The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) is embarking on an ambitious nation-wide project – recording and sharing the stories of contemporary Native American Veterans via curriculum which they hope will be used in schools across America. “The stories and contributions of Native Veterans are known in history books,” said Judy
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Donna Gilbert, Julie Mohney, and Charmaine White Face RAPID CITY— Exactly two months after receiving a writ of certiorari to be heard before the United States Supreme Court, the Court has declined to hear the appeal in Gilbert v Weahkee, upholding the decision of Judge Jeffrey Viken at the district
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Recently, there has been a larger scale push to recognize and honor the Indigenous Murder or Missing Women across the country. Sacred Horse Society of the Isanti, Ihanktonwan, Kul Wicasa, Hun’kpatina and Sisi’tonwan Oyate’ conducted a Memorial Horseback Ride on May 25th ending June 1st on the Santee Sioux Reservation
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Courtesy photo CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL —This spring, Crazy Horse Memorial added 44 tribal flags to its displays in the Cultural Center and covered porch area, bringing the total number of flags on view to 138. While the Memorial has collected tribal nations’ flags for decades, this is the first time
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RAPID CITY – Rapid City Public Library now offers Wi-Fi hotspots for checkout allowing internet access from anywhere. This new service is one of the many ways the library prioritizes information access and education. Wi-Fi hotspots can be checked out for up to one week. For more information about how
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Lettie Irons Connell (Eagle Woman) On May 21st, Lettie Irons Connell (Eagle Woman/Wanbli Wanyan) of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and her husband, Robert, a Vietnam era Navy Veteran were invited to a Memorial Day event at Cottonwood, AZ at the Verde Valley Veterans Memorial Cemetery. To Lettie’s astonishment, she
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Native Black Hills treaty rights advocates blocked the main route to the national memorial in a civil disobedience action on the occasion of Trump’s 2020 Independence Day reelection campaign stump. COURTESY / NDN Collective EAGLE BUTTE – Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chair Harold Frazier spoke for many when he acknowledged
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EAGLE BUTTE – The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe entered into the lawsuit filed by Governor Noem against the Secretary Deb Haaland of the Department of Interior. The United States District Court ruled today that the Governor did not provide a sufficient argument to grant a preliminary injunction. Of course,
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SIOUX FALLS – Dr. Kyle Whyte, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council member, spoke to the Oceti Sakowin Caucus about environmental injustice, environmental equity, consultation, tribal regulatory authority, and President Joe Biden’s initiative to combat climate change. Whyte is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and has written numerous
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June 7: Indigenous leaders and allies are staging nonviolent demonstrations, calling for Biden to honor treaties, stop construction of Enbridge Energy Inc.’s Line 3, protect water, and defend land. Photo by Darren Thompson PARK RAPIDS, Minnesota — During the largest anti-pipeline action ever mobilized here in Anishinaabe treaty jurisdiction, self-proclaimed
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