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Chamberlain School Board Denies Singing of a Lakota/ Dakota Honor Song

Mitakuyapi, Cante waste napeciyuzapi....

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May 21, 2013

South Dakota School Won't Allow Native Honor Song at Graduation

ICTMN Staff
May 15, 2013
The Chamberlain Board of Education in South Dakota voted 6-1 to not allow a Native American Honor Song at its graduation ceremony May 19...

Will South Dakota School District Allow Native Honor Song at Graduation?

ICTMN Staff
April 25, 2013
The Chamberlain School District in South Dakota is expected to vote May 13 on whether to allow a Native American honor song to be performed at the graduation ceremony May 19...
Cole R. DeLaune

The Original Todd Akin: Why Voters Need Kristi Noem to Take On Mike Rounds

Less than a month after the dead-man-walking candidacies of Richard Mourdock and a now infamous Missourian culminated in predictable blowouts, a governor emeritus of South Dakota announced his own bid for the Senate in the forthcoming 2014 midterms....

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April 04, 2013

A Man Called Tree: The Stepson of Iron Eyes Cody Is a Commanding Pow Wow Presence

Tish Leizens
April 02, 2013
Robert “Tree” Cody ’s presence is commanding—not just because of his height but because he is a multi-talented flutist, singer, dancer, MC, actor and educator...

Early Pioneers of Indian Gaming Had Same Goal: To Help Their People

Gale Courey Toensing
March 27, 2013
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the legislation that dramatically changed the economic landscape for tribal nations with ca...

2013 Declared the Year of the Dakota

Stephanie Woodard
January 17, 2013
Applause broke out in St. Paul, Minnesota, city council chambers January 9 as the group approved a strongly-worded resolution recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Dakota-U.S...
Chris Mato Nunpa

A Historic and Monumental Resolution Regarding the Year of the Dakota

On Friday, December 14, 2012, the Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution titled “The Year of the Dakota: Remembering, Honoring and Truth-Telling,” which year began on December 26, 2012 through December 26, 2013....

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January 10, 2013

Late Shakopee Chairman Crooks Named Person of the Year

ICTMN Staff
January 03, 2013
The late Stanley R. Crooks, who served as the chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community for 20 years, was named the 2012 Person of the Year by Shakopee.Patch.com...
Waziyatawin

Co-Opting the Memory of the Dakota 38+2

The Idle No More campaign is in full-swing to the north, and Dakota people associated with the 38+2 memorial horse ride have apparently abandoned the struggle for justice for Indigenous people here with the promotion of their mantra “forgive everyone everything.” That feel-good slogan will be lit...

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January 01, 2013

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