“I write from a position rare for a former prosecutor: to beseech you to commute the sentence of a man who I helped put behind bars.” James H. Reynolds U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the Leonard Peltier case. President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Frank Star Comes Out, speaks on behalf
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OST Attorney Mario Gonzalez, Wakpamni District Representative Sonya Little Hawk Weston and the President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Frank Star Comes Out in the courtroom during the OST v United States. (Photo courtesy Frank Star Comes Out President Facebook page) RAPID CITY—A fundamental misunderstanding persists on the part of
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Leroy Spang, 79, who served as President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe from2008 until 2012 has journeyed to the next camp. (Photo by Dan Kraker) LAME DEER, MT—The Northern Cheyenne Tribe experienced a great loss on February 11, 2023 when former Tribal President, Leroy Spang, age 79, made his journey
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HELENA, MT—The Montana State Legislature, now in bi-annual session has the highest number of tribal elected officials in the Nation. They are about seven percent of the Legislature, slightly higher than the census count of Indians in Montana which is slightly over six percent. Yet in the 2023 legislative session
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Hunkpati Dakota Oyate Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Ithuncan Peter Lengkeek. (Photo from SDPB) PIERRE – An extraordinary delivery of the State of Tribal Nations address to a joint session of the South Dakota State legislature was met with a negative response filled with innuendo and an easily provable lie from
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RAPID CITY – The new Oyate Health Center is near completion and will begin hosting patients on February 6, 2023, according to the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board. The Health Board manages the facility on behalf of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and the Rosebud Sioux
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Sen. Ryan Maher R-District 28 Rep. Peri Pourier, D-District 27 PIERRE – A food sales tax cut that passed a House panel Thursday morning has raised concerns for South Dakota’s nine tribal governments. An official with the Bureau of Finance and Management estimated that the tribes would lose about $2
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Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek eloquently delivers State of Tribal Nations Address. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) Part 2 of 3 PIERRE – Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek eloquently delivered the State of Tribal Nations Address to a joint session of the South Dakota State Legislature
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OST wants Biden Administration to release funds to buy nine new snow plows for the nine reservation districts. (Photo courtesy Urban Milwaukee) PINE RIDGE—Newly elected Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out has sent an 18-page disaster relief request letter to President Biden, dated January 19, 2023, to the
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Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek. Part 1 of a series PIERRE –Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek delivered a very well prepared and well-articulated South Dakota State of Tribal Nations Address before a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature. On Thursday, January 12 the State of Tribal Nations
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