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Native Americans today are facing serious challenges as a result of events that happened almost seven generations ago, when our culture and way of life were almost completely destroyed. When such deva...

April 8, 2017

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Impacting a Community: A Vision of Hope on the Reservation

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How does tangible change take hold of a community and make a profound impact? It doesn’t happen overnight or even over a handful of years, yet it only takes one small pebble to make a ripple that even...

March 31, 2017

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Becoming a Lakota (Part 2)

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“During my junior year, I became the right hand man to Brother Renee Roy. He was an English major, and he was fostering me to go to Notre Dame. He introduced me to Macbeth and Hamlet…I loved that,” sh...

March 23, 2017

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Becoming a Lakota (Part 1)

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“I’m on a mission. I want to bring hope. I want to challenge how people perceive their world so we can heal and diversity can flourish,” explains Reuben Fast Horse, a member of the Hunkpapha Lakota fr...

March 20, 2017

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Before the Cut Is Too Deep (Part 2)

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“When a person cuts, it calms them down, and that registers in the brain as a calming mechanism,” says Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, a certified clinical trauma professional who frequently appears as an mental ...

March 13, 2017

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Before the Cut Is Too Deep (Part 1)

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It wasn’t until well into my teaching career that I began noticing an epidemic. At first it wasn’t apparent to me. Teenagers love to express themselves with shocking hairstyles, unique makeup, and ecc...

March 9, 2017

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Adorned in Self-Worth (Part 2)

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Through the Adorned Campaign, Amanda’s main message for the youth is “you are more!” She addresses the vital differences between self-esteem and self-worth, referencing Dr. Christina Hibbert, clinical...

March 1, 2017

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Adorned in Self-Worth (Part 1)

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In the United States, a person dies from suicide every 12.3 minutes. The suicide rate among American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents and young adults ages 15-24 is 1.5 times the national average. The...

February 27, 2017

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The Voice of a Generation: Bobbi Jean Three Legs (Part 2)

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With little response from the U.S. Army Corps Engineers, Bobbi Jean and the other runners grew eager to take more action, so they announced they would be running across the nation some 2,000 miles to ...

February 23, 2017

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