DENVER — The discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada has, once again, ignited the trauma of Indigenous people across North America. In the United States, Indigenous children were also taken from their families and homes and
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ROCKFORD, TN – Remote Area Medical- RAM® – a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free, quality, dental, vision and medical care to underserved and uninsured individuals—will be coming St. Francis, SD, on August 13-15, 2021 to provide free care. To fulfill its goal of treating as many people
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On the same day Canadian pipeline developer TC Energy announced that it’s officially terminating its Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project, one Native American activist has avoided jail time for her protest against it. Jasilyn Charger, represented by attorney Terry L. Pechota, pled no contest today to a charge of criminal
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Judge Thomas F. Hogan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia finalized settlement of litigation between the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in Peltier v. Haaland. The litigation was filed in 1992 by individual and Tribal beneficiaries of the Pembina Judgment Fund, alleging mismanagement and
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A top cleric in Germany’s Catholic Church has offered to resign as the Archbishop of Munich, saying he shared “responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse” by church officials. “In essence, it is important to me to share the responsibility for the catastrophe of the sexual abuse by Church officials over the past
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In a Native-led gathering of some 2,000 pipeline fighters, participants — hoping to attract President Biden’s attention — marched to establish a camp on a spot where the Canadian Enbridge Energy Inc. wants to lay Line 3 pipes to pump hazardous materials in the form of diluted bitumen (dilbit) across
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The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) is embarking on an ambitious nation-wide project – recording and sharing the stories of contemporary Native American Veterans via curriculum which they hope will be used in schools across America. “The stories and contributions of Native Veterans are known in history books,” said Judy
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Donna Gilbert, Julie Mohney, and Charmaine White Face RAPID CITY— Exactly two months after receiving a writ of certiorari to be heard before the United States Supreme Court, the Court has declined to hear the appeal in Gilbert v Weahkee, upholding the decision of Judge Jeffrey Viken at the district
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Recently, there has been a larger scale push to recognize and honor the Indigenous Murder or Missing Women across the country. Sacred Horse Society of the Isanti, Ihanktonwan, Kul Wicasa, Hun’kpatina and Sisi’tonwan Oyate’ conducted a Memorial Horseback Ride on May 25th ending June 1st on the Santee Sioux Reservation
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Courtesy photo CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL —This spring, Crazy Horse Memorial added 44 tribal flags to its displays in the Cultural Center and covered porch area, bringing the total number of flags on view to 138. While the Memorial has collected tribal nations’ flags for decades, this is the first time
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