Part III of a series Geneva Lone Hill inside the community center, which is one of four buildings constructed by the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation. (Photo by Ernestine Anukasan) BATESLAND – The community that was victimized by a scam that took advantage of the abject poverty that grips much of
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RAPID CITY – Ahani (a long time ago), before there were horses, Sunka (dog) was sacred to the Oceti Sakonwin. Sunka guarded the tipi encampments, and pulled travois’ when the camp moved seasonally following the buffalo. Each spring when the Wakinyan Oyate (thunder beings) brought magazu (rain) to replenish the
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Shawnee Real Bird, Crow and Cheyenne will soon become the first female Native American from a Montana tribe to obtain a commercial pilot’s license. (Photo courtesy Facebook) Shawnee Real Bird, age 21, will soon become the first female Native American from any Montana tribe to obtain a commercial pilot’s license.
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Native American Natural Foods’ is helping Indian reservation ranchers like Charles “Bamm” Brewer access markets through a new partnership with Niman Ranch that links with Tanka Fund and Tanka Regenerative Agriculture Coop. PINE RIDGE – Charles “Bamm” Brewer is one of only a handful of Native American buffalo ranchers able
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People gather for a candlelight vigil in honor of Selena Not Afraid of Swords Park in Billings on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Not Afraid had been missing since Jan. 1 Her body was found Jan. 20 less than a mile from where she was last seen. People gather for a
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Youth prayed for justice with a three-day relay run through Lakota, Cheyenne and Apsáalooke country after body of sister missing 20 days was found.(photo by Joanna J. Shane) HARDIN, Mont. – In honor of missing and murdered indigenous women, a group of relay runners who took off from the Pine
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Cecelia Firethunder, President of the Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition WASHINGTON – The House Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed the Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act (H.R. 895), which was introduced by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) earlier this year. This legislation would amend Section 409 of the Indian Health
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R.F. Buhche (left) presenting PRairie Edge owner Mimi Hillenbrand and Prairie Edge General Manager Dan Tribby the Retailers of the Year Award. PIERRE – Prairie Edge in Rapid City was recently named Retailer of the Year at the South Dakota Retailers Association (SDRA) annual banquet in Pierre. SDRA has presented
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Selena’s family camping at the rest stop where she was last seen. BIG HORN COUNTY, Mont. — Jackie Big Hair slept in her car again, waking every few hours to fire up the engine and gaze at the frozen highway rest stop where her 16-year-old daughter had been reported missing.
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Lyla June Johnston SANTA FE, N. M. – On Jan. 17, Navajo state legislative candidate Lyla June Johnston announced a seven-day hunger strike in her District 47 Democratic primary campaign against House Speaker Brian Egolf. Her “Fast for the Future” kicked off at the Capitol Building on Martin Luther King
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