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“Never Forget the Names,” Students March for Missing Indigenous People

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 Carter Linke0Tagged Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Gregg Peterman, Knudson School of Law, Marilyn Allen, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons March, NACC, NALSA, Native American cultural center, Native American Law Student Association (NALSA), Old Main, south dakota, U.S. Attorney's Office

On Thursday, February 16, USD students, faculty and staff joined the Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) and the Native American Cultural Center for a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person march. There are 132 missing people listed on South Dakota’s Missing Persons Clearinghouse. 71 of the persons listed are Native American or Alaskan Native. Attendees […]

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Native American Day celebrated in South Dakota

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Maddi Kallsen0Tagged Indigenous peoples' day, Native American cultural center, Native American Day, Rachel Overstreet, Tiospaye Student Council

This year, for the first time in history, the United States president recognized the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 1990, Columbus Day was changed to Native American Day in South Dakota. USD student Rachel Overstreet is the new Tiospaye Student Council president. “Indigenous people, especially in South Dakota and in the […]

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