Hospital entrance sign. Monument Health’s flagship hospital in Rapid City, S.D., shown here in April 2024, says its federal quality ratings have improved. (Photo: News Watch file) RAPID CITY, S.D. – After two years with the lowest possible health and safety rating from the federal government, Monument Health’s score will
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Community members gathered for the groundbreaking of the Remembering the Children Memorial. (Photo by Marnie Cook) As supporters gathered in the field behind the Canyon Lake Methodist Church to share in the groundbreaking of the Remembering the Children Memorial, Executive Director Amy Sazue (Oglala/Sicangu Lakota) took a moment to talk
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LAME DEER, Mont. – Six days a week (Monday through Saturday) one of the five drivers for the Northern Cheyenne I.H.S. Transportation Program arises about 2:30 a.m.to prepare for an average 12–14-hour day. The mission is to transport Northern Cheyenne diabetics from the reservation to Billings for dialysis treatment, each
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SDNA karaoke contest winner Kirk Dickerson with fellow Native Sun News Today staffers Marnie Cook and Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa. (Photo by Sheila Ring, editor Oneida Watchman) HURON – Last week the South Dakota Newspaper Association hosted their annual convention and Better Newspapers Contest for its members. The 2024 convention was
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PIERRE, S.D. – At the most recent South Dakota State Historical Society History Conference, Shane Balkowitsch, a Bismarck, N.D. photographer and artist, presented the historical society with a wet plate collodion image of Olympian Billy Mills. Mills, an Oglala Lakota track and field star, won a gold medal in the
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The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Flag was finally returned to the tribe after numerous requests were ignored by Gov. Kristi Noem. The Oglala Sioux Tribe banished Noem in February after she spoke to the Legislature alleging Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated reservations. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe banned Noem earlier this month for
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Donita Dubray Fischer opened a business on Cheyenne River, Wóyute, (groceries) a whole food, fresh produce and apothecary carrying bulk spices and teas located at the Four Bands Incubator building in Suite F. (Photo courtesy of Donita Dubray) EAGLE BUTTE – Donita Fischer (Cheyenne River Lakota) of Eagle Butte, SD,
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View of Bear Butte from the CRYP property, off SD Highway 79, during winter 2023-24. (Photo courtesy CRYP) EAGLE BUTTE – The Cheyenne River Youth Project has purchased a nearly 40-acre tract of land adjacent to Bear Butte State Park in Meade County, South Dakota. The 35-year-old, Native-led, nonprofit organization
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A proposed drilling project in the Black Hills, which would include placing two dozen drilling pads upstream of the Spearfish Canyon, looks to be moving forward despite hundreds of objections. The popular recreation area is immediately west of Spearfish Canyon. Lilias Jarding from the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance said
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Student testing out the VR at Chief Dull Knife College. It is active firsthand learning – making things real. A new twist on technology. LAME DEER, Mont. – Chief Dull Knife College Library received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to preserve Cheyenne history, elders’ stories, and
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