The two-story “tiny homes” feature two bedrooms in a loft configuration with a front porch to encourage a tight knit community of support, a key to the YMCA mission “to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.” An additional foundation (in the foreground) awaits the third home to be
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Four members of the Cheyenne River Waśagiya Najin grandmother group in Eagle Butte on July 16, 2023: (left to right) Leslie Vermillion, Madonna Thunder Hawk, Marcella Gilbert and Mable Ann Hunter. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Cheryl Spider DeCoteau was nervous. It was the Sisseton Wahpeton tribal citizen’s
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Local citizens exercise their first amendment rights and hold up protest signs calling on city officials to recognize the humanitarian crisis they have created by denying a permit for the relocation of the Hope Center. (Photo by Christopher Piña) MNI-LUZAHAN (RAPID CITY)—Winter may be warm at times in the Black
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Michelle Irvin, Loren Kezena, Andrea Cournoyer, Ingrid Weddell celebrate winning first place at National Indian Taco Championships held in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy Fort Randall Casino) PICKSTOWN—The Four Directions Restaurant at Fort Randall Casino won first place at the National Indian Taco Championships held in Pawhuska, Oklahoma in early October.
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced in August that a future Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue (T-ATS) ship will be named in honor of Solomon Atkinson, a pioneering Navy SEAL and an Alaskan Native of the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve. Del Toro made
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SIOUX FALLS – The top-two primary election initiative recently passed the halfway point in signature gathering. The nonpartisan South Dakota Open Primaries ballot committee has collected 25,797 signatures to put their initiative on the 2024 ballot. Although only 35,017 signatures are needed to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot,
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CLOVIS, N.M.— Historic rural water allocations coming to the Dakotas. As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in Rural America Event Series, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton traveled to Clovis, New Mexico today to announce $65 million for rural water projects
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RAPID CITY – As expected, the winter chill is setting in and worse conditions are expected. It’s the natural progression in Rapid City South Dakota, as natural as Tate (the Wind) whipping leaves from the trees followed by freezing temperatures and piles of snow. It’s a punishing and deadly environment
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All that the congregation was able to salvage from the ruins of the 133 year old historic Holy Innocents Episcopal Mission Church in Parmalee, SD were part of a brass Niobrara cross and the church’s bell, which was damaged by its fall when the steeple collapsed in the fire. (Photos
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2023 inductees into the National Native American Hall of Fame L-R, LaNada War Jack, Richard “Dick” Trudell, James De La Cruz representing Joe DeLaCruz, Mark Trahant, and Andra Freeman representing Will Sampson. (Photo courtesy of NNAHOF Facebook) SANTEE, Neb. –The Dakota Santee Sioux Nation honored and celebrated Richard “Dick” Trudell
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