First Hemp Store is Open on Navajo Nation SHIPROCK, N.M. – In 2000, the Navajo Tribe approved the production of hemp on the Navajo Nation. In 2018, the Navajo Nation San Juan River Farm Board (the Board) then developed the Regulations required to cultivate hemp on individual farms. “After the success of last
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Frank Blanquet (Maya), Tripp Crouse (La Courte Oreille Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Avis Little Eagle (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) and Christine Trudeau (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – Members of the Native American Journalists Association elected Tripp Crouse (Lac Courte Oreille Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), Avis
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EAGLE BUTTE — The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has just milled more than five (5) miles of damaged road along BIA route 3 using some of the $ 300,000.00 dollars the Bureau of Indian Affairs has provided. Last month Area Director Timothy LaPointe accompanied Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold
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RAPID CITY – Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board’s CEO Jerilyn Church was recognized as a Regional Impact awardee by the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) during the 36th Annual National Tribal Health Conference (NTHC) held in Temecula, California last week. The NTHC is the largest American Indian and Alaska
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The Kinney family from Rapid City. Nearly seven million Americans in the United States are adopted. In 2015, more than six-hundred seventy thousand children spent time in our foster care system. One out of every twenty-five families with children have an adoptive child. Families adopt for a number of reasons,
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WASHINGTON – Vice Chair Kathryn Isom-Clause, and Associate Commissioner E. Sequoyah Simermeyer of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) released the Fiscal Year 2018 Gross Gaming Revenue numbers. FY 2018 revenues total $33.7B, an overall increase of 4.1% over FY 2017. The GGR for FY 2018 is the highest in
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PRIOR LAKE, MN – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) recently opened a public exhibit that celebrates and chronicles the history of the tribe and allows visitors to experience Dakota culture. The exhibit is located in Hoċokata Ti (2300 Tiwahe Circle, Shakopee), the SMSC’s new cultural center and gathering space.
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Vision Maker Media and MIGIZI present Train the Trainers: Native Youth Media Summit. The Native Youth Media Summit is for instructors of youth media programs. Vision Maker Media seeks to provide Native youth with the skills and tools necessary to harness the power of media for Native-driven storytelling and narrative
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The New York State Department of Health today announced new findings of its ongoing investigation into the vaping-associated pulmonary (lung-related) illnesses that have been reported across the state, including an updated case count and information regarding the testing being conducted at the Department’s Wadsworth Center Laboratory.nn”The cases of pulmonary illnesses
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PIERRE– Round 2 of the South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF) 2019 Community Innovation Grant (CIG) program has been completed. Fourteen South Dakota nonprofits will receive grant awards. Offered in partnership with the Bush Foundation, the Community Innovation Grant program supports efforts to find breakthrough solutions to community challenges across the
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