Levi Rickert

2 days ago | lakotatimes.com | Levi Rickert

This Mother’s Day, Native News Online honored Native mothers — the life-givers, the culture-keepers, the women whose strength holds our nations together. For Native peoples, motherhood is more than a role. It is a sacred calling that connects past to present and breathes life into seven future generations. In our tribal communities, mothers often provide the first Native language teaching, the first song lessons, and the first to tell the stories that root our children in who they are.

2 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Committee, issued a warning to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. regarding his proposed departmental reorganization. The senators expressed deep concern that planned job and budget cuts would harm vital programs serving Native communities.

3 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

Chickasaw Nation Productions’ feature films “Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher” and “Te Ata” are now available on the streaming service Peacock. Inspired by the life of historic Chickasaw rancher Montford Johnson, “Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher” portrays the hardships and tragedies Johnson and those close to him conquered to establish a vast ranching empire along the famous cattle highway of the American West, the Chisholm Trail.

3 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

EAGLE BUTTE, SD — The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it will host its 11th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam on July 9-12. The Native-led nonprofit organization is preparing to welcome nine nationally recognized graffiti and street artists from across the country to this year’s four-day arts and culture festival in the heart of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation.

5 days ago | nativenewsonline.net | Levi Rickert

Opinion. This Mother’s Day, Native News Online honors Native mothers — the life-givers, the culture-keepers, the women whose strength holds our nations together. For Native peoples, motherhood is more than a role. It is a sacred calling that connects past to present and breathes life into seven future generations. In our tribal communities, mothers often provide the first Native language teaching, the first song lessons, and the first to tell the stories that root our children in who they are.