PIERRE—With the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally just ending and schools beginning, many South Dakotans are worried about increased Covid-19 cases. The South Dakota Department of Health’s daily Covid-19 numbers show a steady increase in active cases. As of August 18, the South Dakota Department of Health’s daily COVID-19 update showed
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According to the Fort Belknap Indian Community, untreated waste from the former Zortman-Landusky mine complex is flowing into the reservation in Montana. (Photo courtesy Fort Belknap Indian Community) The Fort Belknap Indian Community and a coalition of environmental nonprofit groups said this week they plan to sue the Montana Department of Environmental
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RAPID CITY—Local zero waste store and community space, Hippie Haven, is now home to an outdoor community fridge, the first of its kind in downtown Rapid City. Donations of unopened and unexpired fridge and freezer foods are now accepted at Hippie Haven 24/7, and community members are also encouraged to
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MNI LUZAHAN OTUNWAHE—Micheal Two Bulls (Oglala Lakota) recently completed a large-scale mural at the soon-to-open location of Racing Magpie at 801 East Saint Andrew Street. The mural, completed on a roughly twenty-five foot high by forty foot long wall on one of Racing Magpie’s buildings, features a variety of striking
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RAPID CITY—The monthly Native American Indian Community Meeting held the third Thursday of the month and scheduled for August 19th has been canceled for August. The next Community Meeting will be held on Sept. 16, 2021 at the Mother Butler Hall beginning at 6:00 PM. Secretary of the Interior Debra
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, applauded the Senate for passing their bill to improve child support enforcement for Native American tribes by allowing the 60 tribes
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This undated photo shows a tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, which will be returning to his Nebraska tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The university’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology says it’s been working
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Hickory Street Kitchen & Cocktails owners Tracey and Nik Sing. (Photo courtesy of Cuny Communications) SISSETON—As the COVID-19 pandemic winds down around the country, many restaurants are picking up the pieces and struggling to re-start operations. However, in the town of Sisseton, South Dakota, Hickory Street Kitchen & Cocktails, is
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COUNSELOR, NM—Pueblo and Diné leaders and activists today hosted an event calling on President Biden to protect Greater Chaco Canyon and stop issuing new oil and gas leases in the sacred landscape. In an event held as part of the Red Road to DC, a cross-country tour highlighting Indigenous
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Contact: press@ccrjustice.org Local District Attorney Rejects All Criminal Charges for Alleged Violations of ALEC-inspired Anti-Protest Amendments to Critical Infrastructure Law St. Martinville, Louisiana – Sixteen pipeline protesters and a journalist who had been arrested and charged with felonies in 2018 celebrated a major victory for the First Amendment after
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