White Plume inspires ‘New Green Revolution’

Alex White Plume and Winona LaDuke (center) pose with contributors to recent hemp education forum in Indian country. COURTESY / Kerri Pickett OSAGE, Minnesota – Oglala Lakota hemp farmer Alex White Plume co-hosted a  “New Green Revolution” Pre Party here in mid-May. The educational event stressed economists’ assertion that his

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Shared by Native Sun News Today June 3, 2021

Remains of missing girl discovered after 15 years

When the FBI completed the facial approximation of the skull of Durham’s Jane Doe, the resulting image was that of a white woman with red hair. Police released the drawing to the public and received no credible leads on missing Melissa “Missy” Poitra. BELCOURT, N. D. — Relatives held a

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Crow students host MMIW Pow Wow

DAYTON, WY- In Big County, MT there have been 27 missing and murdered Native people (men and women).  87% of those cases have not been solved. Big Horn County includes all the Crow Indian reservation and a portion of the Northern Cheyenne. Their loss and the overall tragedy of MMIW

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IAIA graduation speech by Charlene Teters

SANTA FE, N.M.  Students graduating from the Institute of American Indian Arts must follow their dreams, never give up. And, become leaders. This was the message from keynote speaker Charlene Teters (Spokane) at the virtual graduation ceremony on May 15. She and others congratulated the students for their perseverance despite

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Endangered bumblebees need protection

PIERRE – Charlene “Charlie” Bessken led outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers like herself in a virtual tour of South Dakota’s honey bee habitat on Endangered Species Day May 21. The tour, in an online forum, highlighted ways “citizen scientists” can take part in protecting a number of  critters here in

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SOUTH DAKOTA FOCUS: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

VERMILLION – Join South Dakota Focus, Thursday, May 27, at 8p.m. (7 MT) on SDPB1 and SDPB.org for a full-hour dedicated to discussing missing and murdered Indigenous women in South Dakota. Most cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in South Dakota remain unsolved. State Representative Peri Pourier discusses legislation she sponsored

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Army Corps seeks tribal cooperation on DAPL

STANDING ROCK RESERVATION — Energy Transfer Partners, the business behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), had a problem. They were ordered to consult with tribes in preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), but they only wanted objections to be environmental, and not about

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Days of ’76 includes Native focus

Family members of late Parade Grand Marshal David Bald Eagle continue to take part in the annual tourism and history event.Photo by Talli Nauman DEADWOOD — The Days of ’76 Parade and Rodeo here has been growing over the years, and now its sponsors’ interest in the inclusion of Native

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