
Amelia Schafer
Reporter for ICT | South Dakota 2025 Outstanding Young Journalist | Wamp + Montauk-Brothertown Indian Nation
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4 days ago |
nhonews.com | Amelia Schafer
RAPID CITY, S.D. – NDN Collective founder and CEO Nick Tilsen appeared before a South Dakota court in an evidentiary hearing on June 12 on several charges stemming from a 2022 encounter with state law enforcement. The state of South Dakota alleges that on June 11, 2022, Tilsen, Oglala Lakota, allegedly accelerated or lurched his vehicle toward a Rapid City Police Officer in an attempt to stop police activity.
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1 week ago |
ictnews.org | Amelia Schafer
Amelia SchaferICTRAPID CITY, S.D. – News of the murder of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) shook the nation on June 14, after the Minnesota Speaker of the House was the victim of a politically motivated assassination in her own home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Hortman, her husband Mark Hortman and their dog were allegedly shot and killed by Vance Boelter, 57, in the early morning on June 14.
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1 week ago |
lakotatimes.com | Amelia Schafer
MISSION, S.D. – Four years ago, out in the Arizona desert searching for a missing elder, Shelby Homer realized how crucial search and rescue teams can be in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis. Homer and her friend and fellow search and rescue team member Bernadine Beyale began searching for Ella Mae Begaye after the woman’s family asked them to do so two weeks after the elder was reported missing.
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1 week ago |
tucsonsentinel.com | Amelia Schafer
ICT June has brought significant challenges for the future of tribal colleges and universities across the nation. In addition to harsh potential funding cuts, many students may no longer be eligible for crucial grants.
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1 week ago |
ictnews.org | Amelia Schafer
Amelia SchaferICTRAPID CITY, S.D. – NDN Collective founder and CEO Nick Tilsen appeared before a South Dakota court in an evidentiary hearing on June 12 on several charges stemming from a 2022 encounter with state law enforcement. The state of South Dakota alleges that on June 11, 2022, Tilsen, Oglala Lakota, allegedly accelerated or lurched his vehicle toward a Rapid City Police Officer in an attempt to stop police activity.
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