Characterizations of Peru’s newly elected president Pedro Castillo have swung from communist sympathizer, by the Guardian, to capitalist tool by the World Socialist Website. Castillo narrowly defeated right-wing opponent Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the now imprisoned ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori, in last month’s presidential election, amid charges of voter fraud by
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THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN—Against the backdrop of the horrific discoveries of more than 1,000 Indigenous childrens’ bodies at Indian boarding schools in Canada and the U.S. over the past weeks, the slow genocide of Native peoples continues unabated at the front lines of the Line 3 pipeline. Resistance camps have
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Susan Fast Eagle UPDATE: While police are still working to locate 30-year-old Susan Fast Eagle of Rapid City, detectives have developed information that Fast Eagle was last seen with 51-year-old Verdell Brown Bull of Kyle (picture attached). They were both last seen on May 3rd in Rapid City in the
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced on Tuesday that he would resign, following calls for his departure after an investigation by the New York state attorney general found he’d sexually harassed multiple female employees, violating federal and state law. “New York tough means New York loving, and I love
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, spoke on the Senate floor to highlight the significant funding for Native communities in the Budget Resolution being considered by the Senate. “For far too long, historical underfunding of federal programs serving Native communities and
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WASHINGTON, D.C.―The Biden-Harris Administration is encouraging South Dakotans to sign up for health coverage at HealthCare.gov by August 15 as part of its “Summer Sprint to Coverage,” a nationwide campaign to get more Americans enrolled in quality health plans at a lower cost because of the American Rescue Plan.
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UPDATE 11 p.m. The Richardson Spring fire has jumped the Tongue River and was drifting north Tuesday night, but winds are dying down entering the late evening hours. Authorities are warning people to stay away from downed power lines across Rosebud County, many of which could be hot. Outages could
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PINE RIDGE—Oglala Sioux Tribal (OST) President Kevin Killer attended a meeting in Washington DC chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. Killer addressed the concerns of OST about the marginalization of the Native American vote, drawing on his experience as a South Dakota State
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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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