Boarding school truth and healing commission hits a snag By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Bipartisan efforts to create a federal commission to explore and repair the legacy of the Indian boarding schools hit a stumbling block last week, due to a request that subpoena power be
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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 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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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 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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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 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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Rapid City Flood nears 50th anniversary By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer RAPID CITY—You think about everything that has happened in 50 years: cars used to just have seat belts and window vents; stick shifts were normal; phones were land lines anchored to the wall by a
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Connie Uhre arrested for simple assault By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Proprietor Connie Uhre, arrived at her Grand Gateway Hotel noticeably irritated, and resorted to spraying NDN Collective protestors with a can of Pledge. After the demonstration and video evidence was reviewed, Uhre was arrested
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Abuse of Indian children Letters from St. Francis Indian Mission part II By Wasuta Waste Win Native Sun News Today Correspondent PIERRE— Codified laws in the state of South Dakota are clear on “…offenses by and against minors…” and define childhood sexual abuse, as “any act committed by the
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