RAPID CITY – Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board’s CEO Jerilyn Church was recognized as a Regional Impact awardee by the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) during the 36th Annual National Tribal Health Conference (NTHC) held in Temecula, California last week. The NTHC is the largest American Indian and Alaska
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The Kinney family from Rapid City. Nearly seven million Americans in the United States are adopted. In 2015, more than six-hundred seventy thousand children spent time in our foster care system. One out of every twenty-five families with children have an adoptive child. Families adopt for a number of reasons,
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WASHINGTON – Vice Chair Kathryn Isom-Clause, and Associate Commissioner E. Sequoyah Simermeyer of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) released the Fiscal Year 2018 Gross Gaming Revenue numbers. FY 2018 revenues total $33.7B, an overall increase of 4.1% over FY 2017. The GGR for FY 2018 is the highest in
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PRIOR LAKE, MN – The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) recently opened a public exhibit that celebrates and chronicles the history of the tribe and allows visitors to experience Dakota culture. The exhibit is located in Hoċokata Ti (2300 Tiwahe Circle, Shakopee), the SMSC’s new cultural center and gathering space.
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Vision Maker Media and MIGIZI present Train the Trainers: Native Youth Media Summit. The Native Youth Media Summit is for instructors of youth media programs. Vision Maker Media seeks to provide Native youth with the skills and tools necessary to harness the power of media for Native-driven storytelling and narrative
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PIERRE– Round 2 of the South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF) 2019 Community Innovation Grant (CIG) program has been completed. Fourteen South Dakota nonprofits will receive grant awards. Offered in partnership with the Bush Foundation, the Community Innovation Grant program supports efforts to find breakthrough solutions to community challenges across the
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The New York State Department of Health today announced new findings of its ongoing investigation into the vaping-associated pulmonary (lung-related) illnesses that have been reported across the state, including an updated case count and information regarding the testing being conducted at the Department’s Wadsworth Center Laboratory.nn”The cases of pulmonary illnesses
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RAPID CITY– Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity, along with Samantha Goings, welcomes the public to attend a home dedication ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, August 30 at 929 Dilger Avenue in Rapid City. This home is the eighth and final home to be dedicated at the Garfield Green
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BLACK HILLS – Rural America Initiatives and Rapid City Community Conversations are pleased to announce the date and location of this year’s Native American Day Parade, which will be held in conjunction with the Black Hills Powwow on October 12, 2019 in downtown Rapid City. Parade registrations are available at
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PINE RIDGE – Pine Ridge residents can enjoy a free lunch and register for great prizes during an open house planned outside Golden West Telecommunications from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27. The event will celebrate the recent upgrades Golden West has made in Pine Ridge, including
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