Roxanne Sazue former Chairwoman of the Crow Creek SIoux Tribe.Photo Courtesty SD Tribal Relations FORT THOMPSON – Roxanne Sazue spoke at Tribal Relations Day at the state Capitol in the Rotunda in February 2015 while she was chairwoman of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe’s council. Sazue was arrested Thursday, July
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She’s used to taking on powerful men – and now retired marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath is running to unseat Mitch McConnell.Photo Courtesy Brut Media Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a challenger in his upcoming 2020 re-election campaign. Retired Army fighter pilot Amy McGrath officially unveiled her campaign on
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PINE RIDGE — On Monday, July 8, the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council passed a same-sex marriage ordinance in a 12 to three vote, with one abstention. With the ordinance’s passage, the Ogala Sioux Tribe (OST) became first in South Dakota to legalize same-sex marriage. Two days later, the Oglala Sioux
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“Bison have a spiritual nature that deserves out honor and respect,” commented Justine Sanchez, President of Buffalo Field Campaign.Photo Courtesy Buffalo Field Campaign WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. – Buffalo Field Campaign has requested the heads of two federal agencies open investigations into the potentially unlawful destruction of public records and removal
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Hocokata Ti Cultural CenterPhoto courtesy Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux Community SHAKOPEE, MN— It took three years and $75 million, but Hocokata Ti, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s (SMSC) new cultural center will open to the public on July 26, 2019. According to the SMSC website, the cultural center will be “a
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PINE RIDGE – On April 22, 2019 a motion was made on the Council floor by Cora White Horse, seconded by Duane Yellow Hawk, to table the Constitutional Reform Issue and have the attorney review it and send it back to the Law and Order for review. Here is the
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Cora White Horse Pine Ridge LaCreek District Council Woman. Photo Courtesy Facebook PINE RIDGE — Normally when a public servant is arrested for drug related offenses, an internet search engine reveals stories and details. Not so with the arrest of Pine Ridge LaCreek District Councilwoman Cora White Horse. According to
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Jackie Siers and Valentina Merdanian, members of OST constitutional reform task force.Photo courtesy of Oyate Today PINE RIDGE— All across the country many tribes are calling for reform of their respective tribal constitution. This could be because of concerns over corruption, lack of representation, or inadequate or badly conceived laws.
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Scyller Borglum First-term State Representative Scyller Borglum announced her candidacy to challenge Sen. Mike Rounds for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. The South Dakota Democratic Party issued the following statement from SDDP Chair Paula Hawks in response: “Mike Rounds has spent his time in Washington following the other Senate
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EAGLE BUTTE— Mahto Luta was a Lakota warrior who lived near the close of the Nineteenth Century. He was the last of his line to have one name to identify himself; thereafter his male children, and their male children, would bear the surname of Red Bear their entire lives. Eventually
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