CRST Chairman Ryman LeBeau, Senator Rounds and Don Loudner WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committees on Indian Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs, today held a ceremony in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the granting of a congressional charter to the National American Indian Veterans (NAIV).
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PIERRE — South Dakota Property Rights and Local Control Alliance (SDPRLCA) announced its formation and its commitment to initiate a referendum on Senate Bill 201 (SB 201). This controversial bill removes local autonomy from counties, municipalities, and townships, paving the way for a single private entity to profit at the
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Nikolas Yellow Boy LITTLE WOUND – Little Wound High School sophomore Nikolas Yellow Boy will be featured as part of KEVN Black Hills FOX’s Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Wednesday March 20th on The SIX and on Black Hills FOX News at 9:00. Yellow Boy qualified for the
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T-shirts for sale at a South Dakota Canvassing event at the Military Heritage Alliance in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Oct. 19, 2023. The group was formed after My Pillow founder Mike Lindell held his cyber symposium in Sioux Falls in August 2021. (Photo: Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch)
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Austin Sunka Luta EAGLE BUTTE – The Leadership and Financial Aid Team at Oglala Lakota College (OLC) chose Austin Sunka Luta of Eagle Butte to receive the Student of the Year Award for the 2023-2024 academic year. OLC now includes 11 college centers providing classes to students on the Pine
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A candlelight vigil was held for Esther Wolfe on February 22, on the sight were she lost her life. More than 150 people showed up to offer support for her family. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) Esther Wolfe, 25, who survived not only the death of her boyfriend in
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Beverly Stabber Warne Honoring Feb. 24, 2024 at the Mother Butler Center. (Photo courtesy of City of Rapid City) RAPID CITY – “My work is with Native students. All of my work is with Native students and I love it. I could be retired but I choose not to.” That
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February is American Heart Month, which is observed to encourage Americans to adopt healthy lifestyles to prevent heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Over the past 50 years, the prevalence of CVD has
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Honoring our exceptional artists and culture bearers! “We are excited about the wide variety of cultural and artistic practices of the 2024 fellowship cohort…Their creative endeavors bring together traditional knowledge, community perspectives, and each has their own spirit of growth and determination.” -Dr. Lara Evans, Ph.D., Vice President of Programs
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The South Dakota Office of Hearing Examiners has affirmed that to receive public records, the Oglala Sioux Tribe need not pay the City of Martin’s “outside legal fees incurred in producing the records.” The Tribe filed an appeal to the examiners’ office in December after the city demanded the Tribe
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