SPEARFISH – For some, the military is a way to see the world while learning the skills to become successful in life. However, for one South Dakota Army National Guard Soldier it is about so much more. For Spc. Jacey Garcia it is about continuing a family legacy and helping
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Chairman Jorjani announced the new Early Coordination with #IndianTribes Handbook to offer guidance on how federal agencies, industry, and Indian tribes can work collaboratively and effectively through the #Section106 process go.usa.gov/xpjed%5B/caption%5D WASHINGTON— As the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) commemorates National Native American Heritage Month, Chairman Aimee Jorjani announced
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PIERRE — U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) have introduced a resolution to establish a fellowship for wounded American veterans to hold two-year fellowships in the United States Senate. The program, called the McCain-Mansfield Fellowship, would offer each Senate office a fellow, which would last two years.
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Oyate Ki Woope Ogna Tipi, the new Oglala Sioux Tribe Justice building in Pine Ridge, SD. (Photo courtesy Beasley Management) The Oglala Sioux Tribal Court has announced that it has opened up a branch of its Youth & Family Court at the Kyle Court House. Formerly, all Youth & Family
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The Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant sits just 600 yards from the border of the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota. Highly radioactive nuclear waste is stored at the facility. WASHINGTON, DC—A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives paves the way for the Prairie Island Indian Community
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Special talks and exhibits will be presented November 2 at Wind Cave in celebration of exploring 150 miles of explored passages. (NPS Photo) WIND CAVE – On Saturday, November 2, Wind Cave is celebrating its 150th mile of exploration with special talks and activities. Programs include hearing exploration stories from
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Part of a bison skull and other bones after being catalogued and placed in climate-controlled storage at SD Mines. RAPID CITY— Between 1993 and 1995, a team of archeologists undertook an excavation of prehistoric animal bones in the Deerfield area of the Black Hills. They found bison, mountain lion, deer,
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Bison are released into a section of Badlands National Park in South Dakota in October 2019. This particular area was recently secured for their use — an area Bison have not roamed since 1870. BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK – Today with 50 people watching, the first snowstorm of the fall laying
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EAGLE BUTTE — Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold C. Frazier has decided to run for president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). Frazier released a statement on Friday saying he accepted the Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association’s request to run for the presidency of NCAI. Frazier says
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Waylon Rogers, Tribal Council (Ashland, MT) Elderly Liaison; Mrs. Janet Scott, Vanna Schwamb, Katherine Haugen, Elderly Program Administrative Assistant and local Sheridan volunteer SHERIDAN, WY – In September, two elderly ladies, Janet Scott (82) and Vanna Schwamb (93), both of Sheridan, WY teamed up for a labor of love and
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