Alan Parker It has been a couple of weeks since Alan R. Parker lost his long battle with cancer. An enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Nation, Parker received a Juris Doctor degree from UCLA in 1972, and was at the forefront of political advocacy for all things tribal for
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Sioux Chiefs from the late 1800’s. We at Native Sun News Today know our readership is interested in knowing who our current and future leaders are. So following is a compilation of the tribal elections and leadership of the nine tribes in South Dakota. We are providing this information as
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Cherokee Nation Language Department Director Howard Paden, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Fluent Speaker Rosie Flute, Speaker Services Manager Sammy Eagle and Speaker Services Specialist Winterhawk Grimmett. (Courtesy Cherokee nation) STILWELL, OK—For nearly a year fluent Cherokee Speaker Rosie Flute was cooking family meals on an electric burner after her
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On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we recognize Indigenous knowledge, culture and practices that can inform the way we address climate, foster more inclusive communities, and live up to our responsibilities to future generations. WASHINGTON — On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Secretary of the
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MMIW Medicine Wheel riders who came from all over the country to join in on their annual trek from Bear Butte to Crazy Horse Memorial stopped in to enjoy the festivities at the “Healing the Nation” Wacipi in Pine Ridge Village. Posing with them are Tribal Royalty from neighboring tribes.
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Native bikers carry flags from the Kul Wicasa Nation, Potawatami Nation. Iroquois Nation, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Lumbee Nation in the Wounded Knee Memorial Run. WOUNDED KNEE – On Saturday evening, August 5 one could hear the low throaty growl of motorcycle engines coming from a distance. As the
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Cecil Little Hawk III, received a job offer through the internship program. KYLE– Eight young people across the Pine Ridge Reservation are currently participating in a construction internship program that is facilitated in partnership with Lakota Funds and the South Dakota Native Homeownership Coalition. In mid-June, the interns were placed
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RAPID CITY—Anger, disbelief, sadness and relief. These were some of the many feelings felt by a mixed audience at the premiere of “Remembering the Children,” honoring the missing children of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. The first public screening of the short documentary was held on Saturday, July 30,
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Matthew Monefore PINE RIDGE—After an emergency meeting on July 26, the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council temporarily suspended all activity of Christian missions on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. An ordinance was passed, requiring all churches and religious organization to complete a new form to request the right to conduct missionary
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Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Chairman Peter Lengkeek, Chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Clyde Estes, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribal Chairmen Delbert Hopkins Jr., Andrea Fischer, Yankton Sioux Tribe Council member, Oglala Sioux Tribal President Kevin Killer and Tenille Blackfeather, Ideal Community Representative for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. RAPID
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