{"id":4446,"date":"2020-11-11T11:42:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2020-11-17T14:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T20:27:53","slug":"native-sun-news-today-support-shown-for-indian-boarding-school-land-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/11\/11\/native-sun-news-today-support-shown-for-indian-boarding-school-land-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Sun News Today: Support shown for Indian boarding school land swap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fsZT4W84H3w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Rapid City Council: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/fsZT4W84H3w> Working Session  &#8211; November 10, 2020<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Locals speak out on land swap<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, November 11, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Travis Dewes<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">Native Sun News Today Staff Writer<\/div>\r\n<div class=source-website><a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/>nativesunnews.today<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nRAPID CITY, South Dakota \u2013- Around 40 residents showed support for a <a href=https:\/\/www.rcgov.org\/agenda-items\/legal-finance-committee-agenda-items\/2020-lf-agenda-items\/lf102820-09-8637.html>resolution in Rapid City Council<\/a> that would take the first steps in resolving three outstanding land deeds that are related to the <a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiouxSanLands\/>Rapid City Indian Boarding School<\/a>, but there were around 5 residents who voiced concern for the project. <p><\/p>\r\nA few council members noted that a few residents raising concern for the resolution was disconcerting, and so the Native Sun News Today sat down to hear their side of the argument amongst the many proponents. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiouxSanLands\/posts\/3158214620950129\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nOne of the Rapid City residents against the resolution is Charmaine White Face who provided an open letter to the BIA regional director, Tim LaPointe, which was read at the Rapid City Council meeting. The letter, which is from the Native American Indian Community of Rapid City, SD, and the Black Hills Area Council of Representatives, reads \u201chearing on the news and reading in the local Rapid City Journal that a couple of individuals were saying they represented the Rapid City American Indian Community was disconcerting as our records show that they have never attended one of our meetings.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Native American Indian Community of Rapid City, SD, and the Black Hills Area, as noted by the letter, has voted on a constitution, held monthly meetings for several years, and voted to elect three representatives. Those three representatives are George Jewett, Theresa Spry, and Charmaine White Face, all of whom were not consulted about a land swap in the past years of work. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiouxSanLands\/posts\/3083614308410161\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBoth sets of White Face\u2019s grandparents were children who attended the Rapid City Indian Boarding School, and her mother worked at the sanatorium when it was a tuberculosis clinic. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cI remember when the community, the people in the community, lobbied congress so we could have Sioux San made a hospital after they were going to shut it down,\u201d she said. \u201cNow it seems like there are opportunists coming in and trying to speak for the community when we can speak for ourselves.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWhite Face describes those who are negotiating a land deal as opportunists, a word chooses carefully.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n \u201cI say opportunists because the community cannot and did not have an opportunity to meet about this when, if they were working on this a long time as the mayor said, then why didn\u2019t they come to our community meetings and talk to people?\u201d she asked.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"card mb-3\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">\r\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/09\/12\/nativesunnewstoday.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native sun news today\"\/>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <h5 class=\"card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">NATIVE SUN NEWS TODAY<\/a><\/h5>\r\n        <p>\r\n           Support Native media!\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>Read the rest of the story on Native Sun News Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/locals-speak-out-on-land-swap\/\">Locals speak out on land swap<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativesunnews.today<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nsweekly\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nsweekly<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/p>  \r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><EM>Contact Travis at travisldewes@gmail.com<\/em><HR>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/11\/06\/native-sun-news-today-discussion-continues-on-indian-boarding-school-lands\/\" title=\"Native Sun News Today: Discussion continues on Indian boarding school lands\">Native Sun News Today: Discussion continues on Indian boarding school lands<\/a> (November 6, 2020)<BR>\r\n<a 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