Editor’s Note: This article, Part 2 about a very successful Native teen, Corrin LaMere, Sheridan, WY was nearly the victim the covid-19 virus frenzy. Part 1 was printed just before the NSNT closed for several weeks; and then many of us, including Corrin were nearly impossible to contact during the
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As thousands of South Dakotans respond to the murder of George Floyd with protests and marches across the state, the ACLU of South Dakota supports the protestors’ cause and is calling for meaningful change for people who have been subjected to systemic or individual racism at the hands of the
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After the Walk/Stand Up for George event in Memorial Park, a smaller group of protestors left the walk and demonstrated outside of the Public Safety Building. RAPID CITY – “We had a rainbow here today,” Selwyn Jones, uncle of George Floyd, said about a May 30 “Walk/Stand Up for George”
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Oglala Lakota tike Lucas Weston is following protocol, protecting himself and family from the Covid-19 pandemic, and “loves wearing his mask,” says his mother Dana K. Richards. Credit COURTESY / Dana K. Richards FLANDREAU – As of June 1, U.S. Census Bureau decennial survey personnel had missed their 2020 field
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OFFER leader Ronald L. Neiss urges tribal governments to “step up to the assistance plate to help those tribal members who have fallen through the cracks” of the stimulus payment system. PART III ROSEBUD – On May 28, Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Rodney Bordeaux said his government “can help
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By Mary Papenfuss A health team from Doctors Without Borders has been dispatched to the Navajo Nation to help the tribe’s struggle with a rate of coronavirus infections that’s higher than any state in America. As of Sunday, the country’s most populous reservation had logged at least 100 deaths due
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HETTINGER, ND – “Buffalo Tales & Trails,” a new Blog and website focusing on America’s new national mammal, the bison, or buffalo, will launch May 5. Subscriptions are available free at www.buffalotalesandtrails.com. The blog is written by Francie M. Berg, author of 3 books on buffalo. Her latest book “Buffalo
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By Asha Glover WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ended South Dakota’s efforts to tax spending by nontribal members at a Native American casino, turning down the state’s challenge to an Eighth Circuit holding in favor of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. South Dakota had sought to overturn
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By Travis Dewes Native Sun News Staff Writer Liz Marty May, former State Representative of 6 years, announced her plans to challenge Dusty Johnson in the Republican Primary on February 4, 2020, during the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo. And a few days before the announcement she received official
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In an effort to adapt their mission, The U.S. Army Field Band from Washington, D.C. is presenting daily live stream concerts in hopes of keeping America connected at a time where meeting in person is impossible. The virtual concert series: “We Stand Ready” is streaming on these two sites: www.youtube.com/ArmyFieldBand
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