Northern Cheyenne and Crow hit hard by Coronavirus

LAME DEER, Mont. – Over the past few weeks the COVID has devastated the Northern Cheyenne Reservation and continues its deadly assault upon the Crow Reservation. Big Horn and Rosebud Counties, along with Yellowstone (home to Billings, the primary shopping center for both reservations] now top the State’s list of

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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 3, 2020

Indian country census woes mount

Rock The Native Vote 2020 set up census support stands, including this one at Norman First American United Methodist Church in Oklahoma. PHOTO COURTESY / RTNV NORMAN, Oklahoma — After an August federal directive to shorten the 2020 Census outreach period jarred the nation, Indian organizations redoubled efforts to make

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Ahlers makes bid for U.S. Senate against Mike Rounds

U.S. Senate Candidate Dan Ahlers, a Democrat, will go up against former governor and incumbent Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican, in November. It’s been twelve years since South Dakota elected a Democrat for the United States Senate. Dan Ahlers is hoping to change that in November. Ahlers is attempting to

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Shared by Native Sun News Today August 12, 2020

Bear Runner reinstated

  Julian Bear Runner PINE RIDGE RESERVATION — Oglala Sioux President Julian Bear Runner is back on the job after he was suspended with pay for 30-days and two weeks in quarantine last month. Bear Runner was suspended following his executive order for an immediate 72-hour lockdown of Pine Ridge. Council members

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Shutting down for 2 weeks

RAPID CITY – Native Sun News Today will not publish for the next two weeks because of the threat of the Coronavirus. We have staff and management with pre-existing conditions who are very vulnerable to the illness. It is our estimate that with the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and the Trump

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Identifying scammers

The most effective way to defeat scammers is to know how to identify scams. You should just hang up on any call you’re uncertain of and ignore suspicious emails. Scammers are always finding new ways to steal your money and personal information by exploiting your fears. One common tactic scammers

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Covid-19: Rally, schools and tribes

South Dakota’s total cases of COVID-19 has risen above 9,600, and nearly 150 people have died from the virus. Pennington County is still the second most impacted county in the state with over 900 cases. Minnehaha County retains the most cases by county with 4,422. Oglala Lakota County has 155

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Crow/Northern Cheyenne under lockdowns

LAME DEER – Members of both the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Tribes are currently under curfews and lockdowns, tribally issued mandates in response rising Covid-19 cases in Big Horn County. Big Horn County, southeastern Montana comprises nearly all of the Crow reservation and about half of the Northern Cheyenne. The

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