South Dakota, USA – April 4, 2023 – The South Dakota Education Equity Coalition (SDEEC) stands in solidarity with the nine Tribes of South Dakota in opposition to the proposed revisions of the K-12 Social Studies curriculum standards. The Tribes have expressed concerns that the revised standards, developed by William
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Kim Tallbear Kim Tallbear was at home in South Dakota, prepping to interview an older generation of Native women. She was a graduate student at the time and the women weren’t just any elders; they included Tallbear’s mother, as well as her mother’s friends. Tallbear’s standard procedure would have been
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EAGLE BUTTE— After a long pandemic hiatus, one of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s most beloved programs returned this winter. Main University kicked off on Jan. 18 and ran for six weeks, with 17 children celebrating their graduation on Monday, Mar. 6. A recipient of a “Champion for Children” award
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When AmpleHarvest.org founder and Executive Director Gary Oppenheimer agreed to manage a local community garden in 2008, he was not thinking that his idea for empowering local gardeners to share their excess yield would become a national movement. Growing up with post war parents sensitized him to the food security
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Medica Community giving for telehealth counseling offered by Catholic Social Services (CSS) of Rapid City increases access to people across South Dakota. Access to mental health care is vital for all ages, but especially for youth and young adults who represent 14% of all suicides nationally, and it’s critical for
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Dr Michael Oltrogge President, Nebraska Indian Community College, the 2022-23 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year DENVER – The American Indian College Fund named Dr. Michael Oltrogge, President of Nebraska Indian Community College in Macy, Nebraska, as its 2022-23 Tribal College and University Honoree of the Year. President
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Public bathrooms in the United States: love them or hate them, you can’t ignore them. From dingy gas station restrooms to overcrowded airport lavatories, public bathrooms in the US have a reputation for being, well, pretty terrible. A recent poll of 3,000 by Lavatory Lab confirmed this hypothesis when they
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CRAZY HORSE – In 1978, the Crazy Horse Memorial scholarship program began with a single college scholarship of $250 awarded to a college student studying in South Dakota. Korczak Ziolkowski called it a “modest effort now toward the future, long-range educational goals of Crazy Horse” – and in the last
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“We look to the creative genius of artists to not only help us see the world from a different perspective, but to also help us imagine the way forward in an ever-changing landscape” (Ernie: place this quote in a quote box, or maybe a line above and below in
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PINE RIDGE—Back in 2015, the Obama Administration designated the entire Pine Ridge Reservation as a Promise Zone. The intent was to target high poverty areas with a partnership between the federal government and local leaders and groups “to improve economic and community conditions.” In 2017, Congress created Opportunity Zones, some
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