Three years in the making

Hocokata Ti Cultural CenterPhoto courtesy Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux Community SHAKOPEE, MN— It took three years and $75 million, but Hocokata Ti, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s (SMSC) new cultural center will open to the public on July 26, 2019. According to the SMSC website, the cultural center will be “a

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 18, 2019

LaCreek rep arrested on drug charges

Cora White Horse Pine Ridge LaCreek District Council Woman. Photo Courtesy Facebook PINE RIDGE — Normally when a public servant is arrested for drug related offenses, an internet search engine reveals stories and details. Not so with the arrest of Pine Ridge LaCreek District Councilwoman Cora White Horse. According to

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 18, 2019

OST constitutional reform petition rejected by BIA

Jackie Siers and Valentina Merdanian, members of OST constitutional reform task force.Photo courtesy of Oyate Today PINE RIDGE— All across the country many tribes are calling for reform of their respective tribal constitution. This could be because of concerns over corruption, lack of representation, or inadequate or badly conceived laws.

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 10, 2019

Hazards of teaching the Lakota Language

EAGLE BUTTE— Mahto Luta was a Lakota warrior who lived near the close of the Nineteenth Century. He was the last of his line to have one name to identify himself; thereafter his male children, and their male children, would bear the surname of Red Bear their entire lives. Eventually

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Remove the Medals

Rep. Haaland shakes the hand of Marcella LeBeau, a World War II Veteran and strong supporter of The Remove the Stain Act.(Credit: Brian Mackley) PIERRE – Last week, both Native American and non-Native lawmakers introduced a bill to rescind the twenty Medals of Honor to the military men in action

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Little Big Horn – “Healing of the Horse Spirit”

Parading the Battlefield, Northern Cheyenne and Cheyenne River Sioux riders. Photo credit: Clara Cauflied (Battle of the Little Big Horn  (Crow Agency, Montana):  On June 25, 1876, thousands of tribal warriors, all horseback, filled the valley of the Little Big Horn (Greasy Grass, as the Cheyenne say), relying upon the

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Hispanic immigrants are mostly Indians

The Indio heritage of these detainees is obvious from the photo.Photo courtesy Tom Fox, AP RAPID CITY— Two salient facts stand out about immigration detention in the United States: most of the detainees come from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, according to the website Freedom for Immigrants, and these

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Native Film Festival at SDPB Black Hills Studio

RAPID CITY — SDPB is honored to partner with Vision Maker Media and Native POP: People of the Plains – A Gathering of Arts & Culture to present the sixth annual Native Film Festival, Saturday, July 20, at the SDPB Black Hills Studios, 415 Main Street, Rapid City. The festival takes place during Native POP,

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Wounded Knee descendants want massacre medals revoked

The Wounded Knee Cemetery on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.Photo: Adam Singer WASHINGTON – Descendants of the Wounded Knee Massacre are in the nation’s capital to discuss efforts to rescind the Medals of Honor awarded to the soldiers who participated in the slaughter of their ancestors on December

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Shared by Native Sun News Today July 1, 2019