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Tribal elder Dorothy Herman voted in North Dakota for more than 40 years. Until 2014, that is, when a new state law meant she couldn’t obtain acceptable identification for that election, no matter how hard she tried. On January 20 of this year, she and six more Native voters who were disenfranchised in 2014 filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s recently enacted limitations on the types of documents that can be used to obtain a ballot. The list of documents does include tribal ID, along with driver’s licenses, non-driver IDs and long-...
PIERRE – South Dakota State Representative Kristi Noem represents the popularity of her constituent’s voice which often times can be unpopular with the Native American tribal members in South Dakota. But in putting politics aside, there are certain things to which all state citizens and tribal leaders can agree with, including changing policy and forming laws to protect women and children. Native Sun News interviewed Rep. Noem regarding her work in human and sex trafficking. She has written and sponsored the passing of anti-trafficking bil...
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) introduced a Senate resolution January 21 to support removal of Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill. “As president, Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policies led to the forced relocation of millions and the death of thousands of American Indians,” reads a press release from Lankford. The release also points out how in June 2014, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that a significant woman from American history would be put on the copy0 bill. This denomination was chosen because its next on the Treasury’s list of pape...
WASHINGTON – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) Thursday, January 21, 2016, introduced a Senate resolution to support the removal of Andrew Jackson from the twenty-dollar bill. As president, Andrew Jackson’s Indian removal policies led to the forced relocation of millions, and the death of thousands, of American Indians. In June, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that a significant woman from American history would be placed on the ten-dollar bill. This denomination was selected because it is currently next on the Treasury’s list of paper curre...
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee is expanding its inquiry into the "substandard" level of care at the Indian Health Service. The panel is holding an oversight hearing next Wednesday into the Great Plains Area at the agency. Tribes in the region -- particularly those in Nebraska and South Dakota -- have consistently complained about management failures and cutbacks in service that have contributed to serious problems at hospitals and clinics on their reservations. To address the concerns, five top officials from the Department of Health and...
WESLACO- Two people deceived many who are in the country illegally by selling them fake American Indian tribe certificates. They’re expected to go before a judge to learn their fate. Humberto Reveles and Maria Isabel Lerma pleaded guilty in the case. The office where they conducted business was raided by federal authorities in 2014. It looked like a flower shop on the outside. The office is where the Reveles and Lerma would conduct business, taking advantage of people in the country illegally. They sold documents to them for thousands of d...
The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., is closed as the East Coast prepares for a major blizzard. The museum, along with other Smithsonian facilities, shut its doors at noon and will remain closed on Saturday and Sunday. A post on Facebook cited "heavy snow and high winds" in the nation's capital. Snow began falling in D.C. and in the region around 1:30pm Eastern. Forecasts are calling for 20 to 30 inches over the weekend. The storm is also going to hit New York City so the NMAI in Lower Manhattan has postponed the...
CLEARWATER RIVER DENE NATION – Tragedy severely hit the Clearwater River Dene First Nation on Friday afternoon. Police officials have confirmed four people were killed and another two injured at the school and a private residence in the community of La Loche on the Clearwater River Dene Nation on Friday, January 22, 2016. A suspect, reportedly a boy, has been taken into custody. “Right now, La Loche is devastated,” said Clearwater River Dene Nation Chief Teddy Clark to the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. “The community pulls together really strong...
EL CAJON (KUSI) - San Diego County Crime Stoppers and El Cajon Police Department investigators were continuing to search for leads Friday to help locate 20-year-old Elijah Bear Diaz. Diaz was last seen on August 29, 2015 when he was dropped off, at approximately 10 p.m. by his mother, at his residence on Joey Lane in El Cajon. She reported him missing the following day. During the investigation, El Cajon police detectives discovered that Elijah’s cell phone had been turned off on August 30, 2015. http://www.kusi.com/story/31...
