Lily Mendoza at the Matriarchs Rising presentation. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Matriarchal societies have always had to adapt to survive, and for the Lakota that adaptation has meant continually redefining strength, leadership, and kinship in the face of ongoing change. At a recent weekly session at the
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Northern Cheyenne delegation at Doubletree in Deember 2025. The 150th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn is rapidly approaching, June 26, 2026. This year, the annual celebration and remembrance will be expanded to a full week of activities to commemorate this significant event, the most famous of
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Brandon Ferguson announcing at the Gathering of Lakota Elders. RAPID CITY – More than two hundred and fifty elders attended Ending the Silence Rapid City’s fourth annual “Gathering of Our Lakota Elders” last weekend inside the historic Alex Johnson Hotel. The gathering focused on exploring the true, untold story of
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A repurposed pallet potting bench and newly installed trellis stand over freshly tilled beds in the Star Village community garden, part of ongoing Star Village Community Board improvements supported by local volunteers. RAPID CITY — Star Village residents spent the weekend establishing the neighborhood’s first community garden behind The Nest,
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Art Rave, Director of the Cheyenne River Long-term Recovery Group. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COURAGE PROJECT Reprinted from West River Eagle Some people focus on problems: blaming, complaining, and criticizing. Art Rave (Cheyenne River and Oglala Lakota) would rather focus on solutions, uplifting the community and collaborating regionally, nationally, and
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Pete Lien and Sons sign promoting sustainable mining. (Photo by Marnie Cook) BLACK HILLS – The large out-of-state – and often international — mining companies operating in the Black Hills have a history of doing business here using a public front that is an entity that is organized in South
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Northglenn, CO — The Native American Fish & Wildlife Society (NAFWS) will launch From the Field – Elevating Indigenous Voices on April 15, 2026, a peer-reviewed publication authored entirely by Tribal fish and wildlife professionals working on Tribal lands. The publication will be available as an open-access resource at
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Mary Annette Pember (Wisconsin Ojibwe), author of Medicine River I have read few books since becoming a writer/editor for the West River Eagle. I spend considerable time doing research and reading many sources for the feature articles I write. This along with other commitments and responsibilities limits the time I
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Pete Lien and Sons sign promoting sustainable mining. Photo by Marnie Cook. PE’ SLA – NDN Collective, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, and Earthworks have filed suit against the U.S. Forest Service over its decision to allow exploratory drilling next to Pe’ Sla, a sacred Lakota site in the Black
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Scott Davis delivered a keynote address at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium’s annual conferences in Bismarck, North Dakota on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Photo by Darren Thompson) WASHINGTON – Scott Davis, a Standing Rock Sioux tribal citizen, announced his resignation from the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday, April
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