Cindy Giago (Photo Courtesy) PINE RIDGE – The Oglala Sioux Tribe Council held a January 15 hearing at the Lakota Dome at Prairie Wind Casino and terminated the Chief of Staff, Cindy Giago, over a complaint from Justin Pourier. Pourier, who was the Director of the
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FOIA lawsuit secures media and public access to documents in the case of former pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber, who is serving five life sentences for abusing Native boys under his federally funded care. NEW YORK — On Jan. 13, a federal court here ordered the Indian Health Service to reveal
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Navajo President, Jonathan Nez GALLUP, N.M – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez received the Corona virus vaccine live on Facebook hoping to ensure people that the shot is safe and necessary. On December
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At a September event in Rapid City, water protectors raise awareness: The opportunity to take part in the decision-making process on water permits by filing petitions with the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources would be knee-capped, if the agency’s proposed HB1028 is approved in the current state
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Mario Gonzalez (Photo courtesy) RAPID CITY— Over the last half century history has been rewritten to reflect a change in tribal sentiment over the Black Hills. The Black Hills are not for sale. That is what most tribal members say, and most news stories reflect that sentiment and ignore
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New award-winning independent documentary is here “to “shake the foundation of the established history of the women’s rights movement in the United States.” (COURTESY: South Dakota Humanities Council) BROOKINGS – “My grandmother would say, “We’re not feminists, we’re the law.” So began a film screening and discussion Dec. 15 on
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Dr. Richard Littlebear, President (Photo Courtesy) Dr. Richard Littlebear, President, Chief Dull Knife College (CDKC) on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, MT still doesn’t know exactly why his tribal college was selected as one of six in the western area to receive one million dollars from philanthropist” Mackenzie Scott. Scott, reported
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Converse County, Wyoming (Photo Courtesy: wyoming public media) RAPID CITY— When New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland was tapped as President-elect Biden’s new Secretary of the Interior, most of Indian Country responded with celebratory praise, and little print was devoted to the nuts-and-bolts reality facing Haaland in a cabinet position historically
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem SIOUX FALLS – Governor Noem outlined her spending plan for the next year during her annual budget address to the legislature on Tuesday. Senator Troy Heinart South Dakota ended the June 30, 2020 budget year with a $19.1 million surplus. She also proposed to spend
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WASHINGTON – Chairman E. Sequoyah Simermeyer and Vice Chair Kathryn Isom-Clause of the National Indian Gaming Commission announced the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for the Indian gaming industry. Revenues for FY19 total $34.6B; an increase of 2.5% over 2018. In the 32 years since the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was enacted, 2019 marked
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