CRST THPO Steve Vance speaking about at GPTCA 2026 summer meeting. Photo by Marnie Cook RAPID CITY – The Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association, Inc. (GPTCA) held their 2026 Summer Quarterly Business Meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rapid City July 10 and 11, 2026. Because there were only
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Rapid City Mayor Jason Salamun at press conference announcing garage demolition. (Photo by Marnie Cook.) RAPID CITY – Rapid City Mayor Jason Salamun expressed frustration and exhaustion during a press conference on Tuesday morning at City Hall as officials laid out a years-long pattern of neglect and unpaid debts by
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New Women’s Correctional Facility in Rapid City, SD. A 102,750 square foot complex designed to expand treatment, education, and reentry programs for incarcerated women. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID CITY— State leaders gathered Friday, July 10 to celebrate the opening of South Dakota’s new Women’s Correctional Facility, a 102,750
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Tim Giago RAPID CITY – Long before founding Native Sun News Today, Tim Giago had built a journalism career shaped by early influences, national experience and a determination to elevate Native voices in the press. An Oglala Lakota journalist known by his Lakota name Nanwíca K’ciji, He Stands Up for
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Sixty-four percent of programs surveyed reported being “substantially impacted” WASHINGTON — The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) released a report today examining the impacts of recent federal funding cuts to violence-related programs and services for American Indians and Alaska Natives, including those serving survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and
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South Dakota Governor Candidate, Toby Doeden. (Courtesy photo) SIOUX FALLS – A broad coalition of business groups has expressed concern with statements made by gubernatorial candidate Toby Doeden regarding the elimination of nearly $2 billion in local property taxes by cutting funding for schools, counties, and cities and implementing new
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A canyon in Bears Ears National Monument is pictured on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday moved to dramatically shrink two of Utah’s most prominent national monuments, eliminating nearly 3 million acres of protected land and igniting
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Sculptor John Lopez unveiled “Dupree the American Bison” in Fort Pierre, where the Wakinyan Maza Drum Group offered an honoring song as community members gathered to celebrate the new metal sculpture recognizing Fred Dupree and the family’s historic role in saving the buffalo from extinction. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa)
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OST council members and community health leaders participate in discussion with HHS committee. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – The Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee met with tribal council members and staff from the Oyate Health Center (OHC) in Rapid City on July 7, 2026,
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Canadian First Nations Protest. (Photo Courtesy) Alberta’s separatist movement has surged into national debate as a political organization called Stay Free Alberta pushes for a provincial referendum on leaving Canada. The group, led by longtime independence activists and supported by several former provincial political figures, claims to have gathered more
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