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Tim Giago – A “Shining Star” inducted into National Hall of Fame
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Northern Cheyenne Correspondent, Native Sun News Today
OKLAHOMA CITY – On November 5, the First Americans Museum auditorium was filled with the “Who’s Who” of Indian Country for the 2022 Induction Ceremony of nine notable Native Americans into the National Native American Hall of Fame.
The purpose of that organization is to recognize and celebrate the contributions of contemporary Native Americans, both to their own people and the world, said James Parker Shield (Little Shell / Chippewa Cree from Montana) founder and Executive Director.
Master of Ceremonies Tim Tall Chief noted that the inductees are “shining stars” of Indian Country, nominated and vetted through rigorous selection for life-long contributions to their people.
One of them was the late Tim Giago, founder, owner, publisher, editor and journalist of Indian Country Today and Native Sun News Today. He was honored and recognized for more than forty years of service in journalism, a guardian of free speech in Indian Country.
A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, born in Kyle, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Giago spent many of his formative years in the community of Wounded Knee. Giago’s tribal name “Nanwica Kciji” translates to “Stands up for Them”.
He did that.
Jackie Giago, Tim’s wife of 25 years and business manager of Native Sun News Today was on hand to accept the award, resplendent in black and silver. “Tim was so pleased to receive this recognition,” she stated. “He was looking forward to attending this event and renewing acquaintance with the other inductees, having known many of them for many years. Sadly, the Creator called him home before this was possible, after a long battle with diabetes, which afflicts so many tribal people.”
Other inductees included: Governor Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation; Ryneldi Beneciti, Navajo Nation the first woman to play in the Women’s National Basketball Association; John Echohawk, Pawnee Nation, Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund; Suzan Harjo, Cheyenne/Hodulgee Muscogee Nation; Joanne Shenandoah, Oneida, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter; Earl Old Person Sr. Blackfeet leader and Patricia Zell, Arapaho/Navajo descent, former Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

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