Modern gold rush threatens Black Hills By Talli Nauman Native Sun News Today Correspondent Joseph Robertson (courtesy photo) RAPID CITY — The results of a recent mapping project by Mato Ohitika Analytics LLC highlight “the vast extent of potential mining projects, as well as the modern
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“Into the Circle”, a short documentary admitted to the festival, shows how a Native charter school helps a Lakota family reclaim its heritage. CREDIT COURTESY / BHFF Film Festival explores Native films By Talli Nauman Native Sun News Today Correspondent
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Lame Deer family pleads for awareness after one of their own is killed Deanna Limberhand Photo by Alina Hauter LAME DEER — Deanna Limberhand is one of the many indigenous women in Montana who have either been murdered or are currently missing. Her family is still looking for answers
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Speculation grows on leadership at I.H.S Funding levels and COVID-19 pandemic are among top concerns By Acee Agoyo, Indianz.Com Elizabeth Fowler, seen on the far right during a visit to the Native American Health Center in Oakland, California, currently serves as acting director of the Indian Health Service.
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Houseless and hungry By Clara Caufield, NSNT Staff Writer Part IV RAPID CITY – What normally happens to a homeless person who is drunk, passed out and in danger of freezing to death in a big city? If they are lucky, somebody will notice and call the cops. Going
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Standing Rock withdraws as a Dakota Access Pipeline Cooperating Agency amid serious safety concerns Water released into the Missouri River compromises emergency plans for Dakota Access Pipeline and puts Reservation at risk FORT YATES, N. D. – Newly elected Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairperson Janet Alkire is calling
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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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