Dr. Valeriah Big Eagle, Yankton Sioux Tribe MESA, AZ – The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development is proud to announce the 2026 class of Native American 40 Under 40 recipients. Nominated by their peers, 40 Under 40 honorees exemplify leadership, initiative, and dedication and have made significant contributions
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Participants gathered in downtown Mni Luzahan (Rapid City) for NDN Collective’s inaugural Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration. (Photo by Darsha Dodge, Rapid City Journal) RAPID CITY, S.D. – A South Dakota jury sided with the Native American nonprofit organization NDN Collective on Friday in a discrimination lawsuit against the Grand Gateway
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RAPID CITY – Santa brought an early Christmas gift to Black Hills Life Flight air medical service—an upgraded PC-12/47 NG fixed wing plane! Based in Rapid City, the crew will use this asset to transport patients needing to go farther distances for higher-level medical care or in weather conditions
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The exhibit featured cradleboards made by mothers of missing and murdered women. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – It was an emotional moment for the many who gathered at the Cradle Board Exhibit during the Forty Eighth Annual Lakota Nations Education Conference who were there to remember their lost
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Moses Brings Plenty (Photo by Kirk Dickerson) RAPID CITY – The 48th Annual Lakota Education Conference drew large crowds to the Best Western Ramkota last week. At the helm of the conference were founders Maurice Twiss and Terri Jo Gibbon, who continue to excel at bringing together presenters who offer
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Andrea Eastman and her horse Sadie along with other riders are making the 330-mile Dakota 38 Memorial Ride who remember the 38 Dakota warriors hanged in December 1862. (Photo courtesy of Andrea Eastman) December is a time for winter celebrations and also a time of mourning. Native American relatives all
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Miss He Sapa Win (Miss Black Hills), Precious Cook, spoke to attendees at CRYP’s inaugural Oceti Sakowin Youth Conference. EAGLE BUTTE – Native American Heritage Month was action packed as usual for the Cheyenne River Youth Project, but this fall, the nonprofit youth organization did something new. It closed the
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Piedmont Mine map. (Photo courtesy of Simon Construction website.) MNI LUZAHAN SENIOR CENTER – Roughly thirty people gathered for the final Save The Black Hills (STBH) Dinner, hosted by the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance (BHCWA) with COUP Council pitching in to prepare and serve food. BHCWA has been sounding
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Ezekiel Mayweather, 24 years old. (Photo Courtesy) RAPID CITY — On December 10, 24-year-old Ezekiel Mayweather formally received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for aiding and abetting first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the death of Esther Wolfe. Under South Dakota
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Koahnic Broadcast Corporation plays a unique and essential role in bringing Native voices and perspectives to the national conversation. This investment strengthens KBC’s ability to tell stories that are too often missing from other media options, while expanding the reach of trusted programming across digital and broadcast platforms.” The
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