“EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL” THRIFT STORE OPENS IN LAME DEER On Tuesday, May 15th what Pastor Pam Kania, Ashland called a “long awaited miracle” took place in Lame Deer.  The Everything Beautiful (E’mapeva’e Netaa’o Hovea’) thrift store was opened with a celebration of short speeches, song and prayer. The project stems from a long term effort of [...]

CHIEF DULL COLLEGE CELEBRATES 32nd GRADUATION AND HONORS ELDERS Tuesday evening, May 8th Chief Dull Knife College celebrated it’s 32nd graduation since the college was officially established in 1979. Keynote speaker, William Medoza, Director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaskan Native Education addressed the graduating class.  “On the whole, only one [...]

RESERVATION “FLEA MARKETS” AND STREET VENDORS TO BE REGULATED All the Reservation folk look forward to the “1st”.  That’s when the eagle flies in Lame Deer and also when the ‘Little Tijuana’- street vendors show up. Vendors fill the vacant lot in back of the Lube Center and set up in various choice locations along [...]

MONTANA COMMERCE OFFICIALS VISIT AREA TO DISCUSS IMPACTS OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT Thursday afternoon, April 19th a sizeable delegation of program staff from the State made a presentation about programs and resources available to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the community and individual businesses.  The specific topic was preparing for the impacts of energy development from Otter [...]

NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE ENACTS ORDINANCE TO COLLECT STATE TOBBACO TAX ON RESERVATION In February by a unanimous vote of 8 (all those present at the meeting) , the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council adopted Ordinance DOI 11-2012 which approves an agreement with the State of Montana to collect State taxes on tobacco sales on the Northern [...]

CHIEF DULL KNIFE COLLEGE CEREMONY HONORS/REMEMBERS FORT ROBINSON BREAKOUT As President Richard Littlebear reminded the crowd gathered at the college on April 4th, “We always start Cheyenne ceremonies with a prayer.” When Linwood Tallbull, CDKC Historical Researcher offered the invocation and blessing reminding people that 135 years ago, many Northern Cheyenne sacrificed their lives at [...]

LIMPY FAMILY GAINS RETURN OF SACRED ANCESTORAL OBJECTS FROM LITTLE BIG HORN MUSEUM About eighty years ago, a group of Northern Cheyenne warriors who fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn relinquished sacred items used at the Battle to Dr. Thomas Marquis for safe keeping.  These items found their way to the Little [...]

LOCAL GROUP WORKS TO CLEAN UP BURNED BUILDING ON CHEYENNE AVENUE In mid-summer of 2010, heavy plumes of smoke and flames burst out on Cheyenne Avenue in Lame Deer as a building known as the old Cady’s Gas Station burned to the ground in a total loss. Rubble and debris from the building owned by [...]

CANDIDATES FILE FOR LOCAL AND STATE ELECTIONS By the close of business on Monday, March 12th, the last day to file as candidates for Montana political offices, several folks had tossed their hat into the political arena for local and state offices to represent Rosebud County. One of the most interesting races will be for [...]

TRIBE TO RECEIVE FIFTY MILLION SETTLEMENT FROM INTERIOR DEPARTMENT On Wednesday, February 29th, the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council unanimously enacted Resolution DOI 88 (2012) accepting a $50,038,000 settlement from the Department of Interior for a long-standing law suit. The settlement resolves a law suit, first filed in 2006 by a large number of Indian Tribes [...]