WASHINGTON .— Recognizing the preservation of language as essential in maintaining and strengthening Native American tribes, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) introduced a bipartisan bill to support Native American languages this week. “Congress made a commitment to promote and protect the rights of Native Americans to use their
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BOULDER, CO – Creative Nations, in collaboration with the Dairy Arts Center and Boedecker Foundation, will host Sing Our Rivers Red, a series of carefully curated exhibitions that aims to bring awareness to the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQQIA individuals (MMIWG+), and colonial gender-based violence
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WASHINGTON – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced today that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has begun disbursing $900 million to federally recognized tribes under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. ARP was signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021, and the funds will
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“The General Store” (Ace Hardware and Lumber store) in Martin, SD has been sold to RF Buche and will take over on May 18th, 2021. Buche plans to keep the store running regular hours through the transition so customers are not affected. “Martin is great, thriving business community and we
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Tribal College Journal is launching a new creative writing column featuring award-winning student author Brianna Reed of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). The first of its kind, the new bi-monthly column will showcase Reed’s rising talent as she continues to break boundaries and explore new horizons through her
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RAPID CITY – Starting Thursday April 22, 2021, access to the DMV Now License Renewal kiosk located within the main entrance of the Pennington County Administration Building is once again available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Installation is complete and a new larger machine is ready to
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SANTA FE, NM – The Santa Fe Indian Market will be back in person this year after an online virtual Market last year. The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) which runs the market announced on April 16 that there will be an in-person ticketed market on the weekend of
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Kickapoo building a traditional sweat lodge in Mexico. (Photo courtesy Wikipedia) By James Giago Davies Native Sun News Today Correspondent RAPID CITY—Several Algonquin tribes were settled in just south of the Great Lakes when Columbus reached the white sand beaches of San Salvador in 1492. One of these tribes, the
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Donavan Sprauge (Photo Courtesy) By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Correspondent “If we had been here in the late 15th century, we might have seen the Crow and Hidatsa Indians conducting a hunt at a nearby Big Goose buffalo jumps” Professor Donovan Sprague said in starting his lecture. From
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CHAMBERLAIN – St. Joseph’s Indian School recently awarded $84,350 in spring-semester scholarships to Native American students across the nation, bringing the total awards for the academic year to $176,050. This spring, the school provided 68 scholarships: 16 to alumni, 13 to family members of St. Joseph’s Indian School alumni and
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