Elders seek to oust Spirit Lake Tribal Council
April 12, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
FORT TOTTEN A group of more than 30 elders on the Spirit Lake Nation Reservation is calling for the ouster of the Tribal Council. Continue Reading
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Native American film to air at Culture Corner
April 4, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON At 6:30 p.m. Monday, the Culture Corner will show Dakota 38, a documentary about a group of Native Americans that journeyed to the site of the Dec. 26, 1862, mass hanging in Mankato. Continue Reading
Son of convicted murderer charged with killing man
March 29, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
FARGO A North Dakota man whose father is serving life in prison for one of the most gruesome killings in state history has been charged in federal court with first-degree murder. Continue Reading
AJC program connects Native American youth with their roots
February 7, 2013 in Lake County News-Chronicle
The Juvenile Discipline American Indian which aims to connect youth offenders with their culture as one way to reduce incarceration rates is finding success in the Arrowhead Juvenile Center. Continue Reading
Sanford to hire 2 Native American healers
January 2, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. The country’s largest rural, nonprofit hospital system is hiring two traditional Native American healers to train medical staff in the Dakotas and Minnesota in an effort to better serve the American Indian patient population. Continue Reading
Sanford Health to hire 2 Native American healers
January 2, 2013 in Grand Forks Herald
The country’s largest rural, nonprofit hospital system is hiring two traditional Native American healers to train medical staff in the Dakotas and Minnesota in an effort to better serve the American Indian patient population. Continue Reading
Report: Pine Ridge’s jail overcrowded
December 26, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
The Oglala Sioux Tribal Offenders Facility in Pine Ridge operated at 432 percent of its rated capacity in June 2011, making it the most overcrowded American Indian correctional facility in the country. Continue Reading
US attorneys to meet with tribal officials
September 6, 2012 in The Daily Republic
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Fifteen U.S. attorneys who make up the Department of Justice’s Native American Issues Subcommittee are slated to meet in Bismarck on Thursday to discuss public safety issues in Indian Country. Continue Reading
Native American Farming and Ranching council meets in DC
August 14, 2012 in The Daily Republic
SIOUX FALLS (AP) The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Council for Native American Farming and Ranching is holding its first meeting this week.
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Lakota speakers looking to start immersion daycare
June 28, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A group of Lakota speakers on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota is trying to start a Lakota language immersion daycare for infants on the reservation. Continue Reading
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