Artist Mark Powers stands in front of the mural he did for the Lower Brule tribal offices. Mark Powers has only a few more details to add to his mural that will be displayed in the Lower Brule tribal offices. The mural, which he calls the Stairway Mural, is 90%
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The grassroots struggles against two Energy Transfer Partners oil pipelines delivering Bakken fracked oil from North Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico connected tribal members from both ends of the Mississippi River, as pictured when Standing Rock water protectors joined with Bayou Bridge Pipeline fighters in Louisiana. Courtesy of IEN
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Lynn Rapp, upon whose land the Lookout Solar Project is being built. BUFFALO GAP – Lookout Solar Project has experienced some pitfalls from the COVID-19 pandemic, but progress is also being made where available. The largest pitfall that the project has experienced is the blocking of travel for employees of
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Uniformed professionals handcuff demonstrator Pte Oyate Win. Photo by Chynna Locket PART 3 KEYSTONE – When the dust settled from the demonstration against Donald Trump’s reelection campaign stop here at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, a petition and a follow-up event rose from the civil disobedience action, as foretold. The petition
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ATLANTA, GA. – Grassroots organizations vowed to take the federal government to court over U.S. President Donald Trump’s July 15 announcement here of rules changes shattering the bedrock environmental law that tribes and constituents have used to fend off fracking, oil pipelines and mining in treaty territory. Hailing the finalization
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Tables and chairs are blocked off from use in the Student Success Center at Western Dakota Technical College. Many tables and chairs throughout the campus have been removed, blocked off, are spaced at least 6 feet apart from each other. Photo by Travis Dewes Re-opening measures have begun formation to
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WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) provided an update letter to the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition on his reformation efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Native American Direct Loan (NADL) program. Although the NADL program is intended to provide mortgage financing for Native American veterans living in reservation
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A bridge over Lake Sakakawea connects two sides of the Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation after the 1953 completion of the Garrison Dam formed colossal Lake Sakakawea and flooded one-fourth of Three Confederated Tribes’ treaty land base. Photo by Talli Nauman NEW TOWN, North Dakota – The Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara
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Thunder Valley CDC Community Engagement Director DeCora Hawk displays one of more than 1,600 cleaning kits and countless food boxes she said her organization has prepared and delivered across the reservation. COURTESY of TVCDC PORCUPINE – Thunder Valley Community Development Corp. issued a “Call to Action” that urges people to
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Smudging with sage, a demonstrator stands before a no-trespass banner. Photo Courtesy: Chynna Locket PART II KEYSTONE – The Shrine of Democracy, as Mt. Rushmore Memorial is often called, was named after New York City attorney Charles E. Rushmore, who was verifying property titles in 1884 when he asked local
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