The Wrap: Oglala Sioux Tribe takes steps to protect Black Hills
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RAPID CITY, S.D. – The recent blocking of a proposed uranium mine is just one of the many steps the Oglala Sioux Tribe says it’s taking to protect the Black Hills.
Throughout the summer, the Oglala Sioux Tribe and other Oceti Sakowin nations have taken several different pathways toward change, including memorandums of understanding with the U.S. Forestry Service and even blocking a proposed uranium mine. READ MORE. — Amelia Schafer, ICT
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BOULDER, Colo. — Thursday, Sept. 26, was a big day for the future of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, as attorneys argued for and against the legality of President Joe Biden’s decision to reinstate the monuments after former President Trump reduced their original size.
For about an hour, attorneys presented their oral arguments in two lawsuits challenging the monuments — Garfield v. Biden and Dalton v. Biden — which have now been consolidated into one case, before a panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. READ MORE. — Utah News Dispatch
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In 2022, staff at the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal historic preservation office identified over 200 sacred or funerary objects in the Museum of the Cherokee People that should not be publicly displayed. Taking them down left gaping holes in the museum’s main gallery. The staff soon filled the empty display cases with a companion exhibit, called “Disruption,” which responded to the removed artifacts. READ MORE. — Daily Yonder
Less than a month after an $8 million federal award for electric transportation, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe has been awarded nearly $12 million to electrify homes across the reservation.
The $11.8 million award for Rosebud is the largest in the second round of funding from the Interior Department through the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Tribal Electrification Program. Rosebud was awarded $1 million through the program in March. READ MORE. — South Dakota Searchlight
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