RAPID CITY—Looking down from the high ground that runs along the north side of Canyon Lake Drive, stands what remains of the Sioux San Indian Hospital, a three story, two wing building built back over a century ago as part of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School. The building has
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RAPID CITY—One South Dakota educational organization after another have joined South Dakota’s nine Indian tribes opposing the current changes to social studies standards. The latest are the School Administrators of South Dakota, and the South Dakota Association of Elementary School Principals. Over 20 school boards across the state have issued
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PIERRE— Opening the door to additional nonresident waterfowl hunters would see a further erosion of South Dakota resident waterfowl hunting opportunity and access, according to the South Dakota Wildlife Federation (SDWF). The SDWF requested that the Game Fish and Parks Commission at their April 13th and 14th meeting in Brookings
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Big Bend Dam on the Missouri River in South Dakota. The Mni Wiconi water pipeline, which brings water from the river to rural users, cities and Native American reservations, is receiving more than $20 million in federal funding for upgrades and maintenance. (Courtesy Army Corps of Engineers) BY: JACOB FISCHLER The
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Chief Old Person of the Blackfeet Nation Montana sings a prayer at the opening of the United States Department of Agriculture 150th Anniversary celebration in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 15, 2012. USDA photo by Bob Nichols.. Chief Old Person of the Blackfeet Nation, Montana sings a prayer at the opening
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Pope Francis waves to faithful during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Pope Francis went to a Rome hospital on Wednesday for some previously scheduled tests, slipping out of the Vatican after his general audience and before the busy start of
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LAME DEER, MT: Recently, the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Health Department issued public fliers stating that a case of brucellosis has been confirmed in a dog on the Reservation. Because that disease can be transmitted to humans, slight panic has occurred. Last year on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation there was a
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(Correction from Part 1: NSNT apologizes for misspelling Yvette Running Horse Collin’s name) Beyond any contributions to science, the recent research paper on the early history of horses in North America published in the journal Science, seemed to be a landmark attempt to respect and collaborate with Native people on
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South Dakota, USA – April 4, 2023 – The South Dakota Education Equity Coalition (SDEEC) stands in solidarity with the nine Tribes of South Dakota in opposition to the proposed revisions of the K-12 Social Studies curriculum standards. The Tribes have expressed concerns that the revised standards, developed by William
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Kim Tallbear Kim Tallbear was at home in South Dakota, prepping to interview an older generation of Native women. She was a graduate student at the time and the women weren’t just any elders; they included Tallbear’s mother, as well as her mother’s friends. Tallbear’s standard procedure would have been
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