Husasa Red Legs Santee Sioux Chief and Minister As told by Jim James, Santee Sioux Tribe As explained in Parts one and two of this account, the Santee Sioux after an unsuccessful uprising against the U.S. Military and settlers in Minnesota, 1862 were forcibly relocated to Crow Creek, South Dakota
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2024 Native American 40 Under 40 Class honoree Kim Ironroad (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) – Senior Program Assistant, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Seattle, WA. (Photo courtesy LinkedIn) MESA, AZ – The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development is proud to announce the 2024 Class of Native American 40
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BOULDER, Colo. – WILD.org and Wilderness Foundation Global are proud to announce the 12th World Wilderness Congress (WILD12), to be held from Sunday, August 25th to Saturday, August 31st, 2024 in He Sápa, the Black Hills, the sacred lands of the Lakota Nation. The event’s host will be the Sicangu
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Chef Sean Sherman, also known as “The Sioux Chef,” will host a virtual conversation with an audience at South Dakota State University as part of the Griffith Honors Forum Lecture, starting at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center. (Photo by Bill Phelps, @billphelpsstudio) BROOKINGS, S.D.
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Kiowa Pulitzer recipient N. Scott Momaday (Courtesy photo) “Is it possible to overcome great disadvantage” ~ N. Scott Momaday SANTA FE, N.M. – Navarre Scott Momaday, Kiowa, a writer, poet, educator and master storyteller, has died. His Pulitzer Prize winning debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is credited with the
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Northern Cheyenne discuss Highway 212 public safety concerns with tribal, country, federal and state officials brought the head by the recent tragic death of Darrel King. Big Horns County Sherriff in a vehicle/semi collision on Highway 212. (Courtesy Photo) LAME DEER Mont. – On January 14, about thirty Northern
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Gov. Kristi Noem set the tone for the 2024 South Dakota Legislature not with her session-opening State of the State Address but with her budget message in December. The second-term Republican touted a doctrine of financial discipline and austerity, embracing a tradition of South Dakota governors relishing not the
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North Dakota state Rep. Robin Weisz, at left, and state Sen. Jerry Klein, both Republicans, inspect alternative maps proposed by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, during a meeting of a top legislative panel at the state Capitol in
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Cutline Gary Whipple Gary Whipple, Honor’s uncle, shows a visitor the bench that Honor built with his classmates at Sapa Un Jesuit Academy in St. Francis, S.D. It has now become a memorial to the boy’s impact on the school. (Photo: Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch) Editor’s note:
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The U.S. Department of Labor released the country’s latest job report, showing that the economy added 216,000 more jobs in the fourth quarter of 2023. Daniel Hornung, Deputy Director of the White House’s National Economic Council, shares insights to what the new job reports means for the region. WASHINGTON—On Friday,
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