The 3rd Annual Sunka Wakan Un Wicozanikte – Healing with Horses Camp which took place at Thunder Horse Stables in Rapid Valley. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID CITY – Understanding, recognizing and validating Historical Trauma and Unresolved Grief among Native Americans is essential to living well. Delaney Apple
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Lily Mendoza, founder of Red Ribbon Skirt Society moderated a roundtable discussion titled “All Our Relatives” with guest speakers including artist Jennifer White, owner of Post Pilgrim Gallery, Leya Hale, director of documentary “Bring Her Home,” and artist Rachel Berg, owner of Liv Artfully in Sioux Falls. (Photo by Chantelle
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NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen presenting RAI Executive Director Bruce Long Fox with generous donation. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY — NDN Collective, on a cooler than normal May afternoon, made a generous donation of $100,000 to Rural American Initiatives (RAI). RAI, which serves low-income Native families,
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A historic meeting between the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association on April 26, 2024. Torrey Davie, Northern Cheyenne, Eugene Little Coyote, Northern Cheyenne, Debra Charette, Northern Cheyenne, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Chairman J. Garrett Renville, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Ryman LeBeau, Rosebud Sioux Tribal Chairman Scott
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The Cheyenne River Youth Project held a private Lakota dedication ceremony for its new property, a nearly 40-acre organic parcel adjacent to Mato Paha (Bear Butte), a sacred site for the Lakota people. Photo are courtesy of the Cheyenne River Youth Project EAGLE BUTTE – On Friday, Apr. 26, the
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Tourists at spillway in Spearfish Canyon. Left side of photo is the west rim of Spearfish Canyon, June 8, 2023/Photo by Carla R. Marshall BLACK HILLS – Solitario Resources has been given the greenlight to go ahead with their proposed gold exploratory project in lieu of mining for gold near
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A Gay Kingman at the home of Hani Shafei CEO Dream Design International for the announcement of her induction into the SD Hall of Fame. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID CITY – “It feels great after 61 years of working, and then to be recognized for the work that
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Community members gathered for the groundbreaking of the Remembering the Children Memorial. (Photo by Marnie Cook) As supporters gathered in the field behind the Canyon Lake Methodist Church to share in the groundbreaking of the Remembering the Children Memorial, Executive Director Amy Sazue (Oglala/Sicangu Lakota) took a moment to talk
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LAME DEER, Mont. – Six days a week (Monday through Saturday) one of the five drivers for the Northern Cheyenne I.H.S. Transportation Program arises about 2:30 a.m.to prepare for an average 12–14-hour day. The mission is to transport Northern Cheyenne diabetics from the reservation to Billings for dialysis treatment, each
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SDNA karaoke contest winner Kirk Dickerson with fellow Native Sun News Today staffers Marnie Cook and Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa. (Photo by Sheila Ring, editor Oneida Watchman) HURON – Last week the South Dakota Newspaper Association hosted their annual convention and Better Newspapers Contest for its members. The 2024 convention was
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