A ‘Fast for the Future’

Lyla June Johnston SANTA FE, N. M. – On Jan. 17, Navajo state legislative candidate Lyla June Johnston announced a seven-day hunger strike in her District 47 Democratic primary campaign against House Speaker Brian Egolf. Her “Fast for the Future” kicked off at the Capitol Building on Martin Luther King

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Shared by Native Sun News Today January 28, 2020

Town okays water for KXL: tribes hold out

TC Energy Corp.’s Hardisty, Alberta oil tank storage facility in Canada is part of the Keystone Pipeline System that would expand into Lakota Territory if more permits are granted. Photo courtesy TC Energy Corp. BUFFALO – As state hearings on the tribally contested water permits sought for Keystone XL Pipeline

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Shared by Native Sun News Today January 15, 2020

Lawsuit filed in fraudulent bond sale scheme

Heather Dawn Thompson Raycen Raines Part I of series RAPID CITY – A lawsuit filed in October in the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation scandal that defrauded retirement trust funds of $43 million, alleges three law firms and several individuals involved, failed to perform their due diligence in the issuance of

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Shared by Native Sun News Today January 15, 2020

Telling Natives to go back to where they came from

Terray Sylvester / Reuters Dakota Access Pipeline protesters square off against police near the Standing Rock Reservation and the pipeline route outside the little town of Saint Anthony, North Dakota on Oct. 5, 2016.   Jonathan Klett, Liminal Films Rattler, legal name Michael Markus, is a 46-year-old Marine veteran who

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Shared by Native Sun News Today January 7, 2020

Remembering the legendary Dave Strain

Dave Strain RAPID CITY – Dave Strain, aged 88, passed away in Rapid City on Thursday, January 2nd. Strain was long-time and successful head coach of the Central Cobbler’s boy’s basketball team, a South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame inductee, and, prominently, an advocate for Native American basketball and players.

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Native American Hip Hop artist Supaman to perform

Supaman, Christian Takes Gun Parrish, of the Apsaalooke Nation will perform at the Matthews Opera House in Deadwood, Friday January 17. SPEARFISH – Montana based Native American Hip Hop Artist Supaman performing at the Matthews Opera House on Friday, January 17 as part of the current Subscription Series season. The

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Shared by Native Sun News Today January 7, 2020