BILLINGS, Mont. — On May 17th, 2021 the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund (NARF) challenged two new Montana laws that hinder Native American participation in the state’s electoral process. The lawsuit against HB 176 and HB 530 was brought on behalf of Western
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DAYTON, WY- In Big County, MT there have been 27 missing and murdered Native people (men and women). 87% of those cases have not been solved. Big Horn County includes all the Crow Indian reservation and a portion of the Northern Cheyenne. Their loss and the overall tragedy of MMIW
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Memorial Day ceremony set for Sioux Falls PIERRE – The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will host a Memorial Day program and ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, May 31, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. (CT) at South Dakota’s first state veteran’s cemetery. The cemetery is located at 25965 477th Avenue
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SANTA FE, N.M. Students graduating from the Institute of American Indian Arts must follow their dreams, never give up. And, become leaders. This was the message from keynote speaker Charlene Teters (Spokane) at the virtual graduation ceremony on May 15. She and others congratulated the students for their perseverance despite
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PIERRE – Charlene “Charlie” Bessken led outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers like herself in a virtual tour of South Dakota’s honey bee habitat on Endangered Species Day May 21. The tour, in an online forum, highlighted ways “citizen scientists” can take part in protecting a number of critters here in
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Singing, drumming, and praying at the gates of a hazardous pipeline pump station, Indigenous grassroots resisters held off project work for over an hour until police showed up to disburse them. COURTESY / Josh Pacheco Photography FLOODWOOD, Minn. — Two dozen Indigenous water protectors and allies sang, drummed, and prayed
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VERMILLION – Join South Dakota Focus, Thursday, May 27, at 8p.m. (7 MT) on SDPB1 and SDPB.org for a full-hour dedicated to discussing missing and murdered Indigenous women in South Dakota. Most cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in South Dakota remain unsolved. State Representative Peri Pourier discusses legislation she sponsored
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A 5k prayer walk and run followed a community-based search for a Native woman last seen in Rapid City two weeks earlier.COURTESY / NDN Collective RAPID CITY – A 5k prayer walk and run here on May 23 raised awareness about the plight of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls,
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EAGLE BUTTE – The Dewey County Democratic Party applauds the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier for filing to intervene in the lawsuit between Governor Kristi Noem and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland regarding a permit for fireworks at Mount Rushmore this summer. Last month, Gov. Noem filed
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Tom O’Halleran (R-AZ-01), and Tom Cole (R-OK-04) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral, Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act. The bill repeals outdated and discriminatory laws against Native Americans, including statutes that allowed the forcible relocation of Native American children to
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