RAPID CITY –Duwana Two Bulls, coordinator for the Black Hills Indian Artist Market, is a local supporter of upcoming artists. She believes in helping upcoming artists shine without the stage being an intimidating place for them to express their talent. Last week the 4th Annual Black Hills Indian Artist Market
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RAPID CITY—Looking down from the high ground that runs along the north side of Canyon Lake Drive, stands what remains of the Sioux San Indian Hospital, a three story, two wing building built back over a century ago as part of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. The building has
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Chief Old Person of the Blackfeet Nation Montana sings a prayer at the opening of the United States Department of Agriculture 150th Anniversary celebration in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 15, 2012. USDA photo by Bob Nichols.. Chief Old Person of the Blackfeet Nation, Montana sings a prayer at the opening
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Pope Francis waves to faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of
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(Correction from Part 1: NSNT apologizes for misspelling Yvette Running Horse Collin’s name) Beyond any contributions to science, the recent research paper on the early history of horses in North America published in the journal Science, seemed to be a landmark attempt to respect and collaborate with Native people on
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(In Part 1 we look at the history of the horse and the impact on human societies. In Part 2 we examine the current efforts to reconcile science with tribal belief about the horse) Around 6000 years ago wild horses roamed the plains of Kazakhstan in South Central Siberia. This
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Supporters of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Warriors hold up a banner with the names of family members who are victims of violence. (Photo by Christopher Piña) RAPID CITY —At approximately 1:34 pm on March 26 of last year, Rapid City police were called to an abandoned house at 720 James
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For as long as any living person can remember, racist verbal attacks against Native student athletes have been common at school sponsored sporting events in Indian Country. Sunny Red Bear is Director of Racial Equity at the NDN Collective, an indigenous-led organization in Rapid City, SD, that works to empower
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DC—Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland announced a new strategy on March 3, 2023, to restore bison populations. She issued Secretarial Order 3410 which created a comprehensive restoration and resilience framework, incorporating Native tribes’ expertise to revive the historically significant species. The strategy includes an unprecedented $25 million in
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“Welcome Back the Thunders” ceremony acknowledges the rains that nurture the growth of life. We started our journey at the bottom of Black Elk Peak. Several members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe had a table set up for signing. We make this journey every year up the hill to the
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