Dignity Statue by Dale Claude Lamphere in Chamberlain, SD. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) CHAMBERLAIN — The South Dakota Hall of Fame announced that it has received the copyright to the image of Dignity of Earth & Sky, the iconic sculpture created by Sculptor and 1987 South Dakota Hall of
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PIERRE – Two superintendents from South Dakota’s rural school districts traveled to the state capital this week to advocate for their students and communities. Connie Kaltenbach, Superintendent of Oglala Lakota County School District, and Carol Galbraith, Superintendent of Bennett County School District, met with District 27 Representative Peri Pourier on
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Little Wound High School senior Nikolas Yellow Boy (Courtesy photo) LITTLE WOUND – Little Wound High School senior Nikolas Yellow Boy will be featured as part of KOTA Territory News’ Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Thursday February 19th on KOTA Territory News on FOX at 6:00 and 9:00.
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Ledger Art Workshop with guest instructor Gilbert Kills Pretty Enemy III, a Hunkpapa Lakota artist. (Courtesy photo) EAGLE BUTTE – Art, music, poetry and sports filled the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) Teen Center’s public spaces in January as the Cheyenne River Youth Project kicked off the new year. Not
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Federal funding helped bring a better grocery store to Pine Ridge, S.D., and test delivery to food lockers in Marty, S.D. RF Buche was 7-years-old and getting paid $3 a day to “help” at his family’s grocery store when he saw his dad Bob Buche Jr. take money out of
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U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve health outcomes in Tribal communities. The Stronger Engagement for Indian Health Needs Act would elevate the role of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Director to Assistant Secretary
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Chairman Derrick Watchman testifies before the House Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee. (Courtesy photo) WASHINGTON, DC – Derrick Watchman, Chairman of the Board for The National Center for American Indian Economic Development, testified today before a House Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee hearing focused on federal economic development programs in
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Through the Native Youth Firefighter Training Program, high school and post-secondary students receive hands-on instruction, mentorship and technical training. (Photo courtesy Dept. of Interior) WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior announced today a new partnership between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education to prepare
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Once again, and probably to no avail, I write about one of the most dangerous stretch of highways in Montana – the 70 mile run on Montana State 212 Highway that crosses both the Northern Cheyenne and Crow Reservations. Not sure where it starts, but it is Belle Fourche
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Passion for Fashion 2025, “Identity by Design” (Courtesy of CRYP) EAGLE BUTTE — Spring is on the horizon, and with it comes one of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s most anticipated traditions: Wachípí kta Iglúwi.yeyapi (Youth Get Ready for the Dance), also known as Passion for Fashion. Now in its
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