Traditional ribbon skirts. (Photo courtesy of Indigenous Perspectives Society) Ribbon skirts are handmade skirts worn typically by Indigenous communities. Each skirt is made up of fabric and multiple ribbon colors. Ribbon skirts are most likely worn during pow-wows but can be worn daily; ribbon skirts symbolize Indigenous pride. Mina Seminole,
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Simon Contractors formerly Hills Materials on Sturgis Road. (photos by Marnie cook) RAPID CITY – A number of groups have formed what a local Native leader called a “winning coalition” to protect the sacred sites of the Black Hills and more. “In South Dakota, I do believe that the coalitions
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Picture of 37,300 fentanyl pills and $37,877 in cash seized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement and Isleta Tribal Police. (Courtesy photo) WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced the successful seizure of more than 37,000 fentanyl pills during a coordinated drug interdiction operation
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Helen Peterson (Photo courtesy of the Colorado Women Hall of Fame) PINE RIDGE—Long before hashtags and viral protests, both Pine Ridge and Rosebud sent a quiet generation of Lakota leaders into the heart of federal power. They did not seize buildings for the cameras or shout into microphones. Instead, they
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Pictured here is some of the Indian corn Clara Caufield grew from the seeds that Peggy White provided. (Photo credit – Clara Caufield) Last spring, a Crow friend Peggy White gave me some purple corn seeds. “They are very old,” she explained. “See if they will grow.” It sure did,
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Attendees viewing a presentation at the Wicazo Sa Review Fortieth Anniversary Symposium. Photo by Marnie Cook. ALBUQUERQUE – The Wicazo Sa Review, a Native journal co-founded by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Dakota Santee) from Fort Thompson, South Dakota, was celebrated by the University of New Mexico (UNM) in the first week of
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Rapid City, SD – Today, NDN Collective launched the third open round of the organization’s Collective Abundance Fund application – an ambitious award intended to support the rebuilding of Indigenous generational wealth while addressing the racial wealth gap among Indigenous individuals and families in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South
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Ute Chief Sevara and family. (Photo courtesy of public domain) DENVER—In a landmark vote with national implications, Denver residents have approved a $20 million bond measure to create an American Indian Cultural Embassy — the first of its kind in the United States devoted to restoring relationships between ten Native
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Pack of stray dogs. (Courtesy photo) LAME DEER, Mont. – As this article is penned, several police officers and a Veterinarian are parked within two blocks of my house in Lame Deer, Mont. They are capturing a pack of very large and aggressive dogs in order to remove them from
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Dawn Little Sky (Standing Rock Sioux) and Eddie Little Sky (Oglala Lakota), pioneering Native American actors, ride together in a covered wagon in a scene from the 1960 Western epic Cimarron. Their presence in the film marked a rare moment of authentic Indigenous representation during an era dominated by non-Native
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