ROSEBUD – Tokala Inajinyo Youth Leadership staff expressed concern over the future of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative after the US President-elect is sworn into office. In June 2021, Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland established the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. Her official memorandum outlined plans for the Initiative, stating “the Department [of Interior]Continue reading “Sicangu youth voice concerns to tribal council”
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Pipestone Quarry threatened
PIPESTONE, Minn. – A rock quarry where Indigenous people from across the continent harvest red stone to make ceremonial pipe bowls is threatened by continued petroleum pipeline development. The existing Magellan pipeline supplied gas to consumers in Minnesota before the permit expired in 2022. The pipeline is owned by ONEOK, a company based in Tulsa,Continue reading “Pipestone Quarry threatened”
Funding will bring electricity to tribal homes
SOUTH DAKOTA – A $71 million investment from the Investing in America agenda to electrify homes in 13 communities across Indian Country will help close the access-to-electricity gap. Two Lakota tribes will receive a share of this funding to improve services in their communities. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will receive $11.8 million in funding forContinue reading “Funding will bring electricity to tribal homes”
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