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A Simple HELLO Gives Hope

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What does changing the course of someone’s life look like? Is it possible that a simple gesture, a smile, a note, a hello can stop someone from taking his or her life? According to those who have eith...

February 12, 2021

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Native American land and loss - Part 3

Native Hope with Trisha Burke

"The Dawes Act affects me every day," explains Peter Lengkeek, Tribal Chairman of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe (Hunkpati Oyate). Peter holds out his hand and continues, "Because of the Dawes Act, I own ...

February 8, 2021

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Native American land and loss - Part 2

Native Hope with Trisha Burke

"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." In the first installment of this series, I mention this notion regarding Native American Land and Loss. The age-old phrase still applies as we look at aspect...

January 3, 2021

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An education journey and the need to go further

Dennis Metcalf

My reservation, the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, lies along the Missouri River in the middle of South Dakota, where long stretches of land move like waves. Riding in the car to and from Chamberlain ...

December 20, 2020

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Native American land and loss

Native Hope with Trisha Burke

According to Google Maps, the United States of America is 3.797 million square miles (mi²). New England measures in around 46,000 mi² (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rh...

December 14, 2020

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Chief Standing Bear's legacy, civil rights leader of his time - Part 3

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“That hand is not the color of yours, but if I prick it, the blood will flow, and I shall feel pain. The blood is of the same color as yours. God made me, and I am a man." -Chief Standing Bear, Ponca ...

October 4, 2020

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Chief Standing Bear's legacy, civil rights leader of his time - Part 2

Native Hope

"At last, I see a rift in the rocks. A little way beyond, there are green prairies. The swift-running water, the Niobrara, pours down between the green hills. There are the graves of my fathers…" - Ch...

September 29, 2020

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Chief Standing Bear's legacy, civil rights leader of his time - Part 1

Native Hope

“I seem to be standing on a high bank of a great river, with my wife and little girl at my side. I cannot cross the river, and impassable cliffs arise behind me. I hear the noise of great waters; I lo...

September 22, 2020

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Native American Animals: the Elk, a Protector and Relative

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Native American tribes hold the elk, wapiti (Shawnee and Cree) or Heȟáka (Lakota), in high esteem and consider him a relative—a relative who brings strength, endurance, and patience. Tribal Nations ea...

July 19, 2020

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A Simple HELLO Gives Hope

Native American land and loss - Part 3

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An education journey and the need to go further

Native American land and loss

Chief Standing Bear's legacy, civil rights leader of his time - Part 3

Chief Standing Bear's legacy, civil rights leader of his time - Part 2

Chief Standing Bear's legacy, civil rights leader of his time - Part 1

Native American Animals: the Elk, a Protector and Relative

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