2022-01-20
OST Cancels $6.2M in loans
OGLALA – With a vote of 16- 3-1, the OST Council approved an ordinance that writes off $6.2 million in long term loans made with the OST Department of Revenue, during a special session on Wednesday, January 19 at the Prairie Wind Casino hotel conference room. Citing problems caused by the spread of Covid-19, the council approved the write down, […]
Clyde Bellecourt, Walks On
MINNEAPOLIS — Clyde Bellecourt, one of the original founders of the American Indian Movement (AIM), passed away today due to complications with cancer, according to Lisa Bellanger, Co-Director of the American Indian Movement’s Grand Governing Council. His Ojibwe name is Nee-gon-weway we-dun—“Thunder Before the Storm.” He was 85 years old. Along with Dennis Banks, Eddie Benton-Benai, and George Mitchell, Clyde […]
Wilma Mankiller Coin Design Chosen
She’s one of five women to appear on the new American Women’s Quarters program The Wilma Mankiller quarter, slated to begin circulating in 2022, will feature an image of the Cherokee chief, wrapped in a traditional shawl with the seven-pointed star of the Cherokee Nation to the right and “Cherokee Nation” written in the Cherokee syllabary below her name. The […]
Powwow dance fitness classes
Indigenous women are fancy dancing their way to fitness through programs combining powwow moves and aerobics. Michelle Reed is a member of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Nation and lives in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Four and a half years ago, she developed N8V Dance Fitness, a workout program that combines culture, health and wellness. Since June she’s been […]
Noem is No Show
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) The chairman of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate offered South Dakota’s Legislature a history lesson on Thursday during the annual State of the Tribes address, as he emphasized tribal sovereignty and government-to-government relations. Chairman Delbert Hopkins Jr. entered the House chamber to a beating drum, Dakota songs and with an honor guard of tribal veterans. After leading the […]
New Park Service Head
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as National Park Service director, which will make him the first Native American to lead the agency that oversees more than 131,000 square miles of parks and other landmarks. SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved the nomination of Charles “Chuck” Sams III as […]
Biden to give away 400 million N95 masks starting next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will begin making 400 million N95 masks available for free to Americans starting next week, now that federal officials are emphasizing their better protection against the omicron variant of COVID-19 over cloth face coverings. The White House announced Wednesday that the masks will come from the government’s Strategic National Stockpile, which has more than […]
Thunder Valley to turn White Clay into Healing Center
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation wants to change the narrative of the small unincorporated border town of Whiteclay, Nebraska. The small town’s four liquor stores left a decades-long scar on the people of the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the land that once belonged to them. The liquor stores sold 4 million cans of beer annually, […]
White River, Lower Brule keep winning, ranked #2, #3
MURDO/ STEPHAN – After having their first game in this year’s Jones County Invitational cancelled due to Covid-19, White River picked up two 20 point wins, first on Friday 75- 52 over Philip and Saturday night 58-36 over Lyman to win the Invitational while Lower Brule knocked off cross river rival Crow Creek 89-35 Saturday night in Stephan. With the […]