Oliver J. Semans

Rights Do Have a Cost

“Everyone talks about rights, but they have a cost,” said attorney Sara Frankenstein in a recent article on ICTMN.com (“With 2014 Elections Looming, N...

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April 02, 2013
Chuck Trimble

Wounded Knee Massacre Site Not a Good Investment for Speculators

 

 

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February 13, 2013
Oliver J. Semans

Native Vote Packs a Punch—Again

Who would think that a group that makes up about one percent of the overall population could carry such a wallop? From 2000, when we defeated infamous “Indian fighter” U.S....

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November 15, 2012
Valarie Tom

My Brief Encounter With Russell Means

I was a reporter with an NBC news station in New Mexico in the winter of 2003. The morning newspaper I was reading reported that Russell Means was going to speak to students at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado that afternoon in a presentation....

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October 28, 2012

Carlisle Indian School's History Must Be Preserved So Those Who Suffered Aren't Forgotten

Suzan Shown Harjo
October 11, 2012
When the U.S...

Nebraska's Wellnitz Fire on Pine Ridge Reservation Nearly Contained, Authorities Say

ICTMN Staff
September 04, 2012
Charred remains were what was left of a chunk of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Tuesday September 4 after a Nebraska wildfire bled over the state border onto Oglala Sioux ter...
Oliver J. Semans

Chairman Stanley Crooks, a Great Leader, Is on His Journey to the Spirit World

How do you describe the loss of a modern day warrior, a chief, and a friend? That’s where I am at today after hearing about the loss of Chairman Stanley Crooks of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community....

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August 31, 2012

Lakota Woman Aims to Be First Oglala Sioux Law Enforcement Park Ranger

Gale Courey Toensing
August 27, 2012
Sunny Clifford would like to be the first female full time law enforcement park ranger for the Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation Authority ...

Wide Open Spaces: Beauty and Tranquility on a Grand Scale in the Badlands

Stephanie Woodard
July 29, 2012
There are good times to be had in the Badlands . To fully enjoy them, get off the beaten path (i.e...

Eat, Stay, Shop—At Pine Ridge

Stephanie Woodard
June 26, 2012
Here are a few Pine Ridge tourist establishments; for more, go to LakotaMall.com , or contact the Pine Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce ( PineRidgeChamber.com ; 605-455-2685), which ...

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