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People’s World: Fearless warrior Joye Braun walks on (January 11, 2023)
A dauntless advocate of Indigenous justice walked on with the passing of indomitable Water Protector and fearless Warrior Joye Braun. 
Lakota citizens met to discuss the return of items taken from their ancestors during the Wounded Knee Massacre of December 1890.
Harold Frazier: Nation-to-nation policy must be law of the land (November 30, 2022)
Native Sovereign Nations are prior sovereigns, embodying the inalienable and inherent rights of Native Peoples bestowed by our Creator. 
Native Sun News Today: Wounded Knee descendants left out of repatriation process (November 28, 2022)
The descendants of Chief Spotted Elk, a Lakota leader who was murdered at Wounded Knee in 1890, are speaking out.
‘Modern Day Warrior’: Native rights advocate Joye Braun passes on (November 28, 2022)
Joye Michelle Braun, a citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe known for organizing the pipeline resistance movement in Indian Country, passed away on November 13. 
‘Long overdue’: Senate passes bill for Native veterans organization (November 21, 2022)
A bipartisan bill to advance the work of a Native veterans organization is inching toward final passage as the 117th Congress winds down. 
Indian Country braces for U.S. Supreme Court hearing in ICWA case (November 1, 2022)
The nation’s highest court is about to hear one of the biggest cases in Indian Country’s history and already some troubling signs are emerging. 
The Supreme Court is an anachronistic body of elderly politicians, who can never be expected to do justice by Native Sovereign Nations.
Native Sun News Today: Memorial ride honors lives lost at Wounded Knee (August 24, 2022)
On a Saturday evening, one could hear the low throaty growl of motorcycle engines coming from a distance, in honor of the ancestors killed at Wounded Knee. 
The Republican governor of South Dakota has once again been turned away in court over efforts to set off fireworks in the sacred Black Hills.
When a person’s heritage originates from several different tribes and ethnicities, I often wonder how one decides to identify themselves.
‘You promised us that you would honor the treaties’ (July 12, 2022)
A hiring dispute at the Indian Health Service is being brought to the attention of President Joe Biden. 
Dante Desiderio is taking an “administrative leave of absence” at the National Congress of American Indians for reasons not being disclosed.
Together, we must always fight for our Native Peoples, our Native lands.
Native artists ‘left hanging’ after big event fizzles out (April 16, 2022)
An ambitious showcase of Native talent devolved into controversy and recrimination as performers and vendors were left in the dark about the event. 
“We need to try and make a difference,” said an elder from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe approaching his nineties.
Racist comments from a business owner brought quick responses from the Native community and other establishments on Sioux Nation territory.
The people of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota nations came together to take a stand against racism and discrimination on their homelands.
Harold Frazier: ‘No Indians allowed’ — even on our own homelands (March 23, 2022)
When those wagons first began their way to break treaties and settle on our territory we were classified as lesser beings and genocide was justified as such. 
Tim Giago: Sioux Nation refuses payout for stolen land (March 22, 2022)
The poorest of people in all of America refuse to accept one single penny for the theft of the Black Hills. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a business meeting and legislative hearing on February 16, 2022.
“We thank President Biden for standing behind his policy to honor our Nation-to-Nation Relations,” said President Scott Herman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
A deadline is fast approaching for the Biden administration to live up to its promise to improve the federal government’s relationship with tribes and their citizens.
Tim Giago: Pandemics and Indian Country (November 22, 2021)
The COVID-19 epidemic has taken its toll on Native people across America.
Harold Frazier: Indian Country demands action, not words, from White House (November 18, 2021)
I have just finished sitting through the White House Tribal Nations Summit and I am not impressed.
Harold Frazier: Don’t leave Indian Country behind in reconciliation bill (October 27, 2021)
Native people suffered COVID-19 at the highest rate of any group in America. We need help.
Harold Frazier: Native history ‘gutted’ in school curriculum (August 16, 2021)
They have tried to exterminate or assimilate us and they have failed. 
A self-determination dispute at an Indian Health Service facility in South Dakota has come to an end.
After more than 10 years of fighting, the Keystone XL Pipeline is finally dead.
Water is the source of life. If there are ever any threats to our water we need to address them.
This has been a long fight and there is much more to do for our people.
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is declaring victory for treaty rights and sacred places in an ongoing battle against the Republican governor of South Dakota.
The Department of Agriculture is working to elevate its relationship with tribal nations and a Lakota woman is leading the way.
From the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota to Line 5 in Michigan, pipeline operators continue to skirt the law.
“Native Sovereign Nations have been at the center of America from the beginning,” said Chairman Harold Frazier of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association.
Native Sun News Today: Native women seek federal judgeship (April 12, 2021)
Two Native lawyers with impressive resumes are seeking an appointment to the federal bench. 
#ShutDownDAPL Court Hearing (April 9, 2021)
Lakota youth came to the nation’s capital to tell the Biden administration to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. Did anyone listen? 
Cheyenne River Youth Project set to build new art center (April 5, 2021)
The Cheyenne River Youth Project will break ground for its new art center in July 2021. 
Five years since the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline became a worldwide movement, and four years after tribes and their allies took to the streets of D.C. in protest, Lakota youth returned to the nation’s capital.
Native veterans support Deb Haaland ahead of historic vote (March 15, 2021)
Native veterans and allies are stepping up to support Deb Haaland ahead of her final historic vote as Secretary of the Interior.
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