Singing, drumming, and praying at the gates of a hazardous pipeline pump station, Indigenous grassroots resisters held off project work for over an hour until police showed up to disburse them. COURTESY / Josh Pacheco Photography FLOODWOOD, Minn. — Two dozen Indigenous water protectors and allies sang, drummed, and prayed
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EAGLE BUTTE – The Dewey County Democratic Party applauds the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier for filing to intervene in the lawsuit between Governor Kristi Noem and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland regarding a permit for fireworks at Mount Rushmore this summer. Last month, Gov. Noem filed
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Tom O’Halleran (R-AZ-01), and Tom Cole (R-OK-04) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral, Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act. The bill repeals outdated and discriminatory laws against Native Americans, including statutes that allowed the forcible relocation of Native American children to
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Sexual violence within teen dating relationships is very real. Oftentimes teens are made to feel as if sexual contact is “no big deal” or is “a part of being in a relationship/dating” by their perpetrators. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. According to the NSVRC report, Serving Teen
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RAPID CITY – 58-year-old Marlon Little Bald Eagle has been indicted on charges of Felony Murder (a death that happens during of the commission of a felony), and alternative charges of Second Degree Rape or Third Degree Rape (meaning he could be convicted of one or the other, but not
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Governor Noem and Department of Tribal Relations to host Governor’s Round Dance in Pierre PIERRE – Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations will host the Governor’s Round Dance in Pierre on Thursday, May 20, 2021, from noon to 3:00 pm CT. The Round Dance will take
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The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and state parties including the Democratic Party of South Dakota announced a historic four-year agreement that will guarantee more investment into Democratic state parties and grassroots infrastructure than ever before. At a minimum, this investment will provide $23 million to state parties as part of
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RAPID CITY – Soldiers with the South Dakota National Guard’s 842nd Engineer Company refurbished the observation deck near the summit of Bear Butte as part of an Innovative Readiness Training project, April 24 to May 2. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and Bear Butte State Park officials partnered with
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PIERRE– Today, Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) announced South Dakota will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs. “Businesses across the state continue to say they would grow and expand, if it wasn’t for the lack of
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PIERRE. – The South Dakota Department of Health has released new income guidelines for the WIC Program effective May 3, 2021. WIC is a special supplemental nutrition program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provided at no cost to eligible moms, infants and children. Its goal is to
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