Isaac Neiss succeeded in claiming his Covid-19 Economic Impact Payment, but it meant jumping through some hoops. His story is the first episode in our exposé on the hurdles for others like him in Indian country. (Photo by Talli Nauman) PART I RAPID CITY – Ronald “Isaac” Neiss figured he
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ALBUQUERQUE – The Governor of New Mexico, has extended a state of emergency order for the town of Gallup, a border town near the Navajo reservation, as the numbers of cases of the coronavirus have increased in the area. The order from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was set to
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As 574 tribal governments awaited federal CARES Act funding, a reservation non-profit organization, Pine Ridge Emergency Relief, produced a poster encouraging people to take individual responsibility for public health during the Covid-19 viral pandemic. COURTESY / Pine Ridge Emergency Relief WASHINGTON. – After dozens of tribal governments sued the U.S.
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Dewey County Sheriff assisting Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe at checkpoint. EAGLE BUTTE — The Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes are refusing to bow to an order South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sent the two tribes on May 8. The order states the tribes must remove coronavirus traffic checkpoints
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WALL – As part of Golden West’s commitment to keep everyone connected, the company is installing Wi-Fi hotspots in public places and outdoor locations in most of the communities across its service area. Golden West now has 16 free public Wi-Fi hotspots available in various locations for the Oglala Sioux
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South Dakota proposes to drop protection of otters, a tribal cultural icon. COURTESY / Tom Koerner/USFWS PIERRE — South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission is asking the public to offer testimony at a call-in teleconference May 7 on reopening hunting and trapping of the protected river otter, as
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RAPID CITY –The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board has launched a first-of-its-kind tribal public health Emergency Operations and Training Center (EOC). The EOC will assist Great Plains tribal nations in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and any future disasters. The We Are Warriors Emergency Operations and Training Center
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ALBUQUERQUE – The Navajo Nation has set up a Health Command Operations Center to combat the coronavirus as cases of the pandemic continue to increase. In a press release on April 22, the Command Center reported that there were 1,282 positive cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation and a
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Self-described “mask warriors” cut donated fabric and channel it to sewers to make protective gear for first responders of the Pueblo and Navajo Nation “and all over Turtle Island.” COURTESY / Pueblo Action Alliance WASHINGTON – Federal lawsuits filed by more than a dozen tribes succeeded in preventing Alaska Native
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LAME DEER, Mont. – Gerry Robinson, an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana was recently informed that he will be awarded the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding American Western Novel in recognition of his recently published book The Cheyenne Story: An Interpretation of Courage. The novel
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