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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The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Flag was finally returned to the tribe after numerous requests were ignored by Gov. Kristi Noem. The Oglala Sioux Tribe banished Noem in February after she spoke to the Legislature alleging Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated reservations. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe banned Noem earlier this month for
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Donita Dubray Fischer opened a business on Cheyenne River, Wóyute, (groceries) a whole food, fresh produce and apothecary carrying bulk spices and teas located at the Four Bands Incubator building in Suite F. (Photo courtesy of Donita Dubray) EAGLE BUTTE – Donita Fischer (Cheyenne River Lakota) of Eagle Butte, SD,
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View of Bear Butte from the CRYP property, off SD Highway 79, during winter 2023-24. (Photo courtesy CRYP) EAGLE BUTTE – The Cheyenne River Youth Project has purchased a nearly 40-acre tract of land adjacent to Bear Butte State Park in Meade County, South Dakota. The 35-year-old, Native-led, nonprofit organization
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Student testing out the VR at Chief Dull Knife College. It is active firsthand learning – making things real. A new twist on technology. LAME DEER, Mont. – Chief Dull Knife College Library received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to preserve Cheyenne history, elders’ stories, and
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Beverly Stabber Warne RAPID CITY — The Oceti have lost another elder, Bev Warne (Oglala Lakota).Warne belongs to a small class of Native Americans who has helped the Oceti remember who they are. They were born after the turn of the Twentieth Century. After the U.S. policies of genocide, termination
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This story was printed with permission of the Brings Plenty family. On Tuesday, April 16, the casket of Cole Brings Plenty rests before three tipis representing his family tiospayes. All photos reprinted with permission of Brings Plenty family. Photo Credit/Jodi Rave Spotted Bear EAGLE BUTTE – In death, Cole Brings
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The Midwest HIDTA assesses that private passenger vehicles, the USPS, and commercial mailing services are the primary drug transportation methods used by DTOs to transport illicit drugs into and throughout the Midwest HIDTA region. Governor Noem is reaching out to Tribes in the state. She says she wants to help
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Chief Little Wolf Legendary Northern Cheyenne Chief 1868 (Photo courtesy Wallace Bearchum, Northern Cheyenne Cultural Commission) LAME DEER, Mont. – Every American Indian Tribe has a dark story to recall about surviving the onslaught of Manifest Destiny and U.S. Military attempts to exterminate them. Sadly some Tribes did not survive,
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Cole Brings Plenty. August 18, 1996 – April 5, 2024 photo via Facebook Noted young actor and advocate Cole “Coco” Brings Plenty (27) of Eagle Butte and Lawrence, Kansas, began his journey on or about April 5, 2024, following five days of concern for his wellbeing and whereabouts. His father,
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