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“This is sacred ground and we want to make sure that its protected,” Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-SD, said.

Christopher Bruce reflects on a lifetime of work and the ballet that almost didn’t happen

Towards the end of the 19 th century the Native peoples of America were in a pretty rough spot. Before white settlers had arrived in the 17 th century they had spread out from coast to coast, representing numerous tribes, each with their own unique legends, customs, and cultures, but as settlers moved west, they experienced tragedy. Frontier settlers and the U.S. government would actively take land from the Natives, relocating them and violating treatises with the tribes the whole way, with Nat...

Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder by author Ken Nerburn .  In it, two men, one white and one Indian, one middle aged, one an elder, struggle to find a common voice despite their disparate experiences and world views. Dan, a Native American elder, leads Nerburn through reservation life and the majestic western Dakotas deep into the world of Indian towns and forgotten roads that inspire memories of Ghost Dances and Sitting Bull. Readers glimpse and learn of Dan’s wo...

Forum, Jan. 16: What the conviction of Trump in the Senate could achieve Published: 1/15/2021 10:00:04 PM Modified: 1/15/2021 10:00:03 PM What the conviction of Trump in the Senate could achieve I write in response to Bill Donahue’s thoughtful letter (“Don’t give Trump a platform,” Dec. 15), which suggests that the Senate dismiss the article of impeachment “on the grounds that Donald Trump will not be in office anymore.” That would mean Trump “will no longer have a platform in Co...