Leonard Peltier By SEARCHLIGHT STAFF A Native American man convicted of killing two FBI agents 49 years ago in South Dakota has lost what could be his final chance at parole, after widespread activism in support of his release. Leonard Peltier, 79, is serving two consecutive life terms in prison
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Darrow Pits, an old, abandoned uranium mine north of Edgemont. Photo from Rapid City Journal provided by BHCWA. BLACK HILLS – It’s a new mining boom in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. Traditional mining for gold and oil and gas has given way to new and sometimes
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A century later: On June 10, following the “Re-Imagining Citizenship” event in Bismarck, N.D., Cheryl Kary, the executive director at Sacred Pipe Resource Center, displayed a photo of Standing Rock Sioux Reservation’s 1924 observance of the Indian Citizenship Act passage. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame) A federal official spoke a hundred
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PINE RIDGE – The Oglala Sioux Tribe was awarded $15,300,000.00 from United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to (CFDA#10.182, Local Food Purchase Assistance) for the Oglala Sioux Tribe Food Distribution Program. The USDA Local Food Purchase Assistance initiative was spearheaded by President Frank Star Comes Out who was made aware
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Signs point voters to their precincts at the Instructional Planning Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. South Dakota’s June 4 elections featured 44 Republican legislative primaries and one Democratic primary. (Photo: Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch) South Dakotans by a wide margin support a
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LAME DEER, Mont. – June 25 will mark the 148th anniversary of the allied Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho triumph over the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Since 1993, delegations of Sioux have been journeying on horseback to Cheyenne Country to commemorate this significant historical
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June is Men’s Health Month! This annual observance, established in 1994, is a time to help educate men and their families about the importance of being proactive about their health by using preventive health practices and healthy living decisions. Toni Handboy, MSW, (Cheyenne River Lakota), spoke out about the
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Ernie Stevens Sr. OKLAHOMA CITY – Ernie Stevens Sr., Oneida, has walked into the sunset on Saturday, June 1, 2024. Stevens had served numerous leadership positions, including as executive director of the Los Angeles Indian Center, the Institute for Community Anti-Poverty Corporation, the Inter-Tribal Council of California, the Indian Action
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Lester Peneaux On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the body of a child was found next to a bike on a trail near the intersection of Landmark Ave. and Spruce St. in Eagle Butte. The body was reported to have suffered wounds consistent with canine bites and Tribal police and the
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SURF’s ethnobotonical garden, Čhaŋgléška Wakȟáŋ, before the seed planting event set for June 12. (Photo credit: Stephen Kenny / SURF) LEAD — The Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) is launching a new series of monthly public presentations called Deep Roots. The summer lecture series is an extension of SURF’s longstanding
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