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HUD secretary tours Rosebud Reservation

Federal official announces $65M to support affordable housing in Indian Country STEVE YOUNG • syoung@argusleader.com • August 25, 2010 ROSEBUD - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan saw the worst and best of housing Tuesday on the Rosebud Reservation but also insisted that he is seeing progress. Donovan toured the reservation with Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., in preparation for a joint Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee field hearing today in Rapid City. ... read more

Dam compensation for tribes proposed S.D.

WASHINGTON - Decades after the federal government's damming of the Missouri River flooded prime land on several Native American reservations and forced thousands of families to relocate, a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to make amends. The group, including all three members of South Dakota's congressional delegation, has introduced legislation that would establish a commission to review outstanding claims and recommend a comprehensive resolution to an issue that's festered since 1944 - when the government decided to erect the dams to protect communities such as Pierre from annual flooding. ... read more

Language revitalization on the Standing Rock Reservation

FORT YATES, N.D. – As many tribal communities look at new methods to revitalize their traditional language, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sponsored its 4th Annual Lakota Language Summer Institute June 7 – 25, with close to 60 participants in attendance from across the Great Plains region. ... read more

• TEROs ARE KEY IN BUY INDIAN/BUY NATIVE INITIATIVE Wed Aug 18, 06:55 am
• Director at Rosebud domestic violence shelter and two board members resign Tue Aug 17, 07:58 am
• Kevin Keckler Top's the Field in CRST Primary Wed Aug 11, 12:04 pm
• Director Named For Sanford Indian Health Office Wed Aug 11, 09:04 am
• Obama signs ‘historic’ Tribal Law and Order Act Mon Aug 2, 07:34 am
• Standing Rock Housing Former Finance Officer Pleads Guilty to Bribery Thu Jul 22, 05:46 am
• House passes Tribal Law and Order Act Thu Jul 22, 05:38 am
• “Native American Jobs” (NAJ) Launches New Job Search Engine Tue Jul 13, 08:20 am
• Indian Health woes draw Senate scrutiny into Aberdeen-based system Thu Jul 1, 08:12 am
• Tribes Says "Final Decision" Wed Jun 23, 10:20 am
• FBI joins the search for A.J. Lufkins Wed Jun 23, 10:11 am
• Former School Manager Sentenced For Embezzlement Wed Jun 23, 10:01 am
• Protesters decry deputy's shooting of Native American Wed Jun 2, 08:18 am
• Crow Creek Tribal School Starts $35M Project Mon May 31, 10:13 am
• Shooting of Native man by sheriff's deputy key topic at SANI-T forum Fri May 21, 07:48 am
• Fighting Sioux nickname supporters on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Sat May 15, 08:09 am
• Oglala Sioux member named head of BIA Tue Apr 27, 07:14 am
• Richard Marshall found not guilty in 1975 AIM slaying Fri Apr 23, 07:29 am
• Crow Creek Sioux Chairman Loses Election Mon Apr 19, 15:01 pm
• Standing Rock Tribal Officials Accused of Embezzlement Sun Apr 18, 13:52 pm
• N.D. higher ed board retires Fighting Sioux nickname, logo Fri Apr 9, 17:45 pm
• Standing Rock Getting More Law Officers Wed Apr 7, 13:54 pm
• Standing Rock puts nickname issue back in the hands of higher ed board Wed Apr 7, 13:49 pm
• Wilma Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, passes Tue Apr 6, 18:34 pm
• Dorgan cites health bill benefits for Tribes Thu Apr 1, 09:27 am
• Archie Baumann First Dakota Enterprises of Ft. Pierre. Pleads Guilty Tue Mar 30, 11:23 am
• Standing Rock Petition in the Hands of the Chairman Tue Mar 23, 16:41 pm
• Update - Standing Rock nickname supporters to submit petition Sat Mar 13, 09:27 am
• Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Celebrates Land Return Mon Mar 8, 13:36 pm
• Sharing stories of Sitting Bull - Ernie LaPointe Sun Mar 7, 21:51 pm
• Standing Rock nickname supporters report 850 signatures on petition Thu Mar 4, 07:46 am
• Feds built juvenile detention facility on Red Lake Reservation -- and it's never been used Sat Feb 27, 08:29 am
• Sitting Bull College students visit Capitol Hill Sat Feb 27, 08:21 am
• CRST Reservation Water System Needs Upgrade Thu Feb 18, 08:06 am
• MSNBC commentator got on his soapbox - Makes the Difference Fri Feb 12, 16:59 pm
• Expert encourages tribes to tackle suicide, gangs Fri Feb 12, 12:45 pm
• Storm disaster for Sioux flies under compassion radar Thu Feb 11, 09:32 am
• Nickname supporters at Standing Rock begin push to add UND nickname to ballot - UPDATE Thu Feb 18, 08:15 am
• United States Moves to Dismiss Indictment Against John Graham Thu Feb 4, 10:21 am
• California Tribe Sends Disaster aid Wed Feb 3, 11:21 am
• Another Native American Mascot Tue Feb 2, 12:39 pm
• Session Will Examine Indian Crime Mon Feb 1, 14:31 pm
• Reservation providing shelter, food to storm victims Wed Jan 27, 11:03 am
• UPDATE Water, power outages remain on SD reservation Mon Feb 1, 14:40 pm
• GOP leader continues ‘honest injun’ controversy Thu Jan 14, 12:14 pm
• Feds order new crackdown on crimes on Indian reservations nationwide Mon Jan 11, 20:27 pm
• Dorgan shocks with retirement Fri Jan 8, 13:48 pm
• Minnesota casino sues Henderson’s Mystic Lodge over name Fri Jan 8, 13:43 pm
• Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land Mon Jan 4, 08:32 am
• Gunman shoots man three times outside LNI Thu Dec 17, 09:01 am
• Officials put crisis of reservation suicides 'front and center' at LNI Thu Dec 17, 08:45 am
• Obama administration moves to settle Cobell Tue Dec 8, 14:41 pm
• Tribe To Protest Land Auction With Tipi Sit-In Tue Dec 8, 13:31 pm
• Crow Creek Tribe VS America - Land Sells at Public Auction Fri Dec 4, 09:15 am
• Tribal spending for D.C. travel concerns some Sun Nov 22, 09:08 am
• Court won't hear Redskins case Justices decline to review ruling on team nickname Sun Nov 22, 09:05 am
• Peniska sentenced to 110 years in prison for rape, child abuse Fri Nov 13, 10:33 am
• Obama for Indian country Fri Nov 6, 07:32 am
• Tribal chairman: 'No deadlines' in Sioux logo talk Tue Nov 3, 09:33 am
• Standing Rock Housing Official Charged With Theft - UPDATE Mon Nov 9, 12:09 pm
• Standing Rock inauguration Wednesday Sat Oct 24, 09:21 am
• Charlie Murphy Unseat's Incumbant Ron His Horses Thunder Fri Oct 2, 17:39 pm
• Bluie’ Jewett coming home after 59 years Mon Sep 7, 08:04 am
• New details in decade-old Whiteclay killings Sun Sep 6, 12:38 pm
• United Tribes receives Citizen Corps Award 20 August 2009 Sat Jan 9, 11:13 am
• Standing Rock Primary Goes To Court Sat Jan 9, 11:12 am
• Tribes Unite Over Blackhills Sat Jan 9, 11:12 am
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National News

• Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Eyes New Iowa Competition Tue May 25, 10:44 am
• Two defendants awaiting trial Fri Apr 23, 07:27 am
• Native American broke barriers in wrestling Tue Feb 2, 12:33 pm
• Ted Turner and Native Americans in row over fate of Yellowstone Bison Sat Jan 9, 11:10 am
• Another new oil formation in N.D.? Sun Nov 22, 09:21 am
• Man shoots mountain lion taking cat nap in front yard Fri Nov 13, 08:36 am
• McLaughlin man sentenced to 210 months for assault and sexual contact charges Mon Nov 9, 11:58 am
• Pushing for tribal energy development Thu Nov 5, 08:26 am
• Indian college president faces backlash on tuition Wed Nov 4, 07:13 am
• Man arrested for Fort Berthold homicide Sat Oct 24, 09:10 am
• Housing bill introduced to assist Native veterans Fri Oct 2, 17:43 pm
• Task force to probe missing, murdered women in Manitoba Sun Sep 6, 12:34 pm
• Interview with IHS leader Yvette Roubideaux Fri Aug 28, 14:29 pm
• Plan Would Revamp Indian Health Fri Aug 28, 14:55 pm
• Injustice continues: Leonard Peltier denied parole Fri Aug 28, 14:50 pm
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