FLANDREAU— A few weeks back the Flandreau Sioux Tribe filed suit against Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Last week the Tribe lost an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA had refused to sign off on the Tribe’s hemp growing operation,
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Onna LeBeau is the Executive Director of Black Hills Community Loan Fund located in downtown Rapid City. She has been helping Native and non-Native Americans with financial literacy and getting their credit scores up to secure home and business loans for the past four years.Credit: Richie Richards RAPID CITY –
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RAPID CITY— Keeping things simple when it comes to convoluted issues, like the Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Health Board (GPTCHB) 638 contract takeover of the Rapid City Indian Hospital (Sioux San), is not easy. Understandable fears, hostile communication, and escalating mistrust between the community and the GPTCHB, have worsened the
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