Tribal President Rynalea Whiteman Pena LAME DEER, Mont. – Last week Native Sun News Today printed a story “Lawlessness and Violence at Northern Cheyenne Blamed on Inadequate B.I.A. Law Enforcement” which quickly made its way through cyberspace. Just one day later, July 20, 2020, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe formally, by
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Charlene Teters ALBUQUERQUE – When Charlene Teters, (Spokane), enrolled in graduate school at the University of Illinois in 1989, her teenage children asked to go to a University basketball game. They were enjoying the game when at half time a non-Native man dressed in buckskin, beads, paint and a
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LAME DEER, Mont. – Within the past few months, four unsolved murders, several home invasions, the rise of bold drug operations in broad daylight on Cheyenne Avenue (Main Street in Lame Deer) ; the increased presence of intoxicated persons also hanging out in that area and finally the rise of
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Supaman promoted the tribal census response as a means to “holding the government accountable for the treaties we made,” saying, “We need to do our part for our people.” DENVER – The Chocktaw Nation missed out on many millions of dollars in federal aid for Covid-19 relief and other programs
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Free masks available at Western Dakota Tech RAPID CITY – Free masks and mask-making kits can be picked up by residents of Rapid City every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday within the main entrance of Western Dakota Tech (WDT) from 9 a.m. to noon. The masks and mask kits are a
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Artist Mark Powers stands in front of the mural he did for the Lower Brule tribal offices. Mark Powers has only a few more details to add to his mural that will be displayed in the Lower Brule tribal offices. The mural, which he calls the Stairway Mural, is 90%
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The grassroots struggles against two Energy Transfer Partners oil pipelines delivering Bakken fracked oil from North Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico connected tribal members from both ends of the Mississippi River, as pictured when Standing Rock water protectors joined with Bayou Bridge Pipeline fighters in Louisiana. Courtesy of IEN
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Lynn Rapp, upon whose land the Lookout Solar Project is being built. BUFFALO GAP – Lookout Solar Project has experienced some pitfalls from the COVID-19 pandemic, but progress is also being made where available. The largest pitfall that the project has experienced is the blocking of travel for employees of
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Uniformed professionals handcuff demonstrator Pte Oyate Win. Photo by Chynna Locket PART 3 KEYSTONE – When the dust settled from the demonstration against Donald Trump’s reelection campaign stop here at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, a petition and a follow-up event rose from the civil disobedience action, as foretold. The petition
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ATLANTA, GA. – Grassroots organizations vowed to take the federal government to court over U.S. President Donald Trump’s July 15 announcement here of rules changes shattering the bedrock environmental law that tribes and constituents have used to fend off fracking, oil pipelines and mining in treaty territory. Hailing the finalization
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