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Return of the Bison
September 13, 2022It's been 200 years, but bison are finally returning home, to Fort Peck. “It’s a special day,” said Larry Wetsit, Assiniboine, the vice president of community services at Fort Peck Community College. “Our people have been waiting and praying about this for a couple hundred years. My relations, there were hundreds of them, starved on several occasions here as we were placed on the reservation. It was all about having no buffalo. That was the low part in our history, the lowest we could go. This is a start on the road to recovery.” Read the full story , and see more photos...…September 13, 2022It's been 200 years, but bison are finally returning home, to Fort Peck. “It’s a special day,” said Larry Wetsit, Assiniboine, the vice president of community services at Fort Peck Community College. “Our people have been waiting and praying about this for a couple hundred years. My relations, there were hundreds of them, starved on several occasions here as we were placed on the reservation. It was all about having no buffalo. That was the low part in our history, the lowest we could go. This is a start on the road to recovery.” Read the full story , and see more photos...WW…
Conspiracy theories threaten Native sacred sites
September 13, 2022Is it a home to a mine for spaceship fuel? Could it be a portal to another dimension ready to be activated? Is it a place of hidden paranormal powers? Was it a safe spot to be when the 2012 Mayan prophecy predicted the end of the world or was it the place to be during the Harmonic Convergence in 1987? Was it built by a race of evil giants? Does its evil power need to be exorcised by Christians?In its stranger-than-fiction modern history, the Serpent Mound is routinely appropriated to support these outlandish claims and more. Built by ancient Indigenous peoples, the Serpent...…September 13, 2022Is it a home to a mine for spaceship fuel? Could it be a portal to another dimension ready to be activated? Is it a place of hidden paranormal powers? Was it a safe spot to be when the 2012 Mayan prophecy predicted the end of the world or was it the place to be during the Harmonic Convergence in 1987? Was it built by a race of evil giants? Does its evil power need to be exorcised by Christians?In its stranger-than-fiction modern history, the Serpent Mound is routinely appropriated to support these outlandish claims and more. Built by ancient Indigenous peoples, the Serpent...WW…
Tribes to Joe Biden: Stop Dakota Access Pipeline
September 14, 2022Emboldened by President Joe Biden’s action to rescind former President Donald Trump’s presidential permit to the Keystone XL pipeline project, leaders of four Sioux tribes are requesting Biden take action on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. Leaders of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Standing Rock Tribe sent a letter to Biden on Tuesday requesting he take quick and decisive action on the Dakota Access Pipeline within the first 10 days of his administration.A copy of the four-page letter is posted on the Standing Rock...…September 14, 2022Emboldened by President Joe Biden’s action to rescind former President Donald Trump’s presidential permit to the Keystone XL pipeline project, leaders of four Sioux tribes are requesting Biden take action on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. Leaders of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Standing Rock Tribe sent a letter to Biden on Tuesday requesting he take quick and decisive action on the Dakota Access Pipeline within the first 10 days of his administration.A copy of the four-page letter is posted on the Standing Rock...WW…
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