RAPID CITY—The monthly Native American Indian Community Meeting held the third Thursday of the month and scheduled for August 19th has been canceled for August. The next Community Meeting will be held on Sept. 16, 2021 at the Mother Butler Hall beginning at 6:00 PM. Secretary of the Interior Debra
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, applauded the Senate for passing their bill to improve child support enforcement for Native American tribes by allowing the 60 tribes
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This undated photo shows a tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, which will be returning to his Nebraska tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The university’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology says it’s been working
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Hickory Street Kitchen & Cocktails owners Tracey and Nik Sing. (Photo courtesy of Cuny Communications) SISSETON—As the COVID-19 pandemic winds down around the country, many restaurants are picking up the pieces and struggling to re-start operations. However, in the town of Sisseton, South Dakota, Hickory Street Kitchen & Cocktails, is
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COUNSELOR, NM—Pueblo and Diné leaders and activists today hosted an event calling on President Biden to protect Greater Chaco Canyon and stop issuing new oil and gas leases in the sacred landscape. In an event held as part of the Red Road to DC, a cross-country tour highlighting Indigenous
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Contact: press@ccrjustice.org Local District Attorney Rejects All Criminal Charges for Alleged Violations of ALEC-inspired Anti-Protest Amendments to Critical Infrastructure Law St. Martinville, Louisiana – Sixteen pipeline protesters and a journalist who had been arrested and charged with felonies in 2018 celebrated a major victory for the First Amendment after
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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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