Conference Room. Official Results were published online as they became available. UPDATE:
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