Billy Mills Seven years after a Kansas middle school was named for Lakota Olympian Billy Mills, advocates are taking a new approach to Indigenizing the school system in Lawrence, Kansas. Billy Mills Middle School, west of the Haskell Indian Nations University campus or a 6-minute drive around the corner from
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Attention! Ponderosa Gold Drilling Project comment period The Northern Hills District of Black Hills National Forest has released information for the proposed Ponderosa gold drilling project, with a 30-day comment period. Your comments are due by July 21, 2025, at 11:59 PM MT. The Ponderosa project would be located in
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Big Foot riders (some not in photo) rested and well fed, camping at Spotted Elk place in Lame Deer. Of special note, the Spotted Elk family is writer Clara Caufield’s family of origin. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – On June 22nd and 23rd, the Big Foot Riders
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Oglala Lakota Housing Authority breaks ground for 25 new units MARTIN – Acquiring new housing is a vital step forward, especially on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which boasts the largest population of all nine reservations in South Dakota. Recognizing this need, a comprehensive development plan has been set in
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Community members gathering to share a meal during the WSDCA 60th Anniversary Celebration. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Western South Dakota Community Action (WSDCA) hosted its 60th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday June 21, 2025, with food, family fun, games, a raffle plus a silent auction. The celebration was
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Francis Whitebird RAPID CITY—Back in the old days, before the people laid down their arms at Fort Robinson in 1877, leadership wasn’t a matter of ballots or bureaucracy. It was survival. Threats were real and constant, and if your leadership was weak, there was no second chance, no do-over election
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Jason Garreau, one of the inmates that died as a result of an overdose. SIOUX FALLS – Attorney General Marty Jackley announced indictments related to the drug overdose deaths of two South Dakota Penitentiary inmates this year. Two individuals are accused of distributing illegal drugs that led to these tragic
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Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell making a point. Behind every law passed by the U.S. Congress is a story. Somebody, somewhere wants to change something about the government or establish something new. Both of those endeavors require federal law. The name change from Custer’s Last Stand to the Battle of the
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On May 30, 2025, the Trump Administration released the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY 2026) President’s Budget, which includes $7.909 billion for the Indian Health Service and does not include a request for advance appropriations for FY 2027. While the budget reflects a small increase for the Indian Health Service, the
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Madonna Thunder Hawk/Wicahpi Luta Win/Red Star Woman, beloved elder of the Cheyenne River Lakota, is being honored on her 85th birthday with the creation of a digital scrapbook documenting her life and her legacy of activism on behalf of Indigenous people everywhere. (Photo courtesy of Warrior Women Project) MANSFIELD OH
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