WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced more than $21 million in grant awards that will fund 84 projects for 61 Tribes in 13 states that will reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries on Native American and Alaska Native lands. The grants, provided under the
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Jay Trenhaile, an adjunct professor at South Dakota State University and former head of the counseling program, with an SDSU counseling student. BROOKINGS – The people who were among the first to be able to call themselves “counselors” were members of what’s now a little known specialization. The first counselors
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South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks to members of the media at the Capitol in Pierre on Feb. 12, 2026. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Starting July 1, tribal police helping their state or local counterparts will be recognized as law enforcement officers under South Dakota law. Gov.
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South Dakota regulators approved an electric rate increase for Otter Tail Power on Tuesday in Pierre while starting a review of Black Hills Energy’s rate increase request. Otter Tail Power had proposed hiking its average residential customer’s bill by $14.39 per month. The company has about 11,500 customers in northeastern
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Three Sisters Celebration SULPHUR, Okla. — The Chickasaw Cultural Center is set to host its annual Three Sisters Celebration Tuesday, March 17, through Saturday, March 21. Activities are scheduled 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The celebration is one of the cultural center’s largest annual events and recognizes the significance
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A photo of the Sacred Site Pe Sla also known as Reynolds Prairie. (Courtesy photo) “We oppose this decision to allow exploratory drilling at Pe’ Sla,” said NDN Collective President Wizipan Little Garriot (Rosebud Sioux) told Native Sun News Today, following the Black Hills National Forest’s( BHNF) approval of a
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Legacy is a community-driven violence prevention and cultural empowerment organization dedicated to restoring safety, dignity, and voice within our communities. We work to interrupt cycles of violence, strengthen families, and create culturally grounded pathways for healing and leadership. Our approach centers Indigenous values, matriarchal leadership, youth voice, and community-based
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RAPID CITY, S.D. —More than 20 Tribal Nations welcomed more than 1,500 buffalo, also known as American bison, back to ancestral grazing lands and their communities last year, the InterTribal Buffalo Council announced today. The transfers were completed by the InterTribal Buffalo Council (ITBC) with support from The Nature
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Terry C. Johnston Ernestine, the Editor of NSNT agrees that book reviews are in order. Now in the process of reading/researching Sitting Bull in depth, she says, “Reading is very good. We, the writers are so happy that you the readers are reading us, but suggest that you read more.”
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A May 2023 aerial view of the Wharf Mine near Lead. (Courtesy of EcoFlight) MEADE COUNTY –Residents packed the Meade County commission chambers in Sturgis at the regular bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday to make comment on a proposed special zoning district along the Interstate 90 corridor, underscoring growing concern about
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