VERMILLION – Join South Dakota Focus, Thursday, May 27, at 8p.m. (7 MT) on SDPB1 and SDPB.org for a full-hour dedicated to discussing missing and murdered Indigenous women in South Dakota. Most cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in South Dakota remain unsolved. State Representative Peri Pourier discusses legislation she sponsored
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A 5k prayer walk and run followed a community-based search for a Native woman last seen in Rapid City two weeks earlier.COURTESY / NDN Collective RAPID CITY – A 5k prayer walk and run here on May 23 raised awareness about the plight of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls,
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EAGLE BUTTE – The Dewey County Democratic Party applauds the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier for filing to intervene in the lawsuit between Governor Kristi Noem and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland regarding a permit for fireworks at Mount Rushmore this summer. Last month, Gov. Noem filed
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Tom O’Halleran (R-AZ-01), and Tom Cole (R-OK-04) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral, Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act. The bill repeals outdated and discriminatory laws against Native Americans, including statutes that allowed the forcible relocation of Native American children to
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Sexual violence within teen dating relationships is very real. Oftentimes teens are made to feel as if sexual contact is “no big deal” or is “a part of being in a relationship/dating” by their perpetrators. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. According to the NSVRC report, Serving Teen
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STANDING ROCK RESERVATION — Energy Transfer Partners, the business behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), had a problem. They were ordered to consult with tribes in preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), but they only wanted objections to be environmental, and not about
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Family members of late Parade Grand Marshal David Bald Eagle continue to take part in the annual tourism and history event.Photo by Talli Nauman DEADWOOD — The Days of ’76 Parade and Rodeo here has been growing over the years, and now its sponsors’ interest in the inclusion of Native
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Due to an extremely diligent response, the Northern Cheyenne Nation appears to be winning the war against COVID-19, though the battle took its toll on 57 Tribal members (Northern Cheyenne Tribal Services Department). Thus, life is getting “more” normal on the reservation, though certain precautions are still required and encouraged
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RAPID CITY – 58-year-old Marlon Little Bald Eagle has been indicted on charges of Felony Murder (a death that happens during of the commission of a felony), and alternative charges of Second Degree Rape or Third Degree Rape (meaning he could be convicted of one or the other, but not
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The summer long “WOKIKSUYE” exhibit of a late Lakota master’s works includes the 1989 pastel on paper “Madonna and Child.” The show opens with a gathering for those who would like to share memories or stories from Penn’s life.Photo Courtesy of Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center Collection RAPID CITY
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