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There is a younger columnist whose writing has caught my attention in re cent times. I have been greatly im pressed by, first of all, his good writing style. He talks to his readers, straight talk about what he thinks, not mincing words. More ... I am not a great advocate of gambling. When I was around the age of thirteen went to my friend’s house and we were sent to go the movies. He was a little older than me and I liked hanging out with him. We did many things in the inner city of Denver. One of the things we liked doing was playing billiards. More ... Our children are our most precious resource. As Lakota people we regularly offer prayers for our young people, chil dren and unborn generations to have a better life. One hundred years ago, our Lakota ancestors thought the same about us because we were the unborn they prayed for to have a better way of life. More ... Le Wico'oyake Ki Wocet'unklake (English Translation in next week’s column) Wico'oyake ki kola wayas wan omankiyake ehanni Lame Deer Montana eyapikoskalake wan ata way in nan oko laya wakage. Semni ki he igluhake nan tuweni nanpedye sni silya opi'iciye ki heca. Yunkan owayat'ke wan el ataye ankiceyapi nan kla kola uniciyapi. More ... Some of the significant legislation working its way through the Legislature during the third week of Session were two proposals that modify the South Dakota Retirement System. Senate Bill 20 will create a sliding scale for the annual cost of living increase based on the financial soundness of the fund and Senate Bill 18 will add restrictions to the matter of retire/ rehire. More ... I have the honor of representing nine sovereign Lakota, Nakota and Dakota tribes in Congress. As you may know, the 2010 Census is coming and we need everyone in Indian Country to be counted. More ... In the past few weeks, our television screens and newspapers have been filled with heartbreaking images of the devas tation following January’s earthquake in the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The pow erful earthquake has claimed thousands of lives and left many more injured, homeless, and hungry. U.S. More ... I see in the last council minutes of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe that they voted to change their Name from Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to the Standing Rock Oyate but were voted down. One Tribe in the Aberdeen Area has already done that, the Sisseton/Wahpeton Oyate. More ... |
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