July 24th Celebration Of Life for Bill Groethe 11:00am-12:00pm: Calvary Lutheran Church 4:30-10:00pm: Canyon Lake Park-Shelter #2 Bring yourself and your memories! Bill’s family will host the picnic, and will provide all food and beverages. William McAndrew “Bill” Groethe was born Nov. 2, 1923, and passed peacefully, surrounded
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Bill introduced to reauthorize Native housing funding Bill would expand housing resources for Native veterans, students WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) recently introduced legislation with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) and 6 other members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to reform and reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance
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NCUIH Vice President to Testify at Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on UIO Facilities Bill On July 14, Robyn Sunday-Allen, member of the Cherokee Nation, National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic, will testify before the Senate
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Native American Agriculture Fund invests $1 million in Native youth for 2021 The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) has awarded $1 million dollars to 20 grantees serving Native youth across 115 Tribal Nations. The diverse range of grants for youth programming provides direct capital to projects impacting more than
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FORT PIERRE.─ The Mni Wiconi Water System will conduct repairs on the Mni Wiconi Core Water Pipeline in the Ft. Pierre area June 29-30, 2021. To facilitate repairs, mandatory water restrictions are implemented for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System. The restrictions include all non-essential water usage including but not limited to: lawn watering, washing of vehicles, filling pools, spray tanks, etc. Reclamation is
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RAPID CITY – FreedomFest, “the world’s largest gathering of free minds,” is coming to Rapid City, South Dakota, July 21-24, 2021. 2500 attendees are expected to make the trip to South Dakota to hear from leading experts on politics, finance, philosophy, religion, law, science, technology, art, and more. Keynote speakers
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RAPID CITY—The Indian Boarding School Lands Committee will host a public meeting next week to provide an update on the working group’s efforts in developing a proposal involving three parcels of land in west Rapid City. The meeting will be held next Thursday (July 8) at 6 p.m. at the
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PIERRE – Young people between the ages of 18-27 who were previously in foster care may be eligible for COVID-19 financial relief and some can choose to re-enter foster care. The Department of Social Services (DSS) Independent Living Program is set to receive more than $1.5 million in federal pandemic
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WASHINGTON – In Canada this past May, the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School brought past Indigenous traumas into the international spotlight. Yesterday, over 700 more unmarked graves were found on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Canada. Boarding schools and residential schools are a tragic thread in history that the United States and Canada share:
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that Kristi Nuna’q Williams is joining her team as Staff Director and General Counsel of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, of which Murkowski is Vice Chairman. Kristi Williams will be the first Alaskan to hold this position. Kristi previously served as Senator
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