RAPID CITY – A federal trial jury here convicted former Pine Ridge Indian Health Service pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber on Sept. 27 of all 11 criminal counts charging him with sexually abusing four boys while employed as a physician at Pine Ridge Indian Health Service from 1995 to 2011. Prosecuting
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Shared by Native Sun News Today October 5, 2019
The local residents refer to the stretch of road replaced near the Yankton Sioux Tribal housing in Lake Andes as “Noem Highway.” The state had raised this road to prevent flooding into the tribal community. Two weeks later it was under feet of water, and ironically created a dam for
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When we allow people to vent their feelings and bare their frustrations, we might feel that the conflict is just getting worse. Often we can benefit by staying with the conflict a little while longer. Reversing an old saying, we could be witnessing the storm before the calm. Once people
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Shared by Aaron Karmin, LCPC, Contributing Blogger October 5, 2019
Buddy and daughter Stardust Red Bow. Photo courtesy: Stardust Red Bow Many have memories of Buddy Red Bow’s music. In our living room in Huron, Red Bow’s records shared shelf space alongside our other beloved outlaws: Willie, Waylon, and the boys. My mother, playing and replaying “Standing Alone” on our
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With encouragement from Oyate For Fairness & Equal Representation (OFFER), Rosebud Sioux tribal members took part in counting ballots at the Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative’s 70th Annual Meeting and Election for board directors. COURTESY / Rosebud Cordier VALENTINE, Nebraska – It seemed like a long-time a-coming, but three days after the
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As a two-spirit woman, Carla Douglas has survived trauma and experiences that many people will not have to go through in their lifetime. She has overcome these challenges to become a needed resource in Rapid City. Photo by: Richie Richards RAPID CITY — When Carla Douglas, 54, was born, her
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The grandmother of Kylen Shangreaux, Sonya Dubray, has been sentenced for her role in his murder and cover up. The young boy died in a tragic way but his family wants to keep his memory alive by helping others. RAPID CITY – The story for Kylen Shangreaux, age 2 at
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Participants in the Sovereign Sisters Gathering attended a rally at South Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence L. Piersol’s June hearing in Rapid City in the case of Dakota Rural Action v. Noem. COURTESY / Sacred Activism RAPID CITY – Native American pipeline construction resisters were among the first of
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Stress is tension and pressure that occurs in our lives because of various demands, responsibilities and concerns. When our boss tells us to work harder or when our children bug us for attention while we’re trying to watch a football game – that’s stress. When we’re caught in traffic or
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If you see the world as a terrible place in which to live, other people as unfair, or life as having the cards stacked against you, you create a formula for anger, sadness or worry. Like when you are leaving for work on a dark, cold, wet morning and you
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