BEMIDJI, Minn. – Later this month there will be a meeting of peoples from the Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, and Ojibwe in Bemidji, Minnesota. The event is a Reunification for Healing, and it will feature a presentation and prayer from both Dave Courchene, Objiwe, and Arvol Looking Horse, Lakota and keeper
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In contrast to a Meade County permit meeting in South Dakota, one at Holt County in Nebraska was packed. (Photo courtesy Shannon Graves) STURGIS –The Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Ft. Belknap Indian Community held off the Keystone XL Pipeline in federal court on Feb. 25, as agents for the
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Tribal leaders walk along fence that is being replaced with a wall across their homelands. (Photo courtesy Tohono O’odham Nation) SELLS, Ariz. – Tohono O’odham Nation Chair Ned Norris Jr. testified before the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States on Feb. 26 about destruction
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Part Two of a series SHERIDAN, Wyo. – During Eric True Blood’s second enlistment, while going through basic Army training at Fort Carson, CO, he trained for infantry, though he most likely could have taught that course. Then, he completed Airborne School, gaining his jump wings. After that, he was
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Ruth Cedar Face (left) and Chissie Spencer (right) at a press conference at the Pennington County State’s Attorney’s office. (Photo by Travis Dewes) RAPID CITY – As the old saying goes, oftentimes an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Chissie Spencer and Ruth Cedar Face, traditional drug,
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(Photo courtesy of Grand Forks Herald) PINE RIDGE— On March 10, voters on the Pine Ridge Reservation will have the chance to support or oppose a referendum to allow alcohol sales limited to casino operations on the reservation. Pine Ridge is presently a “dry” reservation, and past efforts to legalize
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Pictured demonstrating at the South Dakota State Capitol on Feb. 18 are pipeline resisters from Cheyenne River, Lower Brule and other Sioux tribes. (Photo courtesy Indigenous Rising Media) PINE RIDGE – the Oglala Sioux Tribe Finance Committee delayed action until Feb. 27 on a $50,000 “propane donation” check from the
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Attendants enjoy a buffalo dinner at the close of the Lakota Food Summit on Thursday, February 20. (Photo courtesy Diane Amiotte-Seidel) RAPID CITY – After Alex White Plumes talk about hemp on Thursday, February 20, the Lakota Food Summit went into its end of day remarks, closing prayer, and a
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Cynthia Ackers calls the police and blocks West River Housing Coalition members from leaving while canvasing in Countryside Estates. (Photo courtesy Sarah Stout) RAPID CITY – When a problem arises the best way to solve it is to take it head on. One Rapid City advocacy group hosted a listening
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Eric True Blood, Oglala Lakota, and his two daughters, Favel (left) and Averie ( right). (Photo courtesy True Blood family) Part One of a series SHERIDAN, Wyo. – Eric True Blood, Oglala Lakota from Sheridan, Wyoming, does not consider himself a hero. But many other people, such as this writer,
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