Blackwater Community School. (Photo Courtesy) TEMPE, AZ. – Construction on the new Blackwater Community School, a two-story structure on the Gila River Indian Community, located southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, was completed on August 31, 2021. The school serves pre-school, the Family and Child Education Program (F.A.C.E.) and K-5 Grade School.
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PIERRE – Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation provides educational experience and resources for Native American students. In 2010, The Indian University of North America began assisting college-bound Native Americans by providing students their first semester of college as a transition from high school to that of higher education. Throughout the 7th
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Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen on the right. (Courtesy Photo of New York Times) Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen has been revealed as the source behind tens of thousands of pages of leaked internal company research, which she says show that the company has been negligent in
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Children sit with placards with the names of children who died at the old Rapid City Indian Boarding School during last year’s ceremony in front of a hillside that researchers determined hold unmarked graves of some of the deceased children. A memorial is planned to honor the children at the
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RAPID CITY – A walk to promote awareness on domestic violence and the devasting effects it has on children and families will take place on Oct. 9. Native Women’s Society of the Great Plains has coordinated the walk offering beautifully designed t-shirts, water, and snacks to those who participate. Registration
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American Indian College Fund streaming Native American Day event DENVER– Mark your calendars! The American Indian College Fund is hosting a free streaming concert to celebrate Native American Day on Sunday, October 10, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. MDT. The event will feature performances by Native entertainers and artists allied with
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RAPID CITY – It was one of those fall days in 1990 that has South Dakota putting its best foot forward. The temperature hovered in the seventies, the sun was shining and a small breeze rustled through the pine trees. It was a perfect day for Governor George Mickelson
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When I opened an office of my newspaper in Rapid City back in the 1980s one of my frequent visitors was Lloyd Goings. It appeared that he just loved the newspaper business and so he would stop by our new office nearly every day to visit and bring us news.
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Hindus like the idea of prayer in schools as long as it includes the prayers of diverse religions and denominations practiced in South Dakota and the nation and the expression of non-believers. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem reportedly recently seemed to be pushing the idea of prayer in schools. Talking
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“I have the right to do what I see fit for my people,” said William Roger Jock, a partner in Good Leaf, a dispensary for recreational marijuana operating without a tribal license. Credit…Libby March for The New York Times With New York state officials slow to establish regulations, members of
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