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    Sexual Assault: A Horrifying Reality for Native American Girls

    Native Hope
    The following post contains mature themes and references. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Imagine growing up in an environment where it is only a matter of time before you experience some sor...

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    April 10, 2023

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    January is Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month

    Native Hope
    January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, created to raise awareness of sex slavery and human trafficking worldwide. Trafficking is a critical problem that all of us at Native Hope are passionate ...

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    January 10, 2023

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    Mental Health issues from historical trauma plague Native Americans

    Native Hope with Trisha Burke
    People claim to “be there” for the 1 in 5 who suffer from mental health issues. However, those who suffer, particularly from multiple layers of trauma, feel alone a majority of their days. The reality...

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    May 16, 2021

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    Caring for Our Nation

    Jewel Jandreau
    I thank God I have the opportunity to actually care, not just for Lower Brule but also for our entire nation. It’s time for our people to change our mindset and to break free from all the different ty...

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    April 7, 2021

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    IHS sorely underfunded despite tribal leaders' request for supplies.

    Native Hope
    This April all communities around the world are striving to defeat an unseen killer among us—COVID-19. Coincidently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health [OMH] ce...

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    April 8, 2020

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    Living to Tell: A Sex Trafficking Victim's Account

    Native Hope
    While this article was originally written and published in 2016, its contents are still relevant, today. In fact, according to Business Insider, "Since 2007, more than 49,000 cases of human traffickin...

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    January 9, 2020

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    The Trauma of Loss: Singing for Grief in “Watch Over Me”

    Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy
    In today's post, Talon Bazille Ducheneaux/ShootsTheEnemy, founder of Wonahun Was’te’ Records, shares about grief in Native American communities and how one special song came to life in the wake of a p...

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    September 6, 2019

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    A Place to Grow

    Native Hope
    “If you build it, they will come.” An old adage, but according to the Crow Creek District [CCD] Representative Carla Pickner, a true one. Last summer, she saw the community come together day after day...

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    July 17, 2019

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    Native American Culture and Yoga: A Healing Partnership

    Native Hope
    All great cultures have traditions and teachings that offer truth for our lives today. Whether these traditions and teachings are spiritual, philosophical, or physical, they all serve to connect prese...

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    May 31, 2019

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