Black Hills hiking trails promoted by the Black Hills National Forest. (Courtesy photo) PIERRE – When concerned citizens next meet with state officials and Clean Nuclear Energy Corporation (CNEC) over the prospect of renewed mining in South Dakota’s Southern Hills, the discussion will move to the Mueller Center in Hot
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Grouse Viewing blind on Buffalo Gap National Grassland. (Courtesy photo) WALL — Viewing blinds on the Buffalo Gap National Grassland will be open for public use starting April 1. These blinds give visitors an opportunity to observe the unique courtship dances of sharp tailed grouse and greater prairie chicken up
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Gay Kingman, Executive Director, Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association. (Courtesy photo) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Indian Gaming Association (IGA) has announced the 2026 Matriarchs of Indian Gaming, recognizing an extraordinary group of Native women whose leadership, vision, and dedication have played a vital role in strengthening tribal government gaming and
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PINE RIDGE — Red Cloud Renewable will host the Second Annual Earth Day Powwow on Saturday, April 25, bringing together dancers, families, and community members from across the Pine Ridge Reservation and the region. The celebration will run from sunrise to sunset at the Pine Ridge Powwow Grounds, with
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Waya Brown, who is Apache and Pomo, dances in a circle at Oak Flat campground on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, near Superior, Arizona. RNS photo by Alejandra Molina SUPERIOR, Ariz. – For nearly twenty years, the fight over Oak Flat (Chi’chil Bildagoteel) has stood at the center of one of
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Some of the Greenpeace team hold up a banner outside the Morton County Memorial Courthouse in Mandan, North Dakota March 16, 2025. © Stephanie Keith / Greenpeace MANDAN, N.D. – Greenpeace organizations in the U.S. and Greenpeace International announce they will seek a new trial and, if necessary, appeal the
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced more than $21 million in grant awards that will fund 84 projects for 61 Tribes in 13 states that will reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries on Native American and Alaska Native lands. The grants, provided under the
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Jay Trenhaile, an adjunct professor at South Dakota State University and former head of the counseling program, with an SDSU counseling student. BROOKINGS – The people who were among the first to be able to call themselves “counselors” were members of what’s now a little known specialization. The first counselors
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South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to members of the media at the Capitol in Pierre on Feb. 12, 2026. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Starting July 1, tribal police helping their state or local counterparts will be recognized as law enforcement officers under South Dakota law. Gov.
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South Dakota regulators approved an electric rate increase for Otter Tail Power on Tuesday in Pierre while starting a review of Black Hills Energy’s rate increase request. Otter Tail Power had proposed hiking its average residential customer’s bill by $14.39 per month. The company has about 11,500 customers in northeastern
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