PACTOLA—Gold mining interest in the Black Hills did not end with the 2002 closing of the Homestake Mine. A private Minneapolis gold prospecting and exploration company, F3 Gold LLC, is set to core drill up to 42 exploratory sites near the Jenny Gulch area of Pactola Lake in the Black
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PIERRE – Most Pierre-area residents are familiar with South Dakota Urban Indian Health’s (SDUIH) Abbey Road clinic location. SDUIH has been located at 1714 Abbey Road for almost 20 years, first opening its doors at that location in 2005. Now, after 44 years of caring for Urban Natives in
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BROWNING, Mont. – On Friday, October 22, 2021, the high school gymnasium at Browning, Montana was filled to capacity as national, state, tribal leaders, Indians from many other Tribes and the Blackfeet Nation joined together to observe the passing of a legendary Montana tribal leader, Earl Old Person. The service
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Nez Perce Tribe, Lapwai Idaho. (Courtesy Photo) LAPWAI, Idaho – The Nez Perce Tribe (Tribe) closed on the purchase of 358 acres of land adjacent to the Clearwater River Casino & Lodge. The property consists of agricultural, range and some development land and sits to the north and east of
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WASHINGTON – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expresses support for the group IllumiNative – which seeks to boost the visibility of Native Americans in the media – and its calls for the firing of Fox News hosts who made
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WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced key members of agency leadership who will work to advance President Biden’s agenda to tackle climate change, protect endangered wildlife, and honor relationships and trust responsibilities with Indigenous communities. “The Interior Department is hard at work turning President Biden’s Build Back
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WASHINGTON—On Thursday, October 14, Native American activists occupied the lobby of the Stuart Udall Main Interior Building, focusing on the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and citing grave concerns over United States environmental policy. After four hours, 55 were arrested and the building was cleared. According to the Interior Department several
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PIERRE – Beginning Oct. 24, mandatory 10-digit dialing will start to take effect across South Dakota. On and after this date, you must dial the area code + telephone number for all local calls. Local calls dialed with only seven digits may not be completed. Instead, a recording may
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OTTAWA, CANADA – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and Sephora Canada will host the first national Zoom roundtable on Indigenous beauty on Tuesday, October 19 from 2 pm to 4 pm ET. The roundtable, which will be facilitated by Waneek Horn-Miller, the first Mohawk woman from Canada to
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RAPID CITY – The Rapid City Police Department is currently seeking community participation in a short survey that gauges residents’ perspectives on the state of public safety and associated services within Rapid City. Every three years, as part of its accreditation requirements set by the Commission on Accreditation for
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