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Tag: American Indians
Tribal Relations Secretary David Flute had to take some heat aimed at his patron (matron?) Governor Kristi Noem at the Capitol yesterday. With Flute testifying…
The Hill reports that South Bend mayor and Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is using Native American Day to propose a wide-ranging plan for boosting tribal…
NPR reports that the Cherokee Nation is finally following up on the 1835 treaty pledge granting it the right to send a delegate to the…
KELO-TV blips a longer AP story about University of Oregon historian Jeffrey Ostler’s new book Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the…
Earlier this month, the USDA moved up its timeline for issuing hemp regulations, saying it would post the rules necessary to implement the 2018 Farm…
The Water Management Board’s meeting to schedule hearings on the Keystone XL pipeline-build water permits yesterday included an awkward intercultural moment: One presenter identified himself…
Did you know that our gay and lesbian neighbors couldn’t get married on Pine Ridge until this month? I sure didn’t… but sure enough, Obergefell v.…
If you’re going to the Cities this weekend to see the Twins play the Indians, why not make it a doubleheader and go to the…
Rookie Congressman Dusty Johnson sounded like he was on the sensible side of South Dakota history in February when he said the Wounded Knee Massacre…