When sister-cousins Andrea Swiftbird, Scarlet Anderson and Bella Wiese disappeared at the Horse Camp and showed up leading this Shetland pony, their family laughed hysterically and said, “Oh my God they stole a horse.” (Photo by Chantelle Blue Arm) RAPID CITY – Delaney Apple’s belief, that Lakota cultural teachings and
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Charmaine White Face presenting “America’s Chernobyl” – the facts about the 3,272 abandoned open pit uranium mines in the Great Sioux Territory – on a 10-day tour on the East Coast, 2013 (Photo courtesy Wikipedia) Charmaine White Face, or Zumila Wobaga (Oglala Tetuwan), proudly claims an Indigenous lineage stretching back
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Tribal members serving in 2023 State Legislature: not in order: Sean Morigeau, Salish Kootenai (d); Sharon Peregoy, Crow (d); Susan Wells, Blackfeet (d); Jonathon Windy Boy, Chippewa Cree (d); Jason Small, Northern Cheyenne (r); Donovan Haek, Crow (d): Mike Fox, Gros-Ventre-Assiniboine (d): Tyson Running Wolf, Blackfeet (d). Not featured Marvin
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“I write from a position rare for a former prosecutor: to beseech you to commute the sentence of a man who I helped put behind bars.” James H. Reynolds U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the Leonard Peltier case. President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Frank Star Comes Out, speaks on behalf
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OST Attorney Mario Gonzalez, Wakpamni District Representative Sonya Little Hawk Weston and the President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Frank Star Comes Out in the courtroom during the OST v United States. (Photo courtesy Frank Star Comes Out President Facebook page) RAPID CITY—A fundamental misunderstanding persists on the part of
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Leroy Spang, 79, who served as President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe from2008 until 2012 has journeyed to the next camp. (Photo by Dan Kraker) LAME DEER, MT—The Northern Cheyenne Tribe experienced a great loss on February 11, 2023 when former Tribal President, Leroy Spang, age 79, made his journey
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HELENA, MT—The Montana State Legislature, now in bi-annual session has the highest number of tribal elected officials in the Nation. They are about seven percent of the Legislature, slightly higher than the census count of Indians in Montana which is slightly over six percent. Yet in the 2023 legislative session
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Hunkpati Dakota Oyate Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Ithuncan Peter Lengkeek. (Photo from SDPB) PIERRE – An extraordinary delivery of the State of Tribal Nations address to a joint session of the South Dakota State legislature was met with a negative response filled with innuendo and an easily provable lie from
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RAPID CITY – The new Oyate Health Center is near completion and will begin hosting patients on February 6, 2023, according to the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board. The Health Board manages the facility on behalf of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and the Rosebud Sioux
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Sen. Ryan Maher R-District 28 Rep. Peri Pourier, D-District 27 PIERRE – A food sales tax cut that passed a House panel Thursday morning has raised concerns for South Dakota’s nine tribal governments. An official with the Bureau of Finance and Management estimated that the tribes would lose about $2
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