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Lakota player lands spot on professional football team (May 18, 2021)

The unlikely journey for Teton Saltes, the New York Jets’ latest recruit, started as an afterthought.

Charmaine White Face: Fortitude in fighting for Indian health care (May 7, 2021)

When Donna Gilbert asked me to be a part of her lawsuit, I immediately said yes. After having survived three other lawsuits, I should have been leery.

Tim Giago: A wacipi that hid many secrets (May 3, 2021)

Every Lakota knows where we have been and now we are struggling to find out where we are going.

Infrastructure in Indigenous Communities: Priorities for American Jobs Plan (April 21, 2021)

The American Jobs Plan promises to invest billions of dollars in tribal and Native communities. Learn whether the proposal will generate jobs and improve infrastructure in Indian Country.

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.

Tim Giago: Voter suppression on the Pine Ridge Reservation (April 12, 2021)

It is against the culture and the traditions of the Oglala Sioux Tribe to deny its own citizens equal protection under the law.

Native Sun News Today: Resolution acknowledges Indian boarding school survivors (March 16, 2021)

“The acknowledgement of the suffering and abuse while honoring survivors’ resiliency is long overdue,” said South Dakota Rep. Peri Pourier, a citizen of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Native Sun News Today: Lakota matriarch continues to honor late husband (March 12, 2021)

“I do this memorial in the Lakota way for my husband,” says Lula Red Cloud.

Tim Giago: We need a Native American on the federal judge’s bench (February 24, 2021)

As a Native American woman, Lakota lawyer Sara Boensch Collins will bring that special something to the federal bench that is, for the most part, non-existent.

Indian Health Service announces ‘SAFE-IHS’ hotline to report abuse (February 16, 2021)

The Indian Health Service announced a hotline to accept reports of suspected child or sexual abuse following controversy involving a pediatrician who was convicted of crimes against young patients.

Pine Ridge Reservation signs defaced with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti (February 3, 2021)

The leader of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is condemning racially charged vandalism of two welcome signs on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (January 26, 2021)

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No, 20-5201, on November 4, 2020.

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (January 26, 2021)

A federal appeals court won’t stop oil from flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline even though the government acted “unlawfully” in approving it.

Jim Kent: Sometimes the truth hurts in Indian Country (January 14, 2021)

People who think the world revolves around them do tend to expect everyone else to share their belief.

Native Sun News Today Editorial: A month of tragedies for our people (December 23, 2020)

December has not been kind to the people of the Great Sioux Nation, but as survivors we continue to carry on our spirituality and traditions.

Tim Giago: Will America ever own up to its sins at Wounded Knee? (December 21, 2020)

America has not apologized for the Wounded Knee Massacre and the Medal of Honor winners are still looked upon as heroes by the United States.

Lakota leader Tom Poor Bear dies after battle with COVID-19 (December 17, 2020)

From advancing treaty rights to fighting the Keystone XL Pipeline, Tom Poor Bear dedicated his life to the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Tribes host Dr. Fauci as COVID-19 crisis continues in Indian Country (December 10, 2020)

Lakota leaders continue to see an increase of COVID-19 cases in their territory.

Native Sun News Today: Oglala Sioux Tribe slams approval of uranium mining project (December 9, 2020)

The Trump administration has approved a controversial mining operation on Sioux Nation treaty territory in South Dakota.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Confronting racism and homelessness among our people (December 7, 2020)

Lakota people are falling through the cracks due to lack of understanding on all sides.

Youth program on Pine Ridge Reservation suffers setback (December 7, 2020)

The Grinch came early this year, ransacking a popular youth program on the Pine Ridge Reservation and leaving some in the tribal community wondering who could be so heartless.

Tim Giago: Singing the old Holy Rosary Mission fight song (November 30, 2020)

As often happens with boys from the Indian boarding schools, we shared a lot of memories, good and bad.

‘They want to see change’: Voters of Oglala Sioux Tribe elect new leaders (November 11, 2020)

Kevin Killer, a former state lawmaker, and Alicia Mousseau, an expert in health and wellness issues, will be leading the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Ivan Star Comes Out: There are people with that feeling of Native kinship (November 10, 2020)

My childhood, adolescent, and war experiences led me to perceive the world as cruel and impersonal.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Reservation government plagued by incompetence (October 29, 2020)

On and around the Pine Ridge Reservation, we cope endlessly with racial intolerance.

Native Sun News Today: Tribes take steps to bridge digital divide (October 29, 2020)

“We’ll see in the coming years how this is going to change our communities,” said Ernest Weston Jr. of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Planning Office.

Native volunteers set up tipi camp to help address homelessness (October 22, 2020)

Native people are trying to address homelessness in their community. A former cop who now serves as mayor is standing in their way.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Our ancestors never surrendered as a sovereign nation (October 19, 2020)

As Lakota people, we struggle to experience even a fraction of what “white privilege” provides for the bigot in this country.

Ivan Star Comes Out: We still don’t know how to govern ourselves (October 9, 2020)

We have living conditions that hinder our desire to be treated with dignity and to be governed equitably or even to be truly self-governing.

Native Sun News Today: Tribes make final push for industrial hemp rule (October 7, 2020)

Comments are due on a final rule that tribes and their advocates say makes it more difficult for them to grow hemp on their homelands.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Respecting the rights of all people (October 7, 2020)

We as Native people have a humongous task of relearning our cultural teachings.

Native Sun News Today: Oglala Sioux Tribe heads into election season (October 5, 2020)

Voters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have 11 presidential candidates to choose from, plus four running for vice president.

Native Sun News Today: Tribes work to address lack of internet (September 24, 2020)

On tribal lands, only 65 percent of the population has access to broadband. Half of tribal rural households don’t even have access to a fixed wireless internet provider.

Native Sun News Today: President of Oglala Sioux Tribe escapes impeachment (September 21, 2020)

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Julian Bear Runner, was not impeached after being accused of inappropriate contact with an underage boy.

‘Your silence votes for you’: Citizens of Oglala Sioux Tribe target council over impeachment vote (September 17, 2020)

The mother of a young Lakota man who accused President Julian Bear Runner of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of coercing him into sex filed a second complaint as citizens came together to support two spirits and youth on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Native Sun News Today: Tribes cite treaty rights in fight against fracking (September 15, 2020)

The tribes of the Sioux Nation are calling on the Trump administration to take treaty rights into account before issuing a decision on fracking in Wyoming.

‘You guys failed to protect me’: Oglala Sioux Tribe falls short on impeachment vote (September 15, 2020)

Despite an emotional plea from a young Lakota man, leaders of the Oglala Sioux Tribe failed to impeach President Julian Bear Runner on allegations of sexual misconduct.