RAPID CITY–Effective Wednesday, all of the City’s park shelters and most park restroom facilities will be available for use. City Parks and Recreation staff are currently taking reservations for shelter use beginning that day. Seven park shelters in the City’s park system are available for use by reservation while nine
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West River Democratic Socialists, in collaboration with Pejuta Press, released an art intervention connecting the visit of US President Donald Trump to Mt. Rushmore with the history of colonial exploitation and violence in Oceti Šakówiŋ territory and across the US. Using the language of ‘Fat Taker’, West River Democratic Socialists
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Rally leader Nick Tilsen, released on bond after three nights in jail: “Mount Rushmore is on stolen Lakota land.”COURTESY/Chynna Locket PART I KEYSTONE – U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign-stop here at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial on July 3 provoked a rally of some 400 Native Americans and allies, who
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PRIOR LAKE, Minn. – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) has announced the cancellation of this year’s SMSC Wacipi due to the current pandemic. The weekend-long celebration was originally scheduled to take place August 14-16, 2020. The SMSC Wacipi (pronounced “wah-chee-pee”), or Pow Wow, is typically held each summer at
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Leaders thank grassroots water protectors, like Stevana Salazar (Kickapoo) and Arlo Standing Bear, (Oglala Lakota), pictured at Sacred Stone Camp, Aug. 26, 2016.Photo by Terray Sylvester for VWPics via Redux, COURTESY / Earthjustice YATES, N. D.— Tribal leaders and constituents across Lakota Territory and elsewhere welcomed a hard-won court order
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Chief Earl Old Person in front of Badger Two Sacred Site. Recently, the Blackfeet Tribal Council, MT announced its goal of securing permanent Federal government for the Badger Two Medicine area, sacred site to them. Specifically, they are seeking a new type of federal legislation that would authorize and establish
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Our brains are naturally wired to focus on the negative, which can make us feel stressed and unhappy even though there are a lot of positive things in our lives. We learn immediately from pain—you know, “once burned, twice shy.” Unfortunately, the brain is relatively poor at turning positive experiences
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WASHINGTON – The National Congress of American Indians criticized a June 26 court decision clearing the way for Alaska Native Corporations to receive almost half of the $8 million that the U.S. Congress provided tribal governments through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Confederated Tribes of
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“A father and his daughter enjoy biscuits and gravy on a Sunday morning at RV Ministries new building at 112 East North St.” Photo credit Cathie Harris RAPID CITY – Mayor Steve Allender has vetoed the city council’s decision to approve a conditional use permit for RV Ministries at 112
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Rapid City Police Department Captain Scott Sitts RAPID CITY – Following an application/interview process that began in early June, Scott Sitts has been promoted to the rank of Captain. Captain Sitts began his career with the RCPD in 2004. In the time since, his assignments have included Patrol Officer, Detective,
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