BILLINGS – The Not Invisible Act Commission has scheduled a public hearing in Billings, MT on July 25-26, 2023, for anyone who wishes to appear before the commission in person. In addition, the Commission has scheduled two days of virtual hearings in August and is also accepting written testimony, recommendations,
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Morning Prayer (I am the land, the land is who I am) artwork by Joe Pulliam, Oglala Lakota won Best of Show at 2023 Native POP. (Photo by Christopher Piña) Above: “Indian Alley – L.A. artwork by Galen LaRoche won Best of Division II- Two Dimensional B Below: Models
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Author Elizabeth Cook-Lynn with Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association’s Executive Director Gay Kingman. (Photo courtesy Gay Kingman) RAPID CITY—“Writing is an essential act of survival for contemporary American Indians,” Elizabeth Cook-Lynn once wrote. “The final responsibility of a writer like me … is to commit something to paper in the
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Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out with SD Congressman Dusty Johnson and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Ryman LeBeau at the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre Grave-site. (Photo courtesy Congressman Dusty Johnson) Cheyenne River Lakota Tribal Chairman Ryman LeBeau, said, “I can’t remember the last time we had a
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AUGUSTA, MAINE—Despite having a Democrat in the governor’s chair, Maine tribes were dealt a blow last week when Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill designed to ensure federal law applied to Maine tribes when it came to sovereignty. The nature and focus of tribal sovereignty has long been misunderstood by
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WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION – Last week’s Supreme Court decision in Arizona et al. v. Navajo Nation did not give the relief the Nation sought, which was a modest request for the United States to assess the Nation’s water needs and develop a plan to meet them. The decision does
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On June 24th, the Montana AFL-CIO annual conference made history. By unanimous consent, Jason Small, Northern Cheyenne and standing Republican Montana State Senator was chosen to be the new head of the Montana AFL-CIO chapter. Jason Small is in the center of photograph. (Photo courtesy AFL-CIO) HELENA, MONT. – On
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Rural America Initiatives staff and visitors gathered outside RAI on South Valley Drive where the portraits of Wilmer Mesteth and Calvin Jumping Bull were displayed in front of two chairs artfully draped in handcrafted star quilts. L to R: Dakota Mesteth, Ivas Long Standing and Danielle Smith. (Photo courtesy Rural
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The Navajo Nation had argued that their water rights were protected under an 1868 treaty. (Photo courtesy Earth.Org) WASHINGTON, DC—In Arizona v Navajo Nation, the Navajo tribe sought, according to the dissenting opinion of Justice Neil Gorsuch, for the government to develop a plan for how to address water rights.
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CRST Chairman Ryman LeBeau (left) speaks to a gathering of Wounded Knee Descendants and film makers who came from Connecticut to develop a documentary film about the Remove the Stain Act. Stephen Curran (right) is founder and Executive Director of Filmcreek Productions and wears a beaded bolo tie gifted to
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