Villisca Axe Murders: unsolved to this day

VILLISCA, IOWA—For a unique travel story, there’s nothing like a spooky house where something went terribly wrong. This particular house, located in Iowa, witnessed a crime involving eight victims, six children, and to this date, no one has been convicted of the crime. For the backstory, the house was known

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Shared by Native Sun News Today June 24, 2022

The land, it was always about the land

Lieut. Col. George Custer and Crazy Horse fighting at the Battle of the Little Bighorn by the artist Kills Two. “Look for worms, at this distance the horse herd will look like worms on the grass,” said one of the Crow scouts as day was barely breaking on the morning

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And the Uhre Saga goes on

And the Uhre Saga goes on By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Grand Gateway Hotel Photo courtesy of mtstandard.com When the family is being sued, for racial actions, and the mother gets into it with protestors outside their hotel, how can you top that for a news

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Shared by Native Sun News Today June 17, 2022

Galena, and a large scar on the land

Galena, and a large scar on the land By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Galena Court House Photo by Joe Budd   Galena, a once prosperous Black Hills mining town, is now just a small cluster of houses, but at one time it was the site of

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Old Keystone and Modern Keystone

Old Keystone and Modern Keystone By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Keystone, South Dakota Photo courtesy travelsouthdakota.com Locals know Keystone as the town at the base of Mt Rushmore, the home for Taffy, and Old Time Photos, the lead-up to the Pigtail bridges off Iron Mountain road

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Purple Martin

Plate 86 Purple Martin (Progne subis) Audubon observed that Indians frequently hallowed out gourds and hung them near their camps; the gourds were then taken over by martins, which were so audacious that they chased away the vultures attracted to the Indians’ venison. “Almost every country tavern has a Martin

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Locals take to streets to protect Gun Violence

Locals take to streets to protect Gun Violence By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Staff Writer In the national news, the word from the media talked about a grade school in Uvalde, Texas, involving a number of fourth graders and three teachers were all killed in their school. Some speculated

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Shared by Native Sun News Today June 10, 2022

It was a good day in the Cherokee Nation

It was a good day in the Cherokee Nation Wilma Mankiller quarter released By Ernestine Anunkasan Was te’ Native Sun News Editor   WASHINGTON D.C. – The Cherokee Nation, one of the largest tribal nations in the country, was once led by a woman who inspired change, not only in

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Native American Suicide: Solving a social issue

Native American Suicide: Solving a social issue By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer It is a heartbreaking issue, when someone takes their own life. You follow athletes, young adults, and folks you’d stop and have a coke with. Then a few months later, that same person is

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