PINE RIDGE – Last week, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced $25 million in federal spending for buffalo conservation, which will include the transfer of more herds from federal to tribal lands. The announcement follows a multi-year trend of reintroducing the iconic animal to Native American homelands, which has mainly happened
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Indian Health Service Announces New Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs WASHINGTON, DC—The Indian Health Service is announcing the appointment of Stacey Ecoffey, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, as the new deputy director for intergovernmental affairs at IHS headquarters. In this position, Ecoffey is responsible for providing leadership
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“Survey data suggest a college degree is increasingly tied to identification with the Democratic Party. Forty-one percent of Democratic voters in 2019 had at least a college degree, up from just 22% in 1996, Pew Research Center surveys show. By comparison, 30% of GOP voters in 2019 had a degree,
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Bison male on green grass (Animals) bison,buffalo,animal,nature,strong WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior announced several new steps to restore wild and healthy populations of American bison and the prairie grassland ecosystem. Through a new Secretary’s Order and over $25 million from the Inflation Reduction Act, the Department will empower its
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SIOUX FALLS—For most of his long and productive life James Abourezk was an anomaly; an educated, erudite, progressive minded man from a rural state where men so described generally have no political future. While white South Dakotans knew Abourezk was a Democrat, few realized he was Arab American, of Lebanese
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Ira Colhoff leads the Grand Entry at the 50th Anniversary of Wounded Knee 1973 Liberation Wacipi held at Crazy Horse School in Wanblee (Photo by Christopher A. Piña) “AIM did one good thing. It gave Indian’s their identity back. The kids got their Lakota spirituality back as well as something
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By Grace Terry Native Sun News Today Correspondent Tribal sovereignty and women’s sovereignty are tied together, according to presenters at a recent conference sponsored by the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), held January 24 – 26 in Albuquerque, NM. Both tribal sovereignty and women’s sovereignty share issues of safety,
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When sister-cousins Andrea Swiftbird, Scarlet Anderson and Bella Wiese disappeared at the Horse Camp and showed up leading this Shetland pony, their family laughed hysterically and said, “Oh my God they stole a horse.” (Photo by Chantelle Blue Arm) RAPID CITY – Delaney Apple’s belief, that Lakota cultural teachings and
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Charmaine White Face presenting “America’s Chernobyl” – the facts about the 3,272 abandoned open pit uranium mines in the Great Sioux Territory – on a 10-day tour on the East Coast, 2013 (Photo courtesy Wikipedia) Charmaine White Face, or Zumila Wobaga (Oglala Tetuwan), proudly claims an Indigenous lineage stretching back
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Tribal members serving in 2023 State Legislature: not in order: Sean Morigeau, Salish Kootenai (d); Sharon Peregoy, Crow (d); Susan Wells, Blackfeet (d); Jonathon Windy Boy, Chippewa Cree (d); Jason Small, Northern Cheyenne (r); Donovan Haek, Crow (d): Mike Fox, Gros-Ventre-Assiniboine (d): Tyson Running Wolf, Blackfeet (d). Not featured Marvin
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