Mike Carlowe, Danny Walking Eagle, Bryan Brewer, Chuck Wilson, Silas Blaine at the Lakota Nation Invitational reception at Prairie Edge on Wednesday, November 20. Visit Rapid City presented a sponsorship check for $5,000 in support of LNI which brings thousands of visitors to Rapid City for the event which will
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From left: Rory Cochrane, Christian Bale, Lynette Twobulls, Chief Phillip Whitman Jr., Joanelle Romero, Scott Cooper. BEVERLY HILLS – The RNCI Red Nation International Film Festival (RNIFF) held their twenty-forth annual festival award ceremony in Beverly Hills on November 15, in American Indian Heritage Month. The Festival continues its tradition
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The Ain Dah Yung Center’s new development is in partnership with Project for Pride in Living with generous support from donors such as the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. (Photo by Project for Pride in Living) PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – The Ain Dah Yung Center yesterday celebrated the grand opening of
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Half a million people took the streets of Madrid demanding environmental justice on Dec. 8. An indigenous contingent of participants from the world-over led the action to keeping petroleum and coal in the ground. (Photo COURTESY / Indigenous Media Rising) PART V MADRID – Indigenous delegations from around the globe
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Norma Rendon stands inside Winyan Wicanyuonihan Oyanke (Where All Women Are Honored) located on the Sioux San campus in Rapid City. This newly opened women’s shelter provides services for victims of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and sexual assault. (Photo by Richie Richards) RAPID CITY – There is a new shelter
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Inmates in the Jameson Annex in the South Dakota state prison in Sioux Falls have beaded 200 red ribbon skirt earrings as a fundraising effort to support and bring awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Vice President of the LDN (Lakota, Dakota, Nakota) Spiritual Group, Cody Hopkins reached out
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Tighson ‘TI” Lends His Horse, Fort Campbell air traffic controller and Air Force retiree from the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in North Central South Dakota. (Photo courtesy Fort Campbell Courier) FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky – Tighson “TI” Lends His Horse divides his time between his Family and controlling air traffic at
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SHERIDAN, WY – Sheridan College, a two year institution offering both academic and vocational degrees (considered the best in the area) hopes to “turn the corner” with neighboring tribal communities (mainly Crow and Northern Cheyenne, approximately an hour away) hoping to recruit more Native students in the process said Dr.
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WASHINGTON – United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced that they will introduce the Senate companion to the Remove the Stain Act. First introduced in the House by Representatives Denny Heck (D-Wash.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), and Paul Cook (R-Calif.), the bill would revoke the Medal of
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Henry Red Cloud, Descendent of Lakota treaty negotiator teaches techniques at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. (Photo by Talli Nauman) PINE RIDGE — Oglala Lakota tribal member Henry Red Cloud will receive an honorary doctorate degree from Washington College for his career in the pursuit of affordable and accessible renewable energy
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