
Native educator teaches healing wisdom with Traditional gardening
By Grace Terry Native Sun News Today Correspondent | June 2, 2023
On April 5, 2023, Lucille Grignon (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Nation), presented a virtual “healing camp” sponsored by The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC) titled “Planting Seeds in the Community.” Grignon, called “Lucy,” is a dedicated Indigenous healer, educator, and advocate for her community...

‘Reclaiming our place in the sacred circle’
First Two-Spirit Powwow in He SapaBy Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa Native Sun News Today Editor-in-Chief | June 2, 2023
RAPID CITY – Two brave Lakota Winyan (women) have conquered the stigma and paved a path for other Two-Spirit Natives. Monique “Muffie” Mousseau and Felipa DeLeon-Mousseau, members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, found their calling in Indian Country and for more than a decade have...

Lettie Irons Connell, a behind the scenes warrior
By Clara Caufield, Northern Cheyenne Correspondent | June 2, 2023
Not all military heroes served on the front lines. One such who has served in the background is Lettie Irons Connell, Standing Rock Sioux. Connell, seventy-five is Lakota Sioux, of the Hunkpapa band from Standing Rock North Dakota. Her family, the Waggoner/Irons lived at Fort Yates on...

Grading the mayoral candidates on their grasp of Native issues
By James Giago Davies, Native Sun News Today Correspondent | May 26, 2023
RAPID CITY—Given Rapid City’s sizeable Native population, one has to wonder why only one mayoral candidate saw fit to mention Natives on their website. Laura Armstrong, Brad Estes, Josh Lyle, Jason Salamun and Ron Weifenbach have all tossed their hats into the ring, and all...

Court denies Department of Interior motion to dismiss OST suit
By James Giago Davies, Native Sun News Today Correspondent | May 26, 2023
RAPID CITY—On May 23, 2023, the South Dakota District Court ruled in favor of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST), denying a motion to dismiss, brought by the US Department of Interior (DOI) OST was the plaintiff in this case, DOI was the defendant. OST sought...