RAPID CITY – Soldiers with the South Dakota National Guard’s 842nd Engineer Company refurbished the observation deck near the summit of Bear Butte as part of an Innovative Readiness Training project, April 24 to May 2. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and Bear Butte State Park officials partnered with
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RAPID CITY — Three Oglala women, who have been fighting the change of management at Sioux San Hospital for years, may have their day in the U.S. Supreme Court. Donna Gilbert, Charmaine White Face and Julie Mohney will be representing themselves in a case to force an injunction to end
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RAPID CITY – The Native American Indian Community of Rapid City and the Black Hills Area will be meeting on Thursday evening, May 20, 2021, from 7:00-9:00 PM at the Mother Butler Center Hall, 221 Knollwood Drive, Rapid City, SD. Two main items on the agenda are updates on the
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On the chairs around a tipi skeleton, shadow boxes with pictures of missing and murdered relatives constituted a May 5 art installation on the grounds of the city’s Journey Museum, entitled “The Earth is Weeping.” COURTESY / Angela Ohmer, Facebook RAPID CITY — Mayor Steve Allender proclaimed May 5, 2021
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Earlier in May, the National Native American Hall of Fame (NNAHOF) this week announced eight new inductees from across Indian Country, celebrated for their contributions in Native advocacy, politics, athletics, arts, health, and culture preservation and revitalization. Inductees include: Dave Anderson (Ojibwe), a businessman and entrepreneur; Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne);
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PIERRE– Today, Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) announced South Dakota will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs. “Businesses across the state continue to say they would grow and expand, if it wasn’t for the lack of
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Enbridge Line 3 opponents in Northern Minnesota locked themselves at man-camp gates in civil disobedience to raise awareness. COURTESY / Martin Keller BACKUS, Minn. — Eleven individuals locked themselves at the entrances to Enbridge’s Line 3 workers’ encampment in a civil disobedience action here on May 6, to raise awareness
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“I never allow a lack of knowledge on a particular subject matter to hold me back from doing something,” said James Parker Shield, Chippewa Cree Little Shell, when talking about the National Native Hall of Fame. “About ten years ago I thought: there is a Hall Fame for just about
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PIERRE. – The South Dakota Department of Health has released new income guidelines for the WIC Program effective May 3, 2021. WIC is a special supplemental nutrition program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provided at no cost to eligible moms, infants and children. Its goal is to
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WASHINGTON .— Recognizing the preservation of language as essential in maintaining and strengthening Native American tribes, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) introduced a bipartisan bill to support Native American languages this week. “Congress made a commitment to promote and protect the rights of Native Americans to use their
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