Henry Red Cloud, Descendent of Lakota treaty negotiator teaches techniques at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. (Photo by Talli Nauman) PINE RIDGE — Oglala Lakota tribal member Henry Red Cloud will receive an honorary doctorate degree from Washington College for his career in the pursuit of affordable and accessible renewable energy
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Northern Cheyenne Ministerial Association, Northern Cheyenne Tribal leaders and Everything Beautiful Thrift Store staff host a dedication of their new building, soon to be opened in midtown Lame Deer. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – On Sunday, November 17 the Northern Cheyenne Ministerial Association and Board of Directors,
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SANTEE NE – After years of planning, the Dakota Santee Sioux announced the Dedication and Blessing event of the recently completed first phase of monuments honoring Isanti Dakota Ancestors and combat war veterans, located in Santee, NE. This historic event will take place on Saturday, November 30th at 1:00pm
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A Cheyenne River Sioux youth delegation, with tribal flag and staff, offered testimony during a public comment period at a South Dakota Water Management Board hearing on permitting Keystone XL Pipeline Construction. (Photo COURTESY / Dakota Rural Action) MANDAREE, N. D. – New oil-and-gas pipeline protection measures could help people
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Darla Black was impeached from the office of Vice-President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe after a tribunal was held at the tribe’s Prairie Wind Casino Nov. 25. PINE RIDGE – Darla Black who was elected in 2016 and again in 2018 to lead the Oglala Sioux Tribe as their Vice-
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Alicia Cook and daughter, G., stand on the site of the now infamous altercation at a school in Rapid City, in which a RCPD officer struck one of two girls engaged in an after-school fight. The incident has caused strife in the community amongst those who support the officer’s action,
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A group of veterans walked across the Pine Ridge Reservation to honor veterans and bring awareness to veteran issues on the reservation. Shawnee Red Bear, Jay Youngman, OST President Julian Bear Runner, and Oroville Milk carried the flags for the last leg of the 107.5-mile trek. PINE RIDGE RESERVATION –
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Nick Tilsen was one of the unanimously opposed speakers at Hot Springs EPA hearings on draft water permits for the proposed Dewey Burdock nuclear operation in unceded 868 Ft. Laramie Treaty territory. DENVER – As of Nov. 17, all 63 written comments the U.S. EPA had received from tribal and
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Tehassi Hill, tribal chairman of the Oneida Nation, stands outside a federal appeals court in New Orleans in March 2019 following arguments on the constitutionality of a 1978 law giving Native American families preference in the adoption of Native American children. In the 40 years since Congress enacted the Indian
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