President Joe Biden at Camp Hale. (Courtesy Photo) CAMP HALE, UT— President Biden designated a new National Monument in the middle of the Ute Indian Tribe’s traditional homelands without tribal consultation and including the Tribe in the management of these lands. The Tribe and its elected leaders were even excluded
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Native Americans performing ritual Ghost Dance. One standing woman is wearing a white dress, a special costume for the ritual dance, 1890. (Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of Interior) Teachings about a Messiah that will come to save the human race from inevitable self-destruction and regenerate
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WASHINGTON, DC—Questions abound on how President Biden’s recent marijuana possession pardons will impact Indian Country. Those who were convicted on federal charges, and did not have that conviction coupled with other drug or criminal convictions, are eligible for the pardon. Those who were convicted of state charges, regardless of their
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Billy Mills RAPID CITY—There is an impressive lineup of speakers at the 2022 Lakota Nation Education Conference (LNEC) being held in Rapid City at the Ramkota Inn December 14-17. In its 44th year, the Lakota Nations Education Conference has been offering quality educational training to Teachers, Parents, Paraprofessionals, Administration, School
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An Arapaho buckskin ghost shirt, ca 1890 (Wikipedia) Part two of a series To unravel the history behind the 1890 massacre of more than 300 Mnicoujou and Hunkpapa Lakota men, women and children at Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála (Wounded Knee Creek) and uncover the identity of the victims, one must revisit
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Linda Green making a moccasin pattern under the instruction of Precious Trujillo at the recent Moccasin Workshop sponsored by the Community Organizing for Unified Power (COUP). (Photo by Chantelle Blue Arm) RAPID CITY – Ancient Lakota winyan (women) took pride in how well their family was adorned
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Phyllis Young display a buffalo hide painting of a boarding school painted in the 1940’s that was purchased at an auction by the queen of Finland of the Oyate. (photo by Ernestine Anunkasan hupa) RAPID CITY – For nearly a century after the closing of the Rapid City Indian Boarding
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(photo courtesy of pintrest) A bull bison is dangerous, a bear is dangerous, a wolf is dangerous, but nothing in the ancient world was as dangerous as a dozen men armed with spears and the skill and organization to use them correctly. Wolves differed from the bears and the bison
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RAPID CITY – Oaye Luta Okolakiciye has launched a voter registration, education, and information site to support the voice of Native people. Inajin Ye / Stand Up was created with the knowledge our voice is sacred, and to amplify the voices of native people. Every day decisions are made about
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The Native American Parade Day in October 2019. The parade will return with Jackie Giago as the grand marshal in honor of Tim Giago. (Photo Journal File) RAPID CITY – After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Native American Day Parade is back. The parade is sponsored
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