Girls setting table at St Francis Mission (Photo courtesy of Digital Public Library of America) PIERRE —In continuing the coverage on the harmful legacy of Catholic schools on South Dakota Indian reservations, a closer look at more recent (in the new millennium) cases brought against two of the educational
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Pictured: Senator Lisa Murkowski (left) with Ms. Liz La quen náay Medicine Crow at SCIA Hearing on June 22, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC – This week, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) held an oversight hearing on “Volume 1 of the Department of the Interior’s Federal Indian Boarding
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gofund.me/07862136 Tim Giago, owner/publisher of Native Sun News Today, is the original founder of seven Native American Newspapers/Magazines over the last forty years. Mr. Giago has paved the way for countless journalists, bringing hard-hitting Native American issues to light, helping change policies at a local, state and national level. Tim
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Souoth Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has been removed from office PIERRE — The South Dakota Senate voted on Tuesday to uphold the articles of impeachment offered by the House removing Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg from office. The Senate also voted unanimously to keep Ravnsborg from ever again holding elective
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Ray Taken Alive STANDING ROCK—Race relations can get sticky regarding Natives and white men when it comes to tribal language, customs and traditions. A good example is the recent conflict between certain members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Lakota Language Consortium (LLC). The LLC has been working
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VILLISCA, IOWA—For a unique travel story, there’s nothing like a spooky house where something went terribly wrong. This particular house, located in Iowa, witnessed a crime involving eight victims, six children, and to this date, no one has been convicted of the crime. For the backstory, the house was known
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Lieut. Col. George Custer and Crazy Horse fighting at the Battle of the Little Bighorn by the artist Kills Two. “Look for worms, at this distance the horse herd will look like worms on the grass,” said one of the Crow scouts as day was barely breaking on the morning
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And the Uhre Saga goes on By Joseph Budd Native Sun News Today Staff Writer Grand Gateway Hotel Photo courtesy of mtstandard.com When the family is being sued, for racial actions, and the mother gets into it with protestors outside their hotel, how can you top that for a news
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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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