State Sen. Tamara Grove, R-Lower Brule, speaks on the South Dakota Senate floor on Jan. 22, 2025. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) PIERRE — On Thursday in Pierre, state senators did something no previous Senate had been willing to do: Endorse a bill to change South Dakota’s unique-in-the-nation felony drug ingestion
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RAPID CITY—Across the nation, every one of the 574 federally recognized tribes, has seen what Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has done to massive bureaucracies like USAID, and the concern is that Musk will set his crosshairs on the Department of Interior in general, and
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First Presbyterian Church courtyard playground. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – After asking for divine guidance, it took less than twenty minutes, from invocation to final consideration of the item, for the Rapid City Council to vote unanimously to table the warming center. The meeting began with an invocation
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Joseph Lafferty hold up a traditional Lakota whip as he explains the important role of whipman. (Photo by Alaina Beautiful Bald Eagle) EAGLE BUTTE – The Oyate Topa Treaty Council issues an urgent call to action in its invitation to the second Reservation-Wide Meeting on February 19, 2025, from 9:00
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Taaliyah Porter, 5-10 senior forward for the Steven’s Raiders. (Photo by James Giago Davies) RAPID CITY — For half a century Rapid City Central has produced dozens of Native ballplayers, but there were few Natives playing for Rapid City Stevens. In the last ten years, that has changed with Stevens
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“Bringing buffalo back to their ancestral homelands is essential to restoring the ecosystem.”~ Executive Director for Tanka Fund Dawn Sherman RAPID CITY – The buffalo was brought to near extinction in the late 1800’s by the United States “scorched earth” policies. This is a military strategy to destroy everything in
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem added Donald Trump—to a replica of the massive granite monument that she commissioned and then presented when he delivered a speech at a controversial Mount Rushmore celebration on July 3, 2020. WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, January 28, U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced legislation that would
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Northern Cheyenne Councilwomen Melissa Lonebear & Theresa Small with Enrollment staff, IT & Administrative staff assisting Northern Cheyenne Tribal members getting their TRIBAL I.D’s in Billings. (Photo courtesy Facebook) Both the Northern Cheyenne and Crow Tribes have recently taken steps to assist tribal members in having current ID’s, a reaction
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Kelly L. Donahue, PhD, a pediatric and clinical child and adolescent psychologist. (Photo by Aliyah Keuthan) INDIANAPOLIS – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) converged on the main floor of the State House in Indianapolis, Indiana on Thursday morning, January 30th, along with a throng of people representing organizations across
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Salyiah Terry, concerned citizen. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Despite the cold weather on January 25, with temperatures just above freezing, the March for Democracy proceeded as planned. Previously postponed due to snow and subzero temperatures, around 200 people participated, showing their dedication to democracy. Attendees, bundled in
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