Transition at Sioux San raises questions By Clara Caufield, NSNT Staff Writer At the end of February, 2022 the Indian Health Service will no longer have a presence in Rapid City. Instead, under the direction of the Great Plains Tribal Health Board (GPTHB) federal health care as mandated by
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Lakota singers breathe new life into old Native songs Project underway revisits century-old recordings made at Standing Rock Cody Wasinzi (left) and Courtney Yellowfat rehearse a song recorded 110-years-ago by a Standing Rock elder. Yellowfat is the primary cultural advisor and co-producer of the “Densmore/Lakota Song Repatriation Project.” The
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Arvol Looking Horse, Keeper of the keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and Bundle, Lakota Nation (Courtesy photo) By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Staff writer “Yellowstone” – the hot new television series featuring Kevin Costner is hitting top of the charts, making big bucks by featuring
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The CHR’s of Rapid City By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Staff writer RAPID CITY – Approximately 25% of Rapid’s City’s population is Native American and although members of 305 Tribes reside in the city, the majority are Lakota and many of those are from the Oglala Lakota
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(Courtesy photo of Dailytimes247.com) By Delphine Red Shirt, Native Sun News Today Correspondent The Canadian government agreed to provide compensation in the amount of $40 billion ($31 billion in U.S. dollars) for the children taken from indigenous families after First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) and the
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Fort Robinson (Photo courtesy) By Gerry Robinson, Native Sun News Today Correspondent On September 9, 1878, three hundred and fifty-three Northern Cheyenne broke away from the Darlington Agency in Indian Territory, what is now Oklahoma. They were intent on returning to their northern homeland in and around the Black Hills.
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Front row, left to right: Theda Clarke, Russell Means, and an unidentified marcher Behind them: James Hawk (Photo courtesy) PORCUPINE – Group buys 48 acres in Whiteclay. The parcels purchased are located on the east side of Highway 87 across from the Oglala Sioux Nursing Home and former Lakota Hope
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1940’s photo of the boys of Holy Rosary Mission, Tim Giago is in the bottom row, third from the left. (Courtesy photo) By Native Sun News Today Staff PINE RIDGE RESERVATION – Holy Rosary Indian Mission, or Red Cloud Indian School as it now calls itself, is located on
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Lila Demaris Mehlhaff (Photo courtesy) By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Staff Writer “The underlying problems are alcohol and mental health issues,” Mayor Allender stressed. “This puts them at risk and then they cannot sustain housing. Up to now, the police have been the interface and point of contact
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(Both Courtesy photos) WASHINGTON – On Monday, December 20, 2021, the United States determined not to appeal the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. U.S. to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a result, the decision will stand as a significant victory for the Rosebud Sioux
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