June is Men’s Health Month! This annual observance, established in 1994, is a time to help educate men and their families about the importance of being proactive about their health by using preventive health practices and healthy living decisions. Toni Handboy, MSW, (Cheyenne River Lakota), spoke out about the
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Ernie Stevens Sr. OKLAHOMA CITY – Ernie Stevens Sr., Oneida, has walked into the sunset on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Stevens had served numerous leadership positions, including as executive director of the Los Angeles Indian Center, the Institute for Community Anti-Poverty Corporation, the Inter-Tribal Council of California, the Indian Action
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Lester Peneaux On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the body of a child was found next to a bike on a trail near the intersection of Landmark Ave. and Spruce St. in Eagle Butte. The body was reported to have suffered wounds consistent with canine bites and Tribal police and the
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SURF’s ethnobotonical garden, Čhaŋgléška Wakȟáŋ, before the seed planting event set for June 12. (Photo credit: Stephen Kenny / SURF) LEAD — The Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) is launching a new series of monthly public presentations called Deep Roots. The summer lecture series is an extension of SURF’s longstanding
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By Grace Terry Native Sun News Today Correspondent EAGLE BUTTE –During National Mental Health Awareness in May, the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) reminds us that any caring individual can become an advocate for people who are affected by mental illness and an advocate for improved mental health education
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CHERRY CREEK – Sacred belongings stolen from Lakota who were murdered in 1890 at the Wounded Knee massacre languished for over a century in a museum in Barre, Massachusetts. The belongings included clothing, pipes, and other artifacts. For decades, the museum and the Lakota tribes engaged in negotiations for
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Badlands Heritage Ranch located south of Interior. (Photo courtesy Heidi Cuny) INTERIOR – Badlands Heritage Guest Ranch is pleased to announce the summer’s first community campfire series happening the last three Fridays of June. This series of events features cowboy poetry performances from renowned artists Sherl Cederburg and Pegie Douglas.
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Friday, May 17, 2024, is the third annual Native Nonprofit Day (NND), according to the Native Ways Foundation (NWF), founded in 2008 by a group of national Native-led nonprofits to activate and expand informed giving in Indian Country. The founding organizations include the American Indian College Fund, the American Indian
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Star Village sign RAPID CITY, SD—Rapid City is one of 16 communities nationwide selected for a ‘Love Your Block’ grant by Johns Hopkins University. The University announced the national selections earlier today. The grant for $100,000 is awarded to the City of Rapid City and will be used to support
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On Earth Day 2024 (April 22), President Biden announced the official start of his groundbreaking workforce training and service initiative that will put tens of thousands of young Americans to work fighting the impacts of climate change today while training tomorrow’s clean energy and climate-resilience workforce. Called the American Climate
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