Front Row L to R: Mary Scott, Fanny Brewer, Tate Lantz, Mike Carlow, Kevin Killer, Scott Herman, Scott Marlow, Kim Martin, Gail Gullickson, Joe Schultz Back Row L to R: Owen Fagerhaug, Scott Thompson, Steve Dick, Bill Chase, Hunter Henderson, Patrick Lewis, Dawn Byers (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) RAPID
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Lionel R. Bordeaux Wakinyan Wanbli, President of Sinte Gleska University for 50 years, departs for spirit world known worldwide, Bordeaux was longest-serving university President in United States. MISSION – Lionel R. Bordeaux, Wakinyan Wanbli, (Thundering Eagle), age 82, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Nation in South
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HRC/MOA board members Paula presents a check for $8,000 to the LNI board. Back row L to R: Bill May , Chuck Wilson, Paula Long Fox, Silas, Blaine, Liz Hamburg, Allen Benoist, Dani Walking Eagle, John Haas, Keith Ferguson. Front Row l to R: Lafawn Janis, Karen Mortimer, Laura Armstorng,
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Cherokee Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Cherokee Congressional delegate select Kimberly Teehee (photo courtesy CNN) OKLAHOMA—Last Wednesday the House Rules Committee in Washington DC, held what CNN has deemed an historic meeting on “seating the Cherokee Nation’s delegate.” The Cherokee Tribe, citing the 1835 Treaty of New Echota, believes
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(PHOTO COURTESY) [Editor’s note: Accounts from the Wounded Knee Massacre included in this story may be disturbing.] Violet Catches (Cheyenne River Lakota, Hohwoju) of Pierre, remembers being a child and listening to her grandmother cry as she told the story of their ancestors at Wounded Knee, where more than 250
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Joel Koskan sharing a photo op with Kristi Noem( courtesy Photo) With the Indian Child Welfare Act on the line, South Dakota recently had a Senate candidate on the Republican ticket who was accused of sexually assaulting an adopted child in his care. The adopted daughter is reported to be
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Governor of Oklahoma, Republican Kevin Stitt (photo Courtesy of the Oklahoman) OKLAHOMA—It is difficult for tribes to get on the same page on any matter, but doubly difficult when the governor they are opposing is an enrolled tribal member. Kevin Stitt, Republican governor of Oklahoma, was being challenged
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Royal River Casino an enterprise of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. (photo courtesy) ST LOUIS, MO—According to the website of the law firm Patterson, Earnhart, Real Bird and Wilson (PERB&W), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that South Dakota can tax a contractor doing construction work for the
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Arizona Democrat elected Governor, Katie Hobbs. (photo courtesy of technologyworlduk.world) PHOENIX, AZ—There are over 350,000 Indians who call the state of Arizona home, giving that state the largest Indian population in the country. Tribes have long had a keen interest in the outcome of the governor’s race given past problematic
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Jonathon Windy Boy (D) Representative , Chippewa Cree (photo courtesy of PowWow.com) MONTANA—On a nation-wide basis, the Democrats prevailed, winning control of the Senate. Pending late vote counts, they might even capture control of the House of Representatives. In Montana, however, the Republicans including many far-right voters continue to dominate
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