WASHINGTON – On January 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Healthy Adult Opportunity Initiative (HAO), a guideline for states to convert Medicaid funding into block grants – effectively establishing a cap on federal funding on Medicaid. The letter, sent to state Medicaid directors, provides
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Rapid Creek RAPID CITY – Last evening, February 3, 2020, Rapid City’s City Council passed a resolution that put the City on record in opposition to gold exploration and mining in the Rapid Creek watershed. Rapid Creek and its related aquifers – the Madison and Minnelusa aquifers – provide 100%
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By Phoebe Tollefson BILLINGS, Mont. – Prosecutors have named a third defendant in a travel fraud scheme they charged against members of an organization dedicated to fighting violence against Native women in Montana. Sheryl Lynn Lawrence pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Billings on Thursday to charges
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PIERRE – The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission approved a construction permit for the Lookout Solar Project, a solar generation facility in Oglala Lakota County capable of generating up to 110 megawatts of electricity, at their regular meeting in Pierre yesterday, Feb. 3. Lookout Solar and PUC staff filed a
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State-Tribal Relations Committee Chair Rep. Shawn Bordeaux started a list of bills for South Dakota’s native constituents to watch. (Photo courtesy Shawn Bordeaux) PIERRE – The looming construction of the tribally opposed Keystone XL Pipeline through unceded 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty territory drew plenty of attention from native and other
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The Sioux Chef, Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota, born in Pine Ridge, SD, is organizing the food tasting thanks to the Wokini Initiative of SDSU. RAPID CITY – An impressive lineup of presenters is slated for the first annual Lakota Food Summit taking place February 18th-20th at Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza.
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Part III of a series Geneva Lone Hill inside the community center, which is one of four buildings constructed by the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation. (Photo by Ernestine Anukasan) BATESLAND – The community that was victimized by a scam that took advantage of the abject poverty that grips much of
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Jerome wanted to know why he still felt so badly about his parents’ divorce. He couldn’t understand it. He was ten years old at the time. He came to counseling to begin his search for the answer. Therapist: “What is the worst thing about your parents’ divorce?” Jerome: “It feels
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Why do some children lash out? Why do they throw things around the room, yell at the people they love and smack those who they rely on? Most parents feel inadequately prepared to cope with anger problems because they never had anger management training. They hate it. They are afraid
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RAPID CITY – Ahani (a long time ago), before there were horses, Sunka (dog) was sacred to the Oceti Sakonwin. Sunka guarded the tipi encampments, and pulled travois’ when the camp moved seasonally following the buffalo. Each spring when the Wakinyan Oyate (thunder beings) brought magazu (rain) to replenish the
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