RAPID CITY – Soldiers with the South Dakota National Guard’s 842nd Engineer Company refurbished the observation deck near the summit of Bear Butte as part of an Innovative Readiness Training project, April 24 to May 2. South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks and Bear Butte State Park officials partnered with
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PIERRE– Today, Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation (DLR) announced South Dakota will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance programs. “Businesses across the state continue to say they would grow and expand, if it wasn’t for the lack of
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PIERRE. – The South Dakota Department of Health has released new income guidelines for the WIC Program effective May 3, 2021. WIC is a special supplemental nutrition program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provided at no cost to eligible moms, infants and children. Its goal is to
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WASHINGTON .— Recognizing the preservation of language as essential in maintaining and strengthening Native American tribes, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) introduced a bipartisan bill to support Native American languages this week. “Congress made a commitment to promote and protect the rights of Native Americans to use their
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BOULDER, CO – Creative Nations, in collaboration with the Dairy Arts Center and Boedecker Foundation, will host Sing Our Rivers Red, a series of carefully curated exhibitions that aims to bring awareness to the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQQIA individuals (MMIWG+), and colonial gender-based violence
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WASHINGTON – Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced today that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has begun disbursing $900 million to federally recognized tribes under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. ARP was signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021, and the funds will
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“The General Store” (Ace Hardware and Lumber store) in Martin, SD has been sold to RF Buche and will take over on May 18th, 2021. Buche plans to keep the store running regular hours through the transition so customers are not affected. “Martin is great, thriving business community and we
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Tribal College Journal is launching a new creative writing column featuring award-winning student author Brianna Reed of the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). The first of its kind, the new bi-monthly column will showcase Reed’s rising talent as she continues to break boundaries and explore new horizons through her
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RAPID CITY – Starting Thursday April 22, 2021, access to the DMV Now License Renewal kiosk located within the main entrance of the Pennington County Administration Building is once again available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Installation is complete and a new larger machine is ready to
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SANTA FE, NM – The Santa Fe Indian Market will be back in person this year after an online virtual Market last year. The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) which runs the market announced on April 16 that there will be an in-person ticketed market on the weekend of
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