Graphic (Courtesy of AI) PINE RIDGE—More than a century after gold miners first transformed the Black Hills, another mineral buried beneath the Hills has placed the Oglala Sioux Tribe at odds with a proposed mining operation—this time rare earth elements considered critical to modern technology and national defense. Oglala Sioux
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PIERRE—South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has named longtime victim advocate Marlys Big Eagle as the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person specialist, bringing a veteran of nearly three decades with the U.S. Department of Justice into a position designed to coordinate investigations involving missing and murdered Native people. Big
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CRST THPO Steve Vance speaking about at GPTCA 2026 summer meeting. Photo by Marnie Cook RAPID CITY – The Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association, Inc. (GPTCA) held their 2026 Summer Quarterly Business Meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rapid City July 10 and 11, 2026. Because there were only
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Rapid City Mayor Jason Salamun at press conference announcing garage demolition. (Photo by Marnie Cook.) RAPID CITY – Rapid City Mayor Jason Salamun expressed frustration and exhaustion during a press conference on Tuesday morning at City Hall as officials laid out a years-long pattern of neglect and unpaid debts by
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New Women’s Correctional Facility in Rapid City, SD. A 102,750 square foot complex designed to expand treatment, education, and reentry programs for incarcerated women. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID CITY— State leaders gathered Friday, July 10 to celebrate the opening of South Dakota’s new Women’s Correctional Facility, a 102,750
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Sculptor John Lopez unveiled “Dupree the American Bison” in Fort Pierre, where the Wakinyan Maza Drum Group offered an honoring song as community members gathered to celebrate the new metal sculpture recognizing Fred Dupree and the family’s historic role in saving the buffalo from extinction. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa)
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OST council members and community health leaders participate in discussion with HHS committee. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – The Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee met with tribal council members and staff from the Oyate Health Center (OHC) in Rapid City on July 7, 2026,
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Canadian First Nations Protest. (Photo Courtesy) Alberta’s separatist movement has surged into national debate as a political organization called Stay Free Alberta pushes for a provincial referendum on leaving Canada. The group, led by longtime independence activists and supported by several former provincial political figures, claims to have gathered more
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Smithsonian report draws fire for claims about Native History exhibits WASHINGTON – A new White House report titled Saving America’s Story has sparked strong backlash across Indian Country for its claims that several Smithsonian museums, including the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), promote what the report calls a
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Actors reenact the moment Buffalo Calf Road Woman charged into the chaos to save her brother, Chief Comes in Sight, during Remembering the Rosebud: 150 Years of Courage and Legacy, bringing the battle’s most powerful story of courage back to life. (Photos by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) ROSEBUD BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK,
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