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Sarah Sunshine Manning

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Power of Oceti Sakowin Women, Great Sioux Nation, Oceti Sakowin, Keystone XL, DAPL, Dakota Access Pipeline, Cultural Knowledge, Ceremony, Coming of Age Ceremony, Brave Heart Society, Faith Spotted Eagle, Native American Elders, Tribal Communities, Missouri River, Ella Deloria, Waterlily, Boarding Schools, Native American History, White Buffalo Calf Woman, Traditional Teachings, Ella Deloria, Indigenous Rights, Federal Indian Policy, Madonna Thunder Hawk, Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, Activism, Native American Activists, Indigenous Activists, Treaty Rights, Occupation of Alcatraz, Alcatraz Island, AIM, American Indian Movement, Women of All Red Nations, Lakota People’s Law Project, ICWA, Indian Child Welfare Act
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The Power of Oceti Sakowin Women

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Students line a busy intersection and overpass protesting a Jefferson County School Board proposal to emphasize patriotism and downplay civil unrest in the teaching of U.S. history, in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colorado, Thursday, September 25, 2014. Several hundred students walked out of class Thursday in the fourth straight day of protests in Jefferson County.
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Manning: 10 More Things Teachers Should Never Do When Educating Native Youth

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Ghost Dance, New Age, Minnesota, Cultural Appropriation, Wind Over Fire Healing Arts Center, Ten Moons Dance, Standing Rock, Wampanoag, Leon Carney, Lakota, Paiute, Mary Laven, Colonization, Sam Wounded Knee, Crow Creek Dakota Nation, Wovoka, Native American History
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New Age ‘Ghost Dance’ Held in Southwest Minnesota, Indigenous People Respond

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
From left, Johnnie Jae, Naelyn Pike, and Sunny Red Bear
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Manning: Here Are Four More Indigenous Women Who Are Making a Difference

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
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Our Collective Grieving for Savanna Greywind, a Beautiful Sister Lost

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Martha Mae (Collins) Manning, holding her son, Lindsey, in 1954.
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Native Baby Baskets and Cradleboards: Reclaiming the Medicine of Traditional Mothering

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Red Lake Nation, Drug Epidemic, Banishment Protocol, Drug Crisis, Native Health and Wellness, Sobriety, Red Lake Tribal Council, Red Lake Reservation, Heroin, Opioid Addiction, Darrell Seki, Medication-Assisted Treatment, Natives Against Heroin, Fentanyl, President Donald Trump, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
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Red Lake Nation Confronts Drug Crisis with New Banishment Protocol

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Good Medicine, Chokecherry, issue #3
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Branches, Leaves, Berries

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
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Taking Back Our Identity at '4th of July' Pow Wow Celebrations

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Native American Student, Chokecherry, Traditional Chokecherry Pudding, Traditional Diet, Traditional Food, Chokecherry Pudding, Native American Education, Stanford University, Native American Culture, Diabetes, Shoshone and Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Shoshone, Paiute, Uterine Cancer
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Native American Student Proves Traditional Chokecherry Pudding Is Medicine

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Rosebud Sioux Tribe, St. Francis Mission, Rev. John Hatcher, Land Return
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Jesuits Return 525 Acres to Rosebud Sioux Tribe

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Native Artist, Breanna Green
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‘Art is Medicine’ For This Young Native Artist

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
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Mother’s Day: Loving Our Mothers Without Conditions

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Frankie Tso, Jr. (Diné) holds a Photoshopped can of Pepsi while police stand close behind.
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Manning: Dear Pepsi, Our Resistance is Not for Sale

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
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The Realities of Lateral Violence Within Indian Country

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Indigenous Women – Andrea Landry with daughter, River-Jaxon, in cradleboard
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The Strength of Indigenous Women: Making a Difference, Part I

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Couples participate in the potato dance in 2016 at the annual Columbia University pow wow in New York City.
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Manning: Valentine's Day for Native Americans — or 'Indinz'

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
The late Antone Paradise, left, and his mom Colene. Antone committed suicide in 2014.
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Turning Pain Into Purpose: A Mother's Healing Story

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Rapid City Mayor Steven Allender speaks with ICMN about comments he made about Native Americans and panhandling.
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Rapid City Mayor Explains ‘Sloppy Word Choice’ About Native Americans

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Unarmed water protectors getting sprayed with water hoses, raising their hands in peace.
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Bone and Muscle in Woman’s Arm ‘Blown Away’ As Hundreds Injured on Backwater Bridge

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Water protectors honored Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with song and gifts on his visit to the Oceti Sakowin camp opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Visits Standing Rock on #NoDAPL Day of Action

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
A line of prayers and police facing off at construction site of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The takeaway: Stay peaceful, and stand firm.
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A Turbulent Week on Front Lines at DAPL

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Scenes from one of the many live feeds on Facebook of police closing in on water protectors.
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Manning: Desecration, Mace and Police Snipers With Rifles at DAPL Front Lines

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Caro Gonzales, above, speaks against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota. More water protectors are needed as the Dakota Access Pipeline inches closer and closer to the Missouri River near Standing Rock.
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Manning: Planning to Travel to Standing Rock? Now Is The Time

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Police raise weapons and approach unarmed water protectors at a peaceful action on September 28, 2016
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Manning: A Powerful Presence of Feathers, Sage, and Social Media

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Dave Iron Cloud, Oglala Lakota, and Yvette Gray, Yanktonai and Hunkpapa Lakota, sit and listen to speakers share their stories in the camps at Standing Rock. Thousands of people have traveled to the Sacred Stone camp near the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota to fight a pipeline there.
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Manning: Standing Rock Camp Undaunted, Committed, Peaceful

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Water protectors chained themselves to equipment and rallied at several Dakota Access pipeline construction sites on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 13 and 14.
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‘Our Ancestors Are Here With Us’: Water Protectors Halt DAPL Construction, Arrests Made

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Following initial arrests, water protectors and supporters continued to stress respectful relations with North Dakota law enforcement. "These people are not our enemies, they are North Dakotans, too, and they drink the same water," said John Eagle, SRST's historic preservation officer. "They are here to protect all of us." Chairman Archambault, Keeper of the Pipe Arvol Looking Horse and representatives from 180 Indian nations are camped along the Cannonball River in prayer and unity to protect their water.
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North Dakota Governor Activates National Guard, Tribal Leaders Respond

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Water protectors in North Dakota locked themselves to construction equipment in non-violent direct action against the Dakota Access Pipeline Tuesday.
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Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline Halted Again By Non-Violent Direct Action

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline, or "water protectors," were attacked with dogs, pepper spray on Saturday near the site of the pipeline route.
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Manning: ‘And Then the Dogs Came’: Dakota Access Gets Violent, Destroys Graves, Sacred Sites

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
The family of Vernon Renville, Jr., above, who was shot and killed, vows to continue his work of fighting for gay rights.
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Family of Late Two-Spirit Advocate Continues His Work

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Mother and child at the frontlines on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota on August 16, 2016. With so many Indigenous people, allies coming together to protect Mother Earth, in many ways, we have already won, writes Sarah Sunshine Manning.
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Manning: In So Many Ways, We Have Already Won

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Arvol Looking Horse stands in front of Mato Tipila, a sacred site in Wyoming. The sacred pipe, or "canupa," must be respected during talks regarding the Black Hills, Looking Horse, a nineteenth-generation pipe carrier, said.
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When It Comes to the Black Hills, Sacred Pipe Must Be Honored, Elder Says

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, right, announces charges against two Colorado for conspiracy to grow marijuana. Eric Hagen and Jonathon Hunt assisted the assisted the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe in South Dakota with its marijuana venture.
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Charges Filed Against Men Assisting Santee Sioux Marijuana Venture

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Poster of the 40th Annual American Indian Film Festival.
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Seven Events Worth Experiencing: 2016 Hot List

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
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Manning: Pushing Back Against Racist War Cry Mockery

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Shoshone, Paiute, and Bannock people gather for a sunrise service at the Return of the Boise Valley People gathering earlier this month.
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Manning: Following Forced Removal, Tribes Return to Boise Valley

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
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Manning: This Is a Victory For Us All

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
A two-week long search for three Lakota men ended Monday evening after the men were found dead in the vehicle they were last reportedly seen in.
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Breaking: Missing Men From Pine Ridge Found Dead

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Allison Renville of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate gifts Bernie Sanders with beaded moccasins and sweet grass.
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Manning: Sanders Advocates for Tribes, Mother Earth

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
From left, Juan Lamont, Tevin Tyon, and Tyrell Wilson have been missing since may 7.
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Three Lakota Men Still Missing; State of Emergency Declared

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Bernie Sanders will be visiting reservations in S.D.
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Bernie Sanders to Visit Pine Ridge, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls: South Dakota Tribal Members Weigh In

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Cheyenne Eagle Butte Elementary School archers draw their bows at an archery competition. An all-Lakota youth archery team from South Dakota is on its way to a national tournament.
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All-Lakota Youth Archery Team Advances to National Tournament

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Cheyenne Eagle Butte Elementary School archers draw their bows at an archery competition. An all-Lakota youth archery team from South Dakota is on its way to a national tournament.
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All-Lakota Youth Archery Team Advances to National Tournament

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Yellowstone National Park trails. For thousands of years, Native Americans prayed and celebrated life on the land claimed by the National Parks Service, Sarah Sunshine Manning writes.
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Manning: Bitter Sweet Anniversary With National Parks Service

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Workforce Development participants build the frame for the Workforce Development pole barn.
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Thunder Valley CDC Begins Grassroots Housing and Community Construction on Pine Ridge

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Graduates of Tiospa Zina Tribal School, class of 2015.
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Manning: Indigenous Women’s History Empowers Native American Youth

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
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International Women's Day: Honor the Strength of Indigenous Women

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
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Manning: 'The Feminine Magic That is Us,' a Poem Honoring Women's History Month

By Sarah Sunshine Manning
Boys play basketball on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada. On or off the basketball court, when the youth win, we all win, says ICTMN columnist Sarah Sunshine Manning.
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Manning: Love and Rez Ball, State Titles, and Community Hope

By Sarah Sunshine Manning