Captain Ryan Marks of the Rapid City Fire Department, teacher Deb Daly, and spiritual leaders Tom and Carla Cheyenne. RAPID CITY – Community members gathered at the Minneluzahan Senior Center for a heartfelt evening of recognition and solidarity: the Celebrating Champions of Compassion event. Sponsored by Pejuta Waste Otipi (Good
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Linebacker Sam O’Rourke (33) on the field against nationally ranked #7 St John’s University. (Photo courtesy Sam O’Rourke) PINE RIDGE— Most high school football players are not going to get big college scholarship offers, and they are not going to graduate summa cum laude. But these players do not lack
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Four way in Rapid City, SD effected by the widespread power outage. (Photo courtesy of msn.com) Officials confirmed early this morning that the widespread power outage affecting large portions of Wyoming and western South Dakota was caused by what experts are calling a “tumbleweed surge event,” after an overnight windstorm
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Dr. Millicent Pepion presenting her study at the 40th WSR symposium. Photo by Marnie Cook. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – At the recent Wicazo Sa Review (WSR) Fortieth Anniversary Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Indigenous scholarship met modern innovation as Dr. Millicent Pepion (Bitter Water Clan born for the Blackfeet Nation)
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Traditional ribbon skirts. (Photo courtesy of Indigenous Perspectives Society) Ribbon skirts are handmade skirts worn typically by Indigenous communities. Each skirt is made up of fabric and multiple ribbon colors. Ribbon skirts are most likely worn during pow-wows but can be worn daily; ribbon skirts symbolize Indigenous pride. Mina Seminole,
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Simon Contractors formerly Hills Materials on Sturgis Road. (photos by Marnie cook) RAPID CITY – A number of groups have formed what a local Native leader called a “winning coalition” to protect the sacred sites of the Black Hills and more. “In South Dakota, I do believe that the coalitions
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Picture of 37,300 fentanyl pills and $37,877 in cash seized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement and Isleta Tribal Police. (Courtesy photo) WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced the successful seizure of more than 37,000 fentanyl pills during a coordinated drug interdiction operation
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Helen Peterson (Photo courtesy of the Colorado Women Hall of Fame) PINE RIDGE—Long before hashtags and viral protests, both Pine Ridge and Rosebud sent a quiet generation of Lakota leaders into the heart of federal power. They did not seize buildings for the cameras or shout into microphones. Instead, they
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Pictured here is some of the Indian corn Clara Caufield grew from the seeds that Peggy White provided. (Photo credit – Clara Caufield) Last spring, a Crow friend Peggy White gave me some purple corn seeds. “They are very old,” she explained. “See if they will grow.” It sure did,
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Attendees viewing a presentation at the Wicazo Sa Review Fortieth Anniversary Symposium. Photo by Marnie Cook. ALBUQUERQUE – The Wicazo Sa Review, a Native journal co-founded by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Dakota Santee) from Fort Thompson, South Dakota, was celebrated by the University of New Mexico (UNM) in the first week of
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