(L-R) Third-grade Cherokee Immersion School teacher Cindy Collins, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. listening to third-grade students Hunter Sanders, Henry Johnson and Riley Aimerson. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden and U.S.
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Steve Haugaard and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (Photo courtesy) Sioux Falls, SD — Last week, the Argus Leader released a report detailing Governor Kristi Noem’s use of $68,000 of taxpayer money to redecorate the South Dakota Governor’s Residence. This includes a sauna that cost more than $8,100 and $13,000
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By Liz Hill, Red Lake Ojibwe The year was 1972. A group of 45 public television stations, primarily from the western United States, were brought together with the help of a Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) grant for a three-day meeting at historic Wingspread, the Lloyd Wright House at the
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(Photo courtesy) By James Giago Davies, Native Sun News Today Correspondent MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Oil has been flowing across Minnesota through the newly built Line 3 replacement pipeline for over a month now. Tribal and environmental groups have been teamed up to protest the pipeline construction for several years, but their efforts
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This week, the White House hosted the first Summit of Tribal Nations since 2016. Tribal leaders convened virtually with leaders from the Biden-Harris Administration, including Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary
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The House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better bill, H.R. 5376 (as amended) by a vote of 220-213. This bill is the Budget Reconciliation measure to carry out portions of the President’s domestic agenda for social programs including child care, early education, and access to health care. A summary
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Secretarial Orders declare “squaw” a derogatory term, create Reconciliation in Place Names advisory committee to identify and replace additional derogatory names WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today formally established a process to review and replace derogatory names of the nation’s geographic features. She also declared “squaw” to be
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Marty Waukazoo, Rosebud Sioux Native American Health Center CEO. (Photo by James Giago Davies) By James Giago Davies, Native Sun News Today Correspondent OAKLAND, CA — Every cityscape strikes a stranger as soulless, but for those who call a given city home, there are distinct districts and neighborhoods, places where
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Montana State University celebrates the opening of the American Indian Hall Saturday, October 16, 2021 in Bozeman. MSU Courtesy photo by Kelly Gorham By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Editor BOZEMAN, Mont. – A tribal celebration attended by about 1,000 was held on the campus of Montana State
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RAPID CITY – Three of the country’s largest tribal-nations have formed a historic alliance to improve healthcare for tribal-citizens living in Pennington County, South Dakota. On Wednesday, November 4, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe passed resolution 2021-266, bringing the tribe into the current partnership between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the
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