Demand for police reform growing

Defund the Police is one of the most noted and controversial political slogans in American history. It is not readily apparent what the slogan means, but the proponents of the slogan continue to push it in the media. Detractors take it to mean abolishing the police, creating a society of

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Shared by Native Sun News Today April 21, 2023

IHS breaks word to tribes over Sioux San

RAPID CITY—Looking down from the high ground that runs along the north side of Canyon Lake Drive, stands what remains of the Sioux San Indian Hospital, a three story, two wing building built back over a century ago as part of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. The building has

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Shared by Native Sun News Today April 14, 2023

Earl Old Person Montana Highway

Chief Old Person of the Blackfeet Nation Montana sings a prayer at the opening of the United States Department of Agriculture 150th Anniversary celebration in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 15, 2012. USDA photo by Bob Nichols.. Chief Old Person of the Blackfeet Nation, Montana sings a prayer at the opening

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Shared by Native Sun News Today April 13, 2023

Shunka wakan: the sacred dog Part 1 of 2

(In Part 1 we look at the history of the horse and the impact on human societies. In Part 2 we examine the current efforts to reconcile science with tribal belief about the horse) Around 6000 years ago wild horses roamed the plains of Kazakhstan in South Central Siberia. This

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Shared by Native Sun News Today March 31, 2023