RAPID CITY—Just weeks after the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, positive cases of Covid-19 and its variants are spiking in the Black Hills. Just prior to the start of the Rally, the South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH) reported 657 active cases on August 4th. As of August 31, we
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Photo of the big screen at Sandhills Drive In located east of Alliance, Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Sandhills Drive In website) ALLIANCE, NE – Under the direction of Edison Red Nest III and his family, the Sandhills Drive In, located east of Alliance near the Skyview Golf Course, has brought
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First People’s Fund: One-Year Artist Fellowships Deadline: September 6, 2021 Through their Artists in Business Leadership and Cultural Capital Fellowships, First Peoples Fund partners with Native artists and culture bearers to strengthen their business skills and to ensure that art, culture and ancestral knowledge are passed from one generation
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WALL – Golden West Telecommunications will be removing aerial cables from the town of Pine Ridge. Removal work will begin the week of August 23 and continue for up to two weeks depending on weather and other factors. With the completion of the Fiber to the Home (FTTH) project in
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The series Reservation Dogs has aired four episodes, and it has been nothing short of exciting for current fans and new viewers. In the second episode, titled “NDN Clinic”, Bear is attacked and beaten by a rival gang and he ends up at an Indian Health Service clinic. Most natives
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First Lady Jill Biden (C) is greeted by Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez (out of frame) and his wife Phefelia Nez (R) upon arrival in Window Rock, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation on April 22, 2021. (Courtesy photo) The current wave of voter suppression bills targets the Native vote that
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TRIBAL LANDS IN THE DAKOTA REGION — The Oceti Sakowin Power Authority announced on August 17 that it has been selected to join the Apple Impact Accelerator, a new program for minority-owned businesses that are creating environmental solutions focused on climate change, resource conservation and smarter chemistry. OSPA is one
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FLOODWOOD, MN—Early last Friday morning, more than 50 water protectors staged a non-violent direct action to shut down construction of the Gowan North pump station on the Line 3 tar sands pipeline. They blockaded both entrances to the pump station with striking blockades. At one gate, someone ascended a tripod,
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RAPID CITY – Cis Big Crow of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is the 2021 Volunteer of the Year for the American Red Cross serving Central and Western South Dakota. “Cis has been an exceptional volunteer,” said Richard Smith, executive director of the American Red Cross serving Central and Western
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STURGIS—Final vehicle traffic counts from the South Dakota Department of Transportation for vehicles entering Sturgis for the 81st Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Aug. 6-15, 2021, have been tallied. Traffic counts at nine locations entering Sturgis for the 2021 Rally are as follows: Friday, Aug. 6: 55,326 entering Up
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