(L. to R.) Assistant to Lakota interpreter Leola One Feather, Mike Blady, board members, tribal attorney Steven Gunn. (Photo by Marnie Cook) HOT SPRINGS – A federal lawsuit alleging due process and language-access violations immediately suspended the state hearing on a proposed uranium exploration project near Craven Canyon, after days
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) celebrates the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ historic ruling affirming that the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) applies to the remains of Native children buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School cemetery. The decision marks
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Nathaniel Dickerson displaying his plaque. (Photo by Kirk Dickerson) RAPID CITY — The Rapid City Sports Association held its 4th Annual Sports Hall of Fame and Recognition Banquet, honoring some of the area’s finest athletes. The event is organized by Domingo Rodriguez, Executive Director of the Rapid City Sports Commission.
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Superintendent Danielle Walking Eagle receives flowers during a May 15, 2026 celebration at Saint Francis Indian School, marking the school’s rise from “Needs Improvement” to “Approaching Expectations” under the BIE accountability system. SAINT FRANCIS – On May 15, 2026, at 2:15 p.m., the Saint Francis Indian School High School Gym
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Connie Hopkins speaking at the “From Chains to Ceremony” Conference at the Ramkota in Rapid City on Monday May 11. Photo by Karen Eagle RAPID CITY – When Eric Brings White, Oglala Lakota, came home from prison, he did everything right: went to school, earned a social work degree, completed
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Baby Melinko and his parents, Tyler Slow Bear and Denitra Bagola. RAPID CITY — A 9-week-old infant whose disappearance triggered a multi-agency investigation was honored Tuesday as Indigenous motorcycle groups escorted him home to the Pine Ridge Reservation for burial. Baby Melinko Ivan Bagola, last confirmed seen on April 19,
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Litefoot posing with student at Takini School. (COURTESY photo) TAKINI — Students at Takini School received a powerful dose of motivation this week when Litefoot, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, actor, rapper, entrepreneur, and longtime Native youth advocate, spent the day speaking with students in grades 6–12. His visit
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Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota leader and Buffalo Bill Cody in his Wild West show on May 17, 1885. (COURTESY photo) When Sitting Bull, Tatá.ka Íyotake, agreed to join Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show on May 17, 1885, the announcement rippled through newspapers across the United States. Reporters struggled to
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From L. to R. Michael Cross, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Ryman LeBeau, Oglala Lakota Tribal President Frank Star Comes Out, speaking on the steps of the Andrew Bogue Federal Building in Rapid City, SD. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – On Monday, a federal judge ordered an immediate
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Kamisha Nyvold. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Kamisha was a toddler from Sisseton, South Dakota, who was violently murdered in 1992. The perpetrator, Jay Adams Jr admitted to inflicting blunt force trauma, failed to seek medical attention for her injuries, and pretended to know nothing of the cause
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