Presidential hopeful Julian Castro SAN ANTONIO, TX – Following the heinous acts of violence in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, presidential candidate, former Obama Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Julián Castro released a statement with his reaction, citing the need to
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Traditional Native Games qualifiers participate in the 2018 cornstalk shoot championship hosted at One Fire Field in Tahlequah. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation will host its 14th annual Traditional Native Games competition Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Sam Hider Health Center in Jay. Competitions include a cornstalk shoot, Cherokee
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An art peice by Jim Yellow Hawk was used over the weekend at an event at the Journey Museum in Rapid City to bring awareness and education of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Image courtesy Jim Yellow Hawk WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) introduced a bill to bolster efforts
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Capt. Paul Rodriguez holds his son prior to the 152nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion’s deployment ceremony, July 27, 2019, in Pierre, S.D. The 152nd is scheduled to deploy to the Middle East for a nine-month tour, providing multifunctional logistics and support operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Carl
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Emory Dean Keoke RAPID CITY— It has been almost fifty years since Emory Dean Keoke stopped drinking and abusing drugs. The highlights of those subsequent years were the birth of his daughter, Elizabeth, and earning a double degree, a BS in nursing and a BA in Indian Studies. Keoke worked
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Cutline: Little Bird and her family on a recent visit to the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Sisseton Wahpeton woman has organized the On The Healing Road We Walk event coming in August.Photo Courtesy Alana Little Bird PIERRE –The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate is set to host an event that
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Rockets fired by the 1-147th Field Artillery of the South Dakota Army National Guard head towards thier targets at the Northern Impact Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. 25 June, 2017. The 1-147th Field Artillery used the M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems as part of thier annual training at Fort McCoy.
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CINCINNATI — A Native American author whose writings have highlighted his indigenous culture is this year’s winner of a lifetime achievement award celebrating literature’s power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding. Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials selected novelist, poet and essayist N. Scott Momaday for the Richard C. Holbrooke
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Photo credit: Sergio Flores for the Washington PostVia Getty Images RAPID CITY— Many have questioned the legitimate indigenous status of people struggling to gain access to the United States at our southern border. Regardless of which country or region from which these people are fleeing, from Tierra Del Fuego to
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The Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home will open a new 12 bed memory wing in January of 2020.(Photo by James Giago Davies) WHITE CLAY— In January of 2020 the Oglala Sioux Tribe Nursing Home located in White Clay, Nebraska, will open a new 12-bed memory wing. This will bring the
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