Courtesy Photo The Wanblee Mart has been sold to RF Buche, who owns a small chain of Buche Foods and Gus Stop Convenience Stores. Buche will take over on April 28th, 2021. “The store will be closed on the 28th for inventory, team member orientations and other misc. tasks so
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The Native Sun News Today endorses Sarah Collins, for the federal judge position in South Dakota that is about to be vacated by Judge Jeffrey Viken. NSNT endorses Mrs. Collins because she is the most qualified applicant for that job. The staff and management at Native Sun News Today encourages
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PHOENIX, AZ.– Native American voter advocacy organizations are launching an educational campaign in support of federal legislation that will prevent anti-democracy partisans in states from imposing voter suppression laws intended to block members of tribes, nations, and other communities from casting ballots in elections. Four Directions, the leading Native American
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PHOENIX, AZ.– Native American voter advocacy organizations are launching an educational campaign in support of federal legislation that will prevent anti-democracy partisans in states from imposing voter suppression laws intended to block members of tribes, nations, and other communities from casting ballots in elections. Four Directions, the leading Native American
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RAPID CITY – The Pennington County Commission appointed Germaine Little Bear to the county Housing and Redevelopment Commission during its Tuesday morning meeting. This is the third appointment to the Housing and Redevelopment Commission since November 2020. Commissioners Deb Hadcock and Ron Rossknecht were appointed to the commission by the
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RAPID CITY – NDN Collective announced that the organization will open and fund an Indigenous-led community based school in Rapid City. The school is expected to open in Fall 2022, serve 40 students in the first year, and will be the first Indigenous-led school designed specifically for students in the
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RAPID CITY – One year into the pandemic, South Dakota has lost 1,933 people to Covid-19, with 45 deaths this month. There have been a total of 117,081 people who tested positive statewide including 1,358 new positive tests last week, an increase of 128 from the week prior. Oglala Lakota
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CHAMBERLAIN – St. Joseph’s Indian School students and staff welcomed visiting artist and hoop dancer Starr Chief Eagle to campus as part of the South Dakota Arts Council Artist in Residency Program. Chief Eagle is a talented Lakota Artist and “Hoop Dancer Extraordinaire” who travels the world telling her story
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Water protectors celebrated outside the courthouse March 24 when Haakon County dropped one of two criminal allegations against Cheyenne River Sioux tribal member.COURTESY / 2KC Media PHILIP – Water protectors celebrated outside the courthouse here March 24 when Haakon County dropped a felony charge against Cheyenne River Sioux tribal member
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RAPID CITY– Last summer, 21 Indigenous people and allies, including Nick Tilsen, the president and CEO of NDN Collective, were met with force from the state police and arrested for protesting Trump’s rally at Mt. Rushmore. Though Trump and his group were violating multiple treaties with their presence, including one
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