SD Governor George S. Mickelson addressing the audience at the first Native Americans’ Day celebration in October of 1990. Since, Crazy Horse Memorial® has hosted Native Americans’ Day celebrations annually on the second Monday in October. (Photo courtesy Crazy Horse Memorial) In 1990, South Dakota made history by becoming the
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During the month of September, tribal elders and students remembered the last battle between the Northern Cheyenne and the U.S. Military which occurred on September 27, 1878 while the Cheyenne were fighting their way back from Oklahoma to Montana. The Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork happened at Battle Canyon,
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Mario Gonzalez speaking at the West River History Conference. (Photo by Marnie Cook) MULEY LODGE NEAR STURGIS – Mario Gonzalez, an Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) attorney, spoke to a packed house discussing the Sioux Nation’s historical struggles and ongoing legal battles for land rights, at the Thirty-First West River History
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Native Americans performing ritual Ghost Dance. One standing woman is wearing a white dress, a special costume for the ritual dance, 1890. Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of Interior. Alamy On the morning of December 15, 1890, Lakota Medicine man Tatá.ka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) was shot
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Northern Cheyenne interim tribal council conduct business at Northern Cheyenne Tribal office in Lamedeer, Mont. (Photo courtesy YouTube) Revolutions do not ever go smoothly or according to plan. Instead, they seem to take on a life of their own. That’s what appears to be happening at Northern Cheyenne. It has
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Valeriah Big Eagle poses for a photo. Big Eagle is running for the Ward 4 representative seat in Rapid City, South Dakota. Credit: Courtesy of Valeriah Big Eagle RAPID CITY, South Dakota – Valeriah Big Eagle knows what it’s like to face systemic racism living in an urban area as
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If you or someone you know is unable to pay for medications there are a number of programs that can help. The website NeedyMeds.Org has helpful information for finding programs to get FREE or low cost medication. They keep information updated on prescription assistance programs, $4 generics programs, medication coupons
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It is important to dispose of expired medication and there are a number of locations where this can be done safely and in accordance with local laws. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency provides a tool you may use to find Controlled Substance Public Disposal Locations, where expired or unneeded medications
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Miniconjou Chief Spotted Elk (aka Big Foot) lies dead in the snow after the massacre at Wounded Knee, January 1, 1891. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/ unknown photographer) The U.S. Army’s 1890 massacre of an encircled group of Natives has been brought to light again, after Defense Secretary Pete
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OSWS Vice President Patty Bordeaux Nelson reading at the 2025 retreat. (Photo by Marnie Cook) EAGLE BUTTE – The Oceti Sakowin Writers Society (OSWS) announced at their Thirty-Second Annual OSWS Tribal Writers Retreat that they have received a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to co-edit The Oceti Sakowin
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