The first indigenous Miss Minnesota Rachel Evangelisto prepares for Miss America Pageant

By Dan Ninham “Háu Mitákuyapi ye!Iyúškiƞyan wačhíyake ye! Wašíču iá “Rachel” emákiyapi ye. Dakhóta čhažé bduhé šni. Oyate mithawa kiƞ Húŋkpapȟa ewíčhakiyapi ye. Míš, Mní Dúzahan héčhiya taƞháƞ wahí ye. Míš Imnízaska otuƞwe ed wathi ye.” “Hello, my relatives. I greet you with a happy heart!” said Rachel Evangelisto, a member of the Standing Rock […]

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