The John Minor Wisdom United States Court Appeals Building where the Fifth Circuit affirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.Photo Courtesy: The Chronicle of Social Change PORTLAND, Ore. – Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals published its decision in Brackeen v. Bernhardt, the federal court challenge to the
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Two Tribal Train the Trainer (T4) Program for Solar Certification classes will take place at the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center in Pine Ridge. Photo Courtesy: Red Cloud Renewable Energy PINE RIDGE – Red Cloud Renewable (RCR) and Solar Energy International (SEI) announced selection of the first class of Native
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SACRAMENTO, CA – Three former officials of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians pled guilty to engaging in conspiracy to embezzle millions of dollars from the Tribe and related tax fraud. By doing so, they admitted guilt to a January 2017 federal criminal indictment that alleged a decade-long scheme to
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will likely appeal the court ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare act to the Supreme Court. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will likely challenge a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, a U.S. law that gives preference to tribal members
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Back row (L to R): Valerie Bellson, Harold Dusty Bull, Jonas Yazzie, Mark Vance, Carla Mann, Anna Ross, Leanna Russell, Christine FinedayFront row (L to R): Marry Knutsen, Petra Wilson, Jackie White, Catherine Ezquivel RAPID CITY— Although the Johnson-O’Malley Act (JOM) was signed into law in 1934, many people who
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After three days of meetings, more than 50 participants visited significant Black Hills sites with Lakota guide Carla Rae Marshall.Photo Courtesy: Carla Rae Marshall RAPID CITY – Advocates for the U.N. declaration of a World Indigenous Peoples Decade of Water partnered with local organizations to drum up grassroots support at
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Toys delivered to Pine Ridge Pow Wow by Brian Uptgraft.Photo Credit: Brian Uptgraft PINE RIDGE— For over a quarter century Brian Uptgraft has been delivering toys to Indian reservations, the latest being the Pine Ridge Reservation, and if you had to guess who he was and how he got involved
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Lyda Conley KANSAS CITY, Kansas – Over the course of four centuries and thousands of miles, The Wyandot Tribe of Kansas suffered through a period of disease, war, famine and several forced relocations, the likes of which has often meant the abject dissolution of similarly fated peoples. But this tribe
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RAPID CITY— Despite the Oyate Health Center having already begun their 93-638 contracted health care at the Sioux San location, Rapid City Indian community opposition still exists from more than one group, but the principal remaining group, Native American Indian Community of Rapid City, and the Black Hills Area Council
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Angela Shangreaux had temporary custody of her nephew, Kylen Shangreaux, for 15 months prior to his brutal murder in July, 2016.Photo Credit: Karla Abbot RAPID CITY – The sentencing hearing for the accused accomplice in the murder of Kylen Shangreaux, 2 at the time of his death, has been postponed,
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