The sad legacy of boarding schools By Cecily Hilleary “VOA CORRESPONDENT” Native American girls saying bedtime prayers at the Phoenix Indian School in Arizona, June 1900. WASHINGTON — Ask most Native Americans about Indian boarding schools, and they will tell you that from 1879 through the late 1970s, the federal
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Debra Utacia Krol, Arizona Republic As Americans sit down to a table full of food this Thanksgiving Day, many may retell a story they learned in elementary school, about the Pilgrims who befriended the local Indians after the Mayflower dropped its anchor in Cape Cod Bay in 1620. It’s that
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Marty Waukazoo, Rosebud Sioux Native American Health Center CEO. (Photo by James Giago Davies) By James Giago Davies, Native Sun News Today Correspondent OAKLAND, CA — Every cityscape strikes a stranger as soulless, but for those who call a given city home, there are distinct districts and neighborhoods, places where
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Montana State University celebrates the opening of the American Indian Hall Saturday, October 16, 2021 in Bozeman. MSU Courtesy photo by Kelly Gorham By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Editor BOZEMAN, Mont. – A tribal celebration attended by about 1,000 was held on the campus of Montana State
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By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Editor RAPID CITY—It’s time to bundle up Millard, Zachary, Ulysses and the 40 other downtown presidential statues in winter apparel items to benefit those in need. Monday marks the seventh season when winter apparel items can be placed on the downtown statues.
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Left to Right: Bobbi Meszaros, Board Member, Walter Lamer, Board President, Ben Night Horse Campbell, Joy Harjo, Jamer Parker Shield, CEO, Ernie Stevens Jr., Famous Dave Anderson, Emil Notti, Richard West, Holly Cook, Board Member, Frances Alverez, Board Member, Front sitting: Marcella Lebeau.(Courtesy Photo) OKLAHOMA CITY – The sounds
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RAPID CITY – Three of the country’s largest tribal-nations have formed a historic alliance to improve healthcare for tribal-citizens living in Pennington County, South Dakota. “The Oglala Sioux Tribe welcomes the Rosebud Sioux Tribe back to this historic partnership. United again, as allies, we look forward to creating a better healthcare future
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Center rider (white horse) Chance Clifford (Photo by Jaden Black Elk) Pine Ridge Reservation – In mid-October, an event organized by local members of the International Indigenous Youth Council (IIYC indigenousyouth.org) issued a statement regarding a planned protest at Red Cloud Indian School, formerly known as Holy Rosary Mission, on
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Tatum Ward 2021 INFR Barrel Racing Champion. (Photo Courtesy of Facebook) By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Staff During the 2021 Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) held Oct 19 to 22nd in Las Vegas. Tatum Ward, 23 year old Cheyenne River Sioux cowgirl who hails from White Horse, South
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BILLINGS, Mont. — The former chairwoman of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition was sentenced Friday for stealing federal grant funds for unapproved travel to Las Vegas and other unauthorized expenses, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Meredith McConnell, 52, of Lame Deer, was found guilty on
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