Art Zimiga. Photo courtesy of Facebook. RAPID CITY – Every year we lose a handful of important Lakota elders, they take their wisdom and their history, and their stories to the spirit world, and few of them are able to record and share even a fraction of it. Most Lakota
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Attorneys Timothy Bechtold and John Heenan argued on behalf of L.B. in her case before the Ninth Circuit on Monday, June 3, 2024. Indigenous community members from Portland, Washington, South Dakota, and New Mexico traveled to Portland in support of L.B. Photo Credit – Aislin Tweedy / Underscore News As
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Senator Mike ROunds (R-SD) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) has formally requested the establishment of a “Violent Crime Reduction Commission” to tackle the alarming rates of violent crime on reservations. In a letter addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Rounds emphasized
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A clinical pharmacist with the Seattle Indian Health Board administers a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine in 2020. Tribal organizations, including health care clinics, have been disrupted by recent cuts to federal funding and staffing. (Karen Ducey/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce and government spending
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Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to the media after taking the oath of office on Jan. 27, 2025, at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre. (David Bordewyk/South Dakota NewsMedia Association) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) has formally requested the establishment of a “Violent Crime Reduction Commission” to tackle the
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Thomiah Poor Bear displays the 2025 Class B championship plaque, after the Bennett County Lady Warriors defeated Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 71-61 for the state B title. (Photo courtesy SDPB) Thomiah Poor Bear displays the 2025 Class B championship plaque, after the Bennett County Lady Warriors defeated Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 71-61 for the
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Central California coastline. Photo by A. Keuthan Since its inception on October 3, 1970, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, has been the foremost source in the US for everything from weather forecasting to the health of marine life. NOAA has recently come under the gun by the
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Central California coastline. Photo by A. Keuthan Colorectal cancer, sometimes shortened to colon cancer, is the second leading cause of death for American Indian women and the third leading cause of death for American Indian men. Many native readers personally know someone who has perished from this disease because it
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L to R: Denise One Star, Madonna Thunder Hawk, Chas Jewett, Marcella Gilbert at Sinte Gleska University where Thunder Hawk was honored for her lifetime of activism on behalf of Native Americans. (Photo courtesy of Marcella Gilbert) MISSION SD – March is National Women’s History Month. For Lakota relatives, any
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A quote from the U.S. Court of Claims decision in the Sioux Nation’s Black Hills land claim case appears on a sign on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. (Photo: Hamner_Fotos) PINE RIDGE—In July 1980, $102 million was awarded to the treaty signatory tribes impacted by the 1877 taking of the Black
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