Marcella Gilbert, her assistant Janie Ducheneaux, and volunteers from the Sioux YMCA in Dupree plus other volunteers from the community worked together to plant the 400 tiny choke cherry trees that are now full-grown and thriving. (Courtesy photo) Chokecherries are sacred to the Lakota. At one time they were so
Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today June 15, 2023
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) this week urged U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to direct the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to provide additional support to tribal law enforcement agencies in South Dakota to help combat
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today June 15, 2023
This photo by Keith Johnson shows one of the 770 homes destroyed by the 1972 flood. Photo courtesy of the Rapid City Public Library. Bottom: (Photo courtesy of the State Historical Society) RAPID CITY—Thousands of stories have been and will be written about the June 9, 1972, Rapid City Flood,
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today June 9, 2023
Manny Iron Hawk (Okowozu), Emanuel Red Bear (Oohenumpa), and Harry Little Thunder (seated; Itazipco). They are of the Wakpa Wasté area (Cheyenne River). The Lakota Oyate Topa Treaty Council (LOTTC) from Wakpa Waste’ (Cheyenne River) gathered with Native treaty activists from several states and Canada for a regional Treaty Summit in Rapid
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today June 9, 2023
John McKendree, Mississippi Chapter of Rolling Thunder, Lettie Irons Connell, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, 2016 Battle of the Little Big Horn Anniversary, (Photo courtesy) Not all military heroes served on the front lines. One such who has served in the background is Lettie Irons Connell, Standing Rock Sioux. Connell, seventy-five
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today June 2, 2023
Christopher A. Piña, Felipa DeLeon-Mousseau, Eltina Threestars and Muffie Mousseau are looking forward to the upcoming Two Spirit Wacipi in the Black Hills. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan) RAPID CITY – Two brave Lakota Winyan (women) have conquered the stigma and paved a path for other Two-Spirit Natives. Monique “Muffie” Mousseau
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today June 2, 2023
Ancient Roots Homestead is an Indigenous farm in Bowler, Wisconsin where owners Lucille and Benjamin Grignon grow the traditional plants of their ancestors. (Photo courtesy Facebook) On April 5, 2023, Lucille Grignon (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Nation), presented a virtual “healing camp” sponsored by The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today June 2, 2023
(Photo courtesy KOTA TV) RAPID CITY—On May 23, 2023, the South Dakota District Court ruled in favor of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST), denying a motion to dismiss, brought by the US Department of Interior (DOI) OST was the plaintiff in this case, DOI was the defendant. OST sought relief
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today May 27, 2023
Mayoral candidate Laura Armstrong, earned herself an A+ for her grasp of Native issues in Rapid City. (Courtesy Photo) RAPID CITY—Given Rapid City’s sizeable Native population, one has to wonder why only one mayoral candidate saw fit to mention Natives on their website. Laura Armstrong, Brad Estes, Josh Lyle, Jason
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today May 27, 2023
MMIW march in Rapid City, SD on Friday May 12. (Photo by Taylor Gunhammer) On May 4, 2023, the White House released a presidential proclamation, titled “A Proclamation on Missing Or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, 2023.” PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION On Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, we remember the
Read More Shared by Native Sun News Today May 23, 2023