Tribal representatives and community members observed polluted water during state-guided tour of Gilt Edge Gold Mine Superfund site in the northern Black Hills. (Photo by Talli Nauman) RAPID CITY – The Red Ribbon Skirt Society and NDN Collective are hosting a Mniluzanhan Water Walk here on March 22 to celebrate
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“Lisa Modrick holds her city council badge during an interview after the March 10 disciplinary hearing at the Civic Center” (Photo by Travis Dewes) RAPID CITY – Lisa Modrick was expelled from the Rapid City Council on Tuesday, March 10 after a six-and-a-half hour disciplinary hearing about a code of
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This strand of hair was provided to mother, Alice Johnson-Leroy from Superintendent Adam Lambert following an incident in which her child’s hair was cut during school hours under suspicion of having head lice. (Photo courtesy Alice Johnson-Leroy) PIERRE – The mother of the daughter whose hair was cut at school
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RAPID CITY – As of March 10, cases of Coronavirus across the United States has increased to 800, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University which also reports at least 27 deaths from Coronavirus. The disease has spread to all but 11 states and it was just a matter
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National Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. News from the National Indian Gaming Association, whose mission is to protect and preserve the general welfare of tribes striving for self-sufficiency through gaming enterprises in Indian Country. NIGA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Coming off a tremendously successful Legislative Summit in
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Amyrah and Madeline had their hair allegedly cut during school hours as school officials searched for head lice at Cody-Kilgore Unified Schools. PIERRE – A woman claims her daughter’s hair was cut at the elementary school she attends to check for lice. This was done without permission, and against school
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A member of the Two Kettle Band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, LeBeau served as a nurse caring for those wounded at Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. She later served on the front lines during the Battle of the Bulge. LeBeau celebrated her 100th birthday in October, 2019.
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BEMIDJI, Minn. – Later this month there will be a meeting of peoples from the Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, and Ojibwe in Bemidji, Minnesota. The event is a Reunification for Healing, and it will feature a presentation and prayer from both Dave Courchene, Objiwe, and Arvol Looking Horse, Lakota and keeper
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In contrast to a Meade County permit meeting in South Dakota, one at Holt County in Nebraska was packed. (Photo courtesy Shannon Graves) STURGIS –The Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Ft. Belknap Indian Community held off the Keystone XL Pipeline in federal court on Feb. 25, as agents for the
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Tribal leaders walk along fence that is being replaced with a wall across their homelands. (Photo courtesy Tohono O’odham Nation) SELLS, Ariz. – Tohono O’odham Nation Chair Ned Norris Jr. testified before the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States on Feb. 26 about destruction
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