Heather Dawn Thompson RAPID CITY — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of Heather Dawn Thompson as Director of the Office of Tribal Relations (OTR) on January 25. Thompson, a citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and a graduate of Harvard Law School, will assist the Secretary
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Among others, the pictured Wind River Indian Reservation area residents took part in a release of new findings and recommendations to raise awareness and obtain criminal justice system parity for tribal citizens. COURTESY / WYSAC LARAMIE, Wyoming – Wind River Indian Reservation resident Nicole Wagon lost two of her daughters
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Cindy Giago (Photo Courtesy) PINE RIDGE – The Oglala Sioux Tribe Council held a January 15 hearing at the Lakota Dome at Prairie Wind Casino and terminated the Chief of Staff, Cindy Giago, over a complaint from Justin Pourier. Pourier, who was the Director of the
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FOIA lawsuit secures media and public access to documents in the case of former pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber, who is serving five life sentences for abusing Native boys under his federally funded care. NEW YORK — On Jan. 13, a federal court here ordered the Indian Health Service to reveal
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Navajo President, Jonathan Nez GALLUP, N.M – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez received the Corona virus vaccine live on Facebook hoping to ensure people that the shot is safe and necessary. On December
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At a September event in Rapid City, water protectors raise awareness: The opportunity to take part in the decision-making process on water permits by filing petitions with the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources would be knee-capped, if the agency’s proposed HB1028 is approved in the current state
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PINE RIDGE – The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council has authorized legal action in response to a federal Bureau of Land Management decision allowing oil-and-gas fracking on a 1.5-million-acre swatch of unceded Ft. Laramie Treaty territory in Wyoming, the Native Sun News Today learned Jan. 6. The BLM denied all of
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Opponents of the Enbridge Line 3 Replacement pipeline expansion project, who call themselves water protectors, march from their permanent camp to the construction path. (Photo by Justine Anderson) PALISADE, Minn. — Hundreds gathered near the banks of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota on Jan. 9 to oppose the construction
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Mario Gonzalez (Photo courtesy) RAPID CITY— Over the last half century history has been rewritten to reflect a change in tribal sentiment over the Black Hills. The Black Hills are not for sale. That is what most tribal members say, and most news stories reflect that sentiment and ignore
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(Photo Credit) Roger Baron By Roger Baron, Professor Emeritus The observations contained herein are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of the University of South Dakota. The order of presentation is chronological. Preliminary Comments: Both the criminal and civil dockets are included. Five of the
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