Sign in the front yard of a home at Star Village advertising Love Your Block. Photo by Marnie Cook STAR VILLAGE – The issues at Star Village have not been alleviated, but the residents there have begun a community engagement campaign to address the problems with the help of a
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This Lakota dancer in vibrantly colored full regalia was a contestant in the Dupree Wacipi dance contests to honor traditonal Lakota culture. (Photo courtesy of Patty Peacock) DUPREE – For the first time since 2018, the community enjoyed the 2025 Dupree Wacipi held July 11–13th. According to Jenny Jeffries, one
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CDKC Immersion Camp instructors:: Mina Seminole, coordinator; Christina Medicine Bull, St Labre; Alvera Cook, lame Deer Public Schools; Seidel Standing Elk, Lame Deer Public Schools; Lenora Wolfname, CDKC. LAME DEER, Mont. – Summer time is camping time: sports and educational camps for youth are ubiquitous. However, in Cheyenne Country, one
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Legislators attending a Redistricting Committee meeting Dec. 13, 2023, look at maps of different proposals. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) Two North Dakota tribes and a group of tribal citizens have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep North Dakota’s district map in place while it considers whether to
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Artwork by Gene Swallow, Winner of the Publicity Award for Native POP 2025. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – It turned out to be a hot weekend for the Thirteenth Annual Native POP: People of the Plains two-day art market at Main Street Square in downtown Rapid City. This
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Sharon Howling Wolf, jockey for Howling Wolf Women’s Relay Team, Northern Cheyenne, rides to the win at Miles City, Season Opener (Photo by Wallace Bearchum) LAME DEER, Mont. – On Saturday, July 12, 2025 the Howling Wolf Indian Relay Team won first at the Horse Nations Indian Relay Competition at
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On the Roughlock Falls Nature Trail in Spearfish Canyon. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – The Black Hills region is experiencing an unprecedented wave of mining and resource exploration activities, with multiple projects raising significant environmental and community concerns. There is another project comment period underway with a final
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Betty Osceola with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians addresses environmental advocates and other protestors at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on the Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Florida on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Mike Stocker/ South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians
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NCAI President Mark Macarro responds to conservative commentator Ann Coulter who this past weekend sent shockwaves through Indian Country and beyond when she posted on X “We didn’t kill enough Indians.” RAPID CITY—A single sentence—six words—posted on social media by conservative commentator Ann Coulter this past weekend sent shockwaves through
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“I don’t know all the answers” Northern Cheyenne Tribal President Gene Small told a group of about 80 elders at the Annual Northern Cheyenne 4th of July Celebration. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, MT – On July 3rd, Northern Cheyenne Tribal President Gene Small made local tribal history. During
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