(Courtesy photo of Dailytimes247.com) By Delphine Red Shirt, Native Sun News Today Correspondent The Canadian government agreed to provide compensation in the amount of $40 billion ($31 billion in U.S. dollars) for the children taken from indigenous families after First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS) and the
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Fort Robinson (Photo courtesy) By Gerry Robinson, Native Sun News Today Correspondent On September 9, 1878, three hundred and fifty-three Northern Cheyenne broke away from the Darlington Agency in Indian Territory, what is now Oklahoma. They were intent on returning to their northern homeland in and around the Black Hills.
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Front row, left to right: Theda Clarke, Russell Means, and an unidentified marcher Behind them: James Hawk (Photo courtesy) PORCUPINE – Group buys 48 acres in Whiteclay. The parcels purchased are located on the east side of Highway 87 across from the Oglala Sioux Nursing Home and former Lakota Hope
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1940’s photo of the boys of Holy Rosary Mission, Tim Giago is in the bottom row, third from the left. (Courtesy photo) By Native Sun News Today Staff PINE RIDGE RESERVATION – Holy Rosary Indian Mission, or Red Cloud Indian School as it now calls itself, is located on
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Lila Demaris Mehlhaff (Photo courtesy) By Clara Caufield, Native Sun News Today Staff Writer “The underlying problems are alcohol and mental health issues,” Mayor Allender stressed. “This puts them at risk and then they cannot sustain housing. Up to now, the police have been the interface and point of contact
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(Both Courtesy photos) WASHINGTON – On Monday, December 20, 2021, the United States determined not to appeal the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. U.S. to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a result, the decision will stand as a significant victory for the Rosebud Sioux
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Fiber Optics networks are a crucial player in bringing Wireless service to rural areas. (Photo courtesy) By Kirk Dickerson, Native Sun News Today Correspondent As you have realized, our society is being shaped by continued changes in our technology. Wireless and Internet services are pioneers in in the national
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(L-R) Third-grade Cherokee Immersion School teacher Cindy Collins, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. listening to third-grade students Hunter Sanders, Henry Johnson and Riley Aimerson. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — First Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden and U.S.
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Steve Haugaard and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (Photo courtesy) Sioux Falls, SD — Last week, the Argus Leader released a report detailing Governor Kristi Noem’s use of $68,000 of taxpayer money to redecorate the South Dakota Governor’s Residence. This includes a sauna that cost more than $8,100 and $13,000
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By Liz Hill, Red Lake Ojibwe The year was 1972. A group of 45 public television stations, primarily from the western United States, were brought together with the help of a Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) grant for a three-day meeting at historic Wingspread, the Lloyd Wright House at the
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