Black Hills Powwow canceled

RAPID CITY—On September 3, the He Sapa Wacipi Board of Directors made an announcement: “Greeting Friends and Relatives, It is with heavy hearts and our deepest regret, that The He Sapa Wacipi Board of Directors with a lot of prayerful planning, concern, and awareness for our community’s health and with

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Biden reneges on wildlife and environment protection promises

MONTANA—Given the attacks by the Trump Administration on wildlife and the environment, environmentalists were understandably enthusiastic about the incoming Biden Administration, assuming that many of Trump’s threatening policy changes would be rolled back. Two recent decisions by the Biden Administration on gray wolf protection and fracking restrictions has seriously dampened

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Whitestone Hill memorial horseback ride

WHITESTONE HILL, ND—Members of Cheyenne River, Hunkpapa, Ihanktuwanna, Ihanktuwan, Bdewakantuwan, Sissituwan and Wakpekute, as well as a few non-natives with big hearts, recently finished a memorial horseback ride that started August 28 from Fort Thompson SD and ended at Whitestone Hill on September 3 in North Dakota. Whitestone Hill is

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Trump’s Dirty Water Rule struck down

A typical watershed threatened by Trump’s Dirty Water Rule. (Photo courtesy of Wildearth Guardians.) TUCSON, AZ—Mni Wiconi, “Water is Life,” was the rallying cry of the Oceti Sakowin tribes that stood against the DAPL pipeline at Standing Rock, but threats to clean water have been an issue across the nation,

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America’s new civil war

Protesters with opposing views gathered before the Rapid City Area School board meeting on September 7. (Image is a screenshot of a Rapid City Journal YouTube video) RAPID CITY—As Covid-19 cases surge across the Black Hills, the war over masks and vaccines rages on. What began as a global pandemic/public

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60+ Water Protectors arrested

PAUL, MN—On Saturday, August 28th, law enforcement arrested more than 60 individuals who were peacefully protesting outside the residence of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Demonstrators gathered with Line 3 pipeline resistance group Camp Migizi to demand that Walz take action to stop the Line 3 tar sands pipeline. Taysha Martineau,

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Covid-19 update

RAPID CITY—Just weeks after the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, positive cases of Covid-19 and its variants are spiking in the Black Hills. Just prior to the start of the Rally, the South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH) reported 657 active cases on August 4th. As of August 31, we

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Sandhills Drive In: bringing classics back

Photo of the big screen at Sandhills Drive In located east of Alliance, Nebraska. (Photo courtesy of Sandhills Drive In website) ALLIANCE, NE – Under the direction of Edison Red Nest III and his family, the Sandhills Drive In, located east of Alliance near the Skyview Golf Course, has brought

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2021 Rosebud Sioux Tribe General Election

Officer Seats: President: Scott O. Herman Vice President: William “Willie” Kindle Secretary: Nicole R. Marshall Treasurer: Stephan Denoyer, III   Council Representative Seats: Antelope: Jordan Rahn Bull Creek:  Lisa White Pipe Corn Creek: Stanley Wooden Knife, Jr. He Dog: Micah R. Lunderman Horse Creek: Fremont G. Fallis Ring Thunder: Martha

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