Two men hang a sign for Garrett Hawk at the Fort Thompson Community Center following the second annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples walk on August 15, 2025. (Credit: Amelia Schafer/ICT). FORT THOMPSON, S.D. – It’s been two years since Garrett Hawk was murdered in front of his home on
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Angie Eagle Bull (Courtesy of Facebook) Oglala Lakota County School District Board Member Angie Eagle Bull was honored by Associated School Boards of South Dakota with the Distinguished Service Award, which honors school board members for reaching milestone years in their service on their local school board. The start of
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1876 Battle of the Greasy Grass RAPID CITY – The Battle of Greasy Grass, which took place June 25, 1876, represents one of the last significant military efforts by Great Plains tribes to defend their traditional lands and ways of life against westward expansion and government policy. In the history
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Helene Duhamel A West River lawmaker said he might file a bill in the 2026 legislative session that could slow or even stop some new development across the Black Hills by limiting the ability to take more water from underground aquifers. Rep. Scott Odenbach, a Republican from Spearfish who’s majority
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President Donald Trump President Trump’s administration is actively reviewing a proposal to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and a decision on rescheduling is expected within the next few weeks. Rescheduling would officially recognize medical use and remove cannabis from the
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A warrior or hunter would decorate his horse with carefully chosen war symbols or power symbols which might be intended to give him protection, to indicate the troubles which lay ahead, or which spoke of the courageous heart of the war horse. Some symbols told of the horse’s affection
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Rapid City—As the winds begin to shift and the first signs of fall settle over the Black Hills, a quiet but urgent call is rising from the heart of Rapid City. Pejuta Waste O’Tipi | Good Medicine Lodge, the only Native American and Indigenous-led center for unsheltered relatives in
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Charles Rencountre (right) discusses sculpting pouring technique with student Mark Lonehill. (Photo by James Giago Davies) RAPID CITY—Most Native art focuses on the past because it is this romanticized tableau that people crave. Artists are refined in a system that rewards and encourages this perspective. Charles Rencountre, an enrolled member
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Amazon offers online Telehealth appointments for individuals to see a doctor or nurse. The appointments enable participants to discuss their medical issue, receive a treatment plan and a prescription for any recommended medication. Prescriptions can be filled by Amazon Pharmacy and delivered to one’s home. Amazon can alternatively have the
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A quarter of South Dakota Public Broadcasting staff will soon be out of a job, but optimism remains that donors could help restore some services and positions before cuts take effect. SDPB Executive Director Julie Overgaard announced Thursday that 15 SDPB employees will be laid off and five vacant positions
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