Colorful Monument float with Rob Black Bear. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – There was a general air of excitement and community-sharing as volunteers worked to get their last-minute float decorations finished and spectators began to line the streets with their chairs and baskets to collect candy. The weather
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ROSEBUD – The voters of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe elected their first female president on Thursday. According to unofficial results posted late Thursday night, August tribal council member Kathleen Wooden Knife prevailed by a vote of 1,192-870 in the presidential election over Steve DeNoyer Jr. The tribe also elected a
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Marcus blowing bubbles at the Free Foster Care Fest (Photo by Marnie Cook) By Marnie Cook Native Sun News Today Correspondent RAPID CITY – Every child deserves a safe and loving home. However, for a variety of reasons, some children in the Black Hills community find themselves in need of
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Deb Haaland Secretary of Interior WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the proposed appointments of Sharon Avery and Jeannie Hovland as Associate Commissioners to the National Indian Gaming Commission. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act established the three-person National Indian Gaming Commission in 1988 to support and
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CRST member Tanner Veo crowned Mr. AIHEC BISMARCK, N.D. – The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) selected Cheyenne River Lakota tribal member Tanner Veo to be Mr. AIHEC 2024 at its annual Student Conference held in Minneapolis, MN, March 9 -12, 2024. The Mr/Ms/Mx AIHEC competition is intended to
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Oglala Sioux Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out gives thanks to Robert Kennedy Jr. for his family’s commitment to the Lakota people and presented a star quilt from the Oglala community. Photo by Darren Thompson LAS VEGAS – Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. recently made an official campaign stop with
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Madonna Thunder Hawk and her daughter Marcella Gilbert On February 26, 2024, the Warrior Women Project hosted a day-long reunion in Rapid City and an oral history gathering of the We Will Remember Survival School (WWRSS) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the school. The celebration honored
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Photo Credit/Northern Cheyenne Land Owners Association LAME DEER, MT. – On March 20, 2024, a small group of landowners from the Northern Cheyenne Reservation convened. Their purpose – to revitalize the tribal landowner’s association. That formerly was a group of allottees, organized to voice the concerns of such individual landowners.
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Event at Lamb Park. Family members of Debra Black Crow, an Oglala Lakota woman, gather every March 10 at Floyd Lamb Park on the day she was killed by her ex-husband while 7 months pregnant in 1997. Photo by Darren Thompson LAS VEGAS—On Sunday, March 10, a dozen people gathered
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Cannabis leaf SIOUX FALLS – South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (“SDBML”), the political group backing a proposed 2024 cannabis legalization ballot measure, held “Petition Sign & Drive” events across the state Saturday, March 23, in support of its ongoing signature drive. The campaign will offered drive-thru petition signing at
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