National Native American Hall of Fame announces 8 new nominees

Earlier in May, the National Native American Hall of Fame (NNAHOF) this week announced eight new inductees from across Indian Country, celebrated for their contributions in Native advocacy, politics, athletics, arts, health, and culture preservation and revitalization. Inductees include: Dave Anderson (Ojibwe), a businessman and entrepreneur; Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne);

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Pipeline resisters link construction to missing, murdered

Enbridge Line 3 opponents in Northern Minnesota locked themselves at man-camp gates in civil disobedience to raise awareness. COURTESY / Martin Keller BACKUS, Minn. — Eleven individuals locked themselves at the entrances to Enbridge’s Line 3 workers’ encampment in a civil disobedience action here on May 6, to raise awareness

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National Native American Hall of Fame

“I never allow a lack of knowledge on a particular subject matter to hold me back from doing something,” said James Parker Shield, Chippewa Cree Little Shell, when talking about the National Native Hall of Fame. “About ten years ago I thought: there is a Hall Fame for just about

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Bison herd to be reduced to 200

Bison gallop in front of corralling fence on the North Rim of Grand Canyon. Photo courtesy of National Park Service GRAND CANYON, AZ—According to the National Park Service (NPS) the herd of 600 bison on the Grand Canyon North Rim will be reduced to 200 by a “lethal removal program.”

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3 die in Oneida Casino shootings

ONEIDA, Wisc. — Detectives are investigating the first-ever multiple killing inside an Indian gaming business, after gunfire claimed three and seriously wounded another at the Oneida Casino’s Radisson Hotel & Conference Center property near the tribal headquarters in this reservation town. The violence is also the Oneida tribe’s first shooting

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Gilbert v. Weahkee Headed to Supreme Court

P-R-E-S-S      R-E-L-E-A-S-E “Gilbert v. Weahkee Headed to Supreme Court” Rapid City, SD —Less than two weeks after submitting their Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, Donna M. Gilbert, Julie Mohney, and Charmaine White Face received notification that their case will be heard by

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Democrats sue over Montana Voter Repression Laws

LAME DEER, Mont. – April 20th, 2021, the Montana Democratic Party announced that it has filed suit over two laws recently passed by the state legislature under the Gianforte Administration that will limit voter participation.  The suit is lodged against Christi Jacobsen, Montana Secretary of State, the principal official who

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Artists unveil ‘Community Tapestry’

South Dakota Artist Laureate Dale Lamphere and Lakota star-quilter Anita Afraid of Lightning share a moment at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital event. Photo by Talli Nauman RAPID CITY – Planners at Monument Health were discussing with South Dakota Artist Laureate Dale Lamphere the sculpture they commissioned him for their

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Tribes: ANCs shouldn’t receive CARES Act funds

U.S. Supreme Court      COURTESY / SCOTUS WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sixteen tribes wrote a letter to the U.S. Supreme Court April 20, stating that withholding CARES Act funds from Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) will not affect healthcare and other services for Alaska Native people. Among the tribes are the

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Cheyenne River Youth Project kitchen goes mobile

As a longstanding social enterprise closes its Keya Cafe, Native kitchen trainees fire up a new Turtle Island Food & Coffee Truck to deliver indigenous menu items around town. COURTESY / CRYP EAGLE BUTTE – The Cheyenne River Youth Project, CRYP, is preparing to take its community kitchen on the

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