Barbara Takei speaks during a ceremony celebrating the completion of the Snow Country Prison Japanese Internment Memorial at United Tribes Technical College. To her left is Satsuki Ina, who led the project to create the memorial, and to her right is United Tribes Technical College President Russ McDonald. (Photo by
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Yamni Jack at KILI Radio Station one half of the popular Bert and Ernie Show. Back in 1999, when Yamni Jack played basketball for the Pine Ridge Thorpes, most people knew he had the talent to play college ball, but they could not predict all the things he would do
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9 8 8 is the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, a national network of local crisis centers, providing free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Anyone can call 9 8 8, including family and friends of a
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Mary Bowman shares gift given to her depicting the school, students, and Unci Mary. (Photo by Marnie Cook.) RAPID CITY – At Oceti Sakowin Community Academy (OSCA), education goes far beyond traditional textbooks and standardized curricula. This unique institution is pioneering an approach that weaves Lakota culture, language, and values
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Sarah Hernandez Oceti Sakowin Writers’ Society board member. (Photo courtesy University of New Mexico) RAPID CITY – The Oceti Sakowin Writers Society (OSWS) is pleased to announce it has received a $150,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Indigenous Knowledge Initiative to support the publication of The Oceti Sakowin Reader:
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Indian Health Service, IHS (Photo: gao.gov) MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The federal government recently finalized an $18 million settlement with a group of 12 people who were abused by an Indian Health Service doctor in Montana and South Dakota. Indian Health Service is the federal entity responsible for providing health
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Canadian actor Graham Greene at the Searchlight Pictures Special Screening of Antlers at the Regal Essex Crossing in New York City on Oct. 25, 2021. (Credit: RW/MediaPunch /IPX via AP) Iconic First Nations actor Graham Greene died Monday, Sept. 1, in a Toronto hospital after a long illness. He was
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(AI-assisted rendition on what Maj. Basil Heth Jr. may have looked like in the time he returned to the Yankton Sioux Reservation, S.D.) YANKTON SIOUX RESERVATION – The journey to the quiet, windswept cemetery in South Dakota began with a simple request: a buddy check on an Iraqi Freedom-era Marine.
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• Friday, October 3, 2025 7:00 PM and Sunday, October 5, 20259:00 PM • Journey Museum & Learning Center, 222 New York Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701 The influential film festival in the Black Hills returns in October with new films, filmmaker insights, special guests, panels, networking, merchandise, and
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The so-called Glory Hole on the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River in the historical Stibnite Mining District of central Idaho. A USGS water-quality study found that the Glory Hole acts as a sediment trap, particularly at high streamflow. (Photo courtesy USGS) LAPWAI, IDAHO – On Sept. 1,
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