ND blames feds for cost of pipeline resistance

Self-proclaimed water protectors beef up facilities at Sacred Stone Camp in the autumn of 2016.CreditPhoto by Talli Nauman BISMARCK, N. D.  – The state filed a lawsuit here against the U.S. government on July 18, trying to recoup the $38 million incurred as a result of former Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today July 24, 2019

Government’s sterilization program on buffalo questioned

“Bison have a spiritual nature that deserves out honor and respect,” commented Justine Sanchez, President of Buffalo Field Campaign.Photo Courtesy Buffalo Field Campaign WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. – Buffalo Field Campaign has requested the heads of two federal agencies open investigations into the potentially unlawful destruction of public records and removal

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today July 18, 2019

Three years in the making

Hocokata Ti Cultural CenterPhoto courtesy Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux Community SHAKOPEE, MN— It took three years and $75 million, but Hocokata Ti, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s (SMSC) new cultural center will open to the public on July 26, 2019. According to the SMSC website, the cultural center will be “a

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today July 18, 2019

LaCreek rep arrested on drug charges

Cora White Horse Pine Ridge LaCreek District Council Woman. Photo Courtesy Facebook PINE RIDGE — Normally when a public servant is arrested for drug related offenses, an internet search engine reveals stories and details. Not so with the arrest of Pine Ridge LaCreek District Councilwoman Cora White Horse. According to

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today July 18, 2019

OST constitutional reform petition rejected by BIA

Jackie Siers and Valentina Merdanian, members of OST constitutional reform task force.Photo courtesy of Oyate Today PINE RIDGE— All across the country many tribes are calling for reform of their respective tribal constitution. This could be because of concerns over corruption, lack of representation, or inadequate or badly conceived laws.

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today July 10, 2019

Hazards of teaching the Lakota Language

EAGLE BUTTE— Mahto Luta was a Lakota warrior who lived near the close of the Nineteenth Century. He was the last of his line to have one name to identify himself; thereafter his male children, and their male children, would bear the surname of Red Bear their entire lives. Eventually

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today July 10, 2019

Remove the Medals

Rep. Haaland shakes the hand of Marcella LeBeau, a World War II Veteran and strong supporter of The Remove the Stain Act.(Credit: Brian Mackley) PIERRE – Last week, both Native American and non-Native lawmakers introduced a bill to rescind the twenty Medals of Honor to the military men in action

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today July 10, 2019