AI-generated image depicting standoff between tribal and state police officers. In the endless debates about tribal sovereignty, most Native leaders frame the conflict as tribe versus federal government. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Supreme Court, Congress—these are seen as the forces impinging on Indigenous self-rule. And in many respects,
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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 2, 2025
CRST Chairman Ryman LeBeau (left) welcomed Mark Cruz, (right), the Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, along with other dignitaries, officials, guests, and the public to an August 28th groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Warren LeBeau) EAGLE BUTTE – On August 28th, the Cheyenne River
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On September 18, 2025, at 9:00 AM. The temporarily appointed council was officially sworn in. The council members include JC Bement, Daryl Medicine Bull, Thomas Shoulderblade, Leon Seminole, John Threefingers, Mark Roundstone, Otto Braided Hair, and Hugh Clubfoot. Tribal Secretary Sharlene Evans will also play a vital role in this
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Taylor Gunhammer speaking recently at a roundtable discussion about critical mining issues in the Black Hills. (Photo by Marnie Coo) RAPID CITY – The United States Forest Service has received more than a million comments on its proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule. The Center for Western Priorities noted that
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Ben Reifel BROOKINGS, S.D. — Sept. 19, 2025 — South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections has announced a new effort to preserve and share a powerful piece of South Dakota’s history. Thanks to a grant from the Mary Chilton Daughters of the American Revolution Foundation, SDSU Archives will
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 25, 2025
Two regular security guards on duty at the Cheyenne protest camp. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – Revolutions tend to take on a life of their own. That is the case at Northern Cheyenne where the traditional Chiefs and IRA Tribal Council are standing-off. The primary issue revolves
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 18, 2025
Chase Iron Eyes from the Lakota People’s Law Project. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – With the rush to mine more gold and uranium from the Paha Sapa, the Lakota name for the Black Hills, as well as lithium and other minerals, Indigenous leaders, environmental advocates and recreationists gathered
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With Trump again wielding executive power, tribal leaders are speaking out—some hopeful, most wary, nearly all watchful. (AI generated image) RAPID CITY—When Donald J. Trump returned to the White House in January, tribal governments braced for another round of disruption. For Indian Country, his first term from 2017 to 2021
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 18, 2025
Photo taken at Road to Healing tour in South Dakota in 2022. (Photo/Native News Online) RAPID CITY — The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is honored to announce the 15th stop of its Oral History Project, taking place in Rapid City, South Dakota, from September 21–26, 2025.
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 18, 2025
“Northern Cheyenne Ladies With a Purpose” man a protest camp at Northern Cheyenne.” (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – The last issue of Native Sun News covered the current political unrest on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation centered around Tribal Council efforts to remove President Gene Small from office.
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Shared by Native Sun News Today September 11, 2025
