KYLE – On July 30, in Kyle, Cougar Fund Executive Director Penny Maldonado will share her love of mountain lions and knowledge of their positive role on the land. She will discuss mountain lions’ natural history and behaviors. She looks forward to hearing about community members’ experiences with mountain lions,
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SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota’s lone Congressman Dusty Johnson voted not to condemn President Trump’s tweets as racist in a vote on Tuesday. Trump tweeted some controversial racist comments about democratic lawmakers who are women of color. Trump said, “…Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken
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Photo Courtesy Karla R. Larvie The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary continues Founder’s dream and announces its 31st summer season of guided tours to see the wild horse herds. Founded in 1988 by the late Dayton O. Hyde, the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary is one of America’s greatest private wilderness
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and U.S. Reps. Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz.), Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today introduced the Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act. Their legislation would repeal several outdated federal laws that are discriminatory against Native Americans, including laws that
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PINE RIDGE — On Monday, July 8, the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council passed a same-sex marriage ordinance in a 12 to three vote, with one abstention. With the ordinance’s passage, the Ogala Sioux Tribe (OST) became first in South Dakota to legalize same-sex marriage. Two days later, the Oglala Sioux
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Scyller Borglum First-term State Representative Scyller Borglum announced her candidacy to challenge Sen. Mike Rounds for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. The South Dakota Democratic Party issued the following statement from SDDP Chair Paula Hawks in response: “Mike Rounds has spent his time in Washington following the other Senate
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WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today announced that the United States Senate has approved two pieces of legislation he introduced to promote tribal economic development and self-governance. “We’ve worked to promote economic development and self-governance for tribal communities,” said Hoeven. “These bills
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NAJA will recognize Acee Agoyo and Kevin Abourezk of Indianz.com as awardees during the 2019 National Native Media Conference set Sept. 15-18 in Prior Lake, Minnesota. NAJA selected Agoyo and Abourezk as the 2019 Richard LaCourse Award for Investigative Reporting recipients. Their accomplishments will be highlighted during the award presentation ceremony set
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WASHINGTON – Attorney General William P. Barr’s Advisory Subcommittee on Native American Issues (NAIS) convened during the U.S. Attorney’s National Conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss a wide range of justice issues affecting Indian Country, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores (OK-N), Chair, and U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme (MT), Vice Chair.
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PIERRE – The Industrial Hemp Study Committee, chaired by Representative Lee Qualm (R-Platte), will hold its first meeting on Thursday, July 11, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. (CT) in Room 414 of the State Capitol in Pierre, South Dakota. The Legislature’s Executive Board selected the Industrial Hemp Study as one of
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