Part 2 of 2 Dakota warriors attack White settlements during the Dakota War of 1862 Even out in the rough and tumble American West, war had rules, and history clearly indicates both sides had a problem observing them. The folks in Washington knew the rules, and expected others to observe
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RAPID CITY – Farmers will be able to go grow hemp during the growing season of 2021 after the South Dakota Rules Review Committee approved the state’s industrial hemp rules on Dec. 7. The South Dakota Department of Agriculture oversees the industrial hemp program but the Department of Public safety
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RAPID CITY – Soo San Drive, a road in West Rapid City which was previously associated with the Rapid City Indian Boarding School, has been renamed to Sioux San Drive by the Rapid City Council in a 9-1 vote. The issue was met with little discussion and the only dissenting
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RAPID CITY – Officials are reminding City utility customers with overdue accounts that beginning next month, the City will resume discontinuation of residential and commercial utility services for non-payment of utility bills. This practice was suspended in March due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. City utility customers with
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A civil lawsuit filed in the wake of a bond scandal that defrauded the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation and retirement investment funds of $43 million has been dismissed. The suit alleged that law firms involved failed to perform their due diligence in the issuance of the fraudulent bonds. The Wakpamni
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RAPID CITY – The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed Donna Gilbert, Julie Mohney, and Charmaine White Face’s challenge against IHS about Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board’s (GPTCHB) 638 contract. The original challenge was dismissed from the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota –
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Newly elected Oglala Sioux Tribe President Kevin Killer and Vice President Alicia Mousseaux KYLE — Newly elected Oglala Sioux Tribe President Kevin Killer and Vice President Alicia Mousseaux were sworn into office and conducted their first meeting on December 4 at the Piya Wiconi Multipurpose Building on the main campus
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Part II The Vore Buffalo Jump (VBJ) near Sundance, Wyoming is one of the largest preserved big game kill sites in the world, said Dr. Charles Reher, the leading archaeologist who excavated the site, devoting much of his career to get the site protected, researched and donated to UW and
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Little Crow, Mdewakanton Dakota Part 1 Little Crow, Mdewakanton Dakota Marie Antoinette and Andrew Myrick had two things in common—one, something they allegedly said, and two, losing their heads for having allegedly said it. However much historians dispute whether either of them uttered their infamous words, what can’t
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Ziebach County Sheriff’s officers use a knife to take down the flag of the #LandBack treaty rights movement that flew from the bridge over the Cheyenne River between Bridger and Phillip where the Keystone XL tar-sands crude pipeline is slated to cross. (Courtesy Photo, 2KC Media) EAGLE BUTTE – As
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