Bears Ears National Monument (Photo courtesy of Adventr.co) WASHINGTON—Five tribal nations spent years working to secure a place in the management of their ancestral homelands at Bears Ears. Now, with most of the monument removed from its protected boundaries and their commission terminated, the management plan they helped develop faces
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Winners of Dignity of Earth & Sky Leadership Award gather under monument. (Photo courtesy of Gay Kingman.) RAPID CITY—Five women have been named the inaugural recipients of the Dignity of Earth & Sky Leadership Award, a new annual honor recognizing an outstanding South Dakota Indigenous woman for leadership, courage, perseverance
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Tim Giago and South Dakota Governor George S. Mickelson in 1990. RAPID CITY—Long before Indigenous Peoples Day became a national movement, two South Dakotans sat on opposite sides of a historical divide and decided they could do something meaningful together. One was Tim Giago, an Oglala Lakota newspaperman from the
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BHCWA Oyate Community Center forum Wateca Challenge winner accepting prize. (Photo by Marnie Cook) OYATE COMMUNITY CENTER – Black Hills Clean Water Alliance (BHCWA) held the second of five community forums they are sponsoring in communities across the Black Hills and West River to inform residents about active proposals for
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STM’s (20) Baron Slusarski is cut down by Hot Spring’s Sophomore linebacker (24) Jhett Nordick. (Photo by James Giago Davies) HOT SPRINGS—Even at 0-2, the Hot Springs Bison are a solid football team, and even more so at home at Woodward Field. Unfortunately, their opponent last Friday evening were the
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Charisse Bordeaux MISSION—“Education on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s constitution needs to go out to the people,” stated Chris Eagle Bear of the Black Pipe Community. “If you are knowledgeable on the RST constitution, please educate your family and the people around you, because it affects all of us.” continued Eagle
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Devil’s Tower near Hulett, Wyoming An inland sea once split North America right across where eastern Wyoming is today. Vast flood plains that once sustained the dinosaur extended wide from each shoreline, and the waters teemed with the most fearsome array of aquatic beasts the world has ever seen. But
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Photo courtesy of Team Buche Cares. ROSEBUD—When Rosebud Sioux Tribe interim president Lisa White Pipe declared a state of emergency, RF Buche knew his organization was in a position to do something more immediate than issue a statement of support. Team Buche Cares loaded up food and went to work.
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In 2007, Jason Baldes brought the first ten bison designated for conservation to Wind River. Today there are more than one hundred buffalo on the reservation. Photo: Tom Christiansen, courtesy of Jason Baldes. WIND RIVER. WYO – Like many tribes of the American West, the Shoshone have a long and
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Muffie Mousseau speaking at Rapid City Council. Photo from Rapid City livestream. RAPID CITY – Rapid City residents rallied to protect the right to display the pride flag and other banners that represent their multiculturalism and freedom of expression. The issue was on the City Council agenda at the last
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