RAPID CITY—ICWA (the Indian Child Welfare Act) is one of the most prominent acronyms in Indian Country. A half century back, tribes made their case to the federal government, that Native children were being removed from their homes, community, and culture, at a much higher rate than the rest of
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PIERRE-Last week, South Dakota joined the growing number of states fighting against critical race theory (CRT). Over the last few months, Americans have heard the term ‘critical race theory’ dozens, if not hundreds, of times. But what is it? Simply put, critical race theory approaches American history through the
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Wind Cave National Park will host a free program about the importance of Wind Cave and bison to the Lakota people August 14 at 8 p.m. (NPS Photo) WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. – Darrell Red Cloud, a graduate and teacher at the Oglala Lakota College, will present a
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Cartoon by Thom Little Moon (Courtesy of Indian Country Today Circa 1995) It was in 1989 when the Publisher of the Lakota Times (the original Lakota Times), Tim Giago, got a phone call from a graduate student at the University of Illinois named Charlene Teters. Teters had read
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Antelope Community Election Committee Rosebud Primary Election July 22.2021. Left to right: Marissa Long Warrior, Grace Menard, Vernette Long Warrior, Samuel White Horse. (Photo by Ronald L. Neiss, RST Election Board Member) The Rosebud Sioux Tribe held their Primary elections across 22 community polling sites on Thursday July 22. Unofficial
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT—The sacred landscape of Bears Ears needs immediate protection, said members of the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni, and Ute Indian Tribe. In an event held as part of the Red Road to DC, a cross-country tour highlighting Indigenous sacred
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Clarkston, WA—Members of the Nez Perce Tribe today called on President Biden to take immediate action to protect Snake River salmon. In an event held as part of the Red Road to DC, a cross-country tour highlighting Indigenous sacred sites at risk, tribal members urged the Biden administration to immediately
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The Oglala and Rosebud Nations are among plaintiffs in a suit claiming the state of South Dakota routinely violates the National Voter Registration Act. The National Voter Registration Act, sometimes called Motor-Voter, is a federal law requiring that states help their citizens register to vote through the Department of
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The transformed apartment complex on Eagle Butte’s Main Street. (Photo courtesy of Cheyenne River Youth Project.) EAGLE BUTTE — It’s always exciting when artists, performers, volunteers, and guests gather at the Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, for the four-day RedCan invitational graffiti jam. But this
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One of the first actions taken by President Biden back in January was issuing an executive memorandum on tribal consultation and strengthening Nation-to-Nation relationships. This memorandum was a reaffirmation of a similar memorandum from President Obama in 2009. Obama’s memorandum was an affirmation of President Clinton’s Executive Order (EO)
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