New initiative aims to increase homeownership on Rosebud Reservation ROSEBUD – With funding support from NeighborWorks America, five organizations located on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations – Lakota Federal Credit Union, Lakota Funds, Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Sicangu Wicoti Awanyakapi Corporation, and Tatanka Funds – have joined together
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Supporting Indigenous survivors of sexual assault Awareness Month This April, StrongHearts Native Helpline, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center and the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) by raising awareness of sexual assault and supporting victim-survivors of sexual violence. Rape and sexual assault are
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Little Bear addresses language preservation By Clara Caufield, NSNT Correspondent On March 24 and 25, 2022, the Annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Language conference was held via ZOOM, attracting about 110 participants from around the country. The focus was on tribal language preservation. Dr. Richard Littlebear, Northern
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Catholic Pope apologizes to First Nations Peoples of Canada Wasuta Waste Win NSNt Correspondent VATICAN CITY, Rome — Pope Francis, who is from Argentina, made a historic apology internationally on April 1, 2022 to the First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples in Canada for the “deplorable” abuses suffered in Canada’s
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Youth water protectors take center stage Water protector, O’Shea Greyeyes (Diné/Cherokee), holds his hands up before a line of militarized police the day before protest camps at Standing Rock, North Dakota were razed in resistance to the Dakota Access pipeline, February 23, 2017. (Jenni Monet) Five years
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Vitalant testing all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies For a limited time, donors curious about their antibody status can find out results and may help immunocompromised patients RAPID CITY — Starting today, when people donate lifesaving blood through Vitalant they can learn if they have antibodies to the
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South Dakota’s Mathis murders: Horror in the Heartland By Noel Hamiel About the Book It was perhaps the most infamous murder case in state history. Ladonna Mathis was shot twice in the head at point-blank range inside the family’s metal shed serving as their makeshift home. Two of her three
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American Indian College Fund honors tribal college students of the year DENVER —The American Indian College Fund will honor 35 Tribal College and University Students of the Year, 46 Coca Cola First Generation Scholars, and its 2021-22 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year at a virtual ceremony
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Groundwater Arts announces celebrating Native Joy KYLE — Groundwater Arts announced today that it will produce a community-centered weekend called Celebrating Native Joy in June 2022 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The weekend will feature performances of three new plays by Seminole/Mvskoke playwright and Groundwater Arts co-founder Tara Moses,
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Luncheon by Design spotlights Indigenous fashion designers Photo of Christian Allaire. Photo courtesy of Christian Allaire. DENVER — The Denver Art Museum (DAM) announces the exciting return of two beloved fundraising events this spring and early summer, Luncheon by Design and Uncorked. Luncheon by Design has been
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