(L .to R.) Harold Frazier with James White at the GTCPA special meeting in April . (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has begun tackling the backlog of probate cases in Indian Country and in May distributed twenty-eight million dollars to tribal beneficiaries
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Mason Big Crow is sworn in as Treasurer of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in Pine Ridge on March 21, 2011. Big Crow now faces federal charges alleging theft of tribal funds and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID CITY — When federal prosecutors first indicted former
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Flooding in the Oglala area. (Photo by Rhonda Dreamer) OGLALA LAKOTA COUNTY – A slow-moving thunderstorm system bypassed Rapid City entirely but caused devastating flash flooding over parts of the Pine Ridge Reservation and Oglala Lakota County. It’s estimated that in a short amount of time, the storm dumped over
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaks at the Gila River Indian Community in Laveen, Arizona in October 2024. (Gage Skidmore/ZUMA) ALBUQUERQUE — Deb Haaland, the former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and one of the most nationally recognized Native American political leaders in the country, clinched the Democratic nomination
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Graduates and their sponsors attending 2026 RCAS Feathering Ceremony. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Laughter and the clatter of plates filled the school cafeteria at Central High School as families gathered Thursday afternoon May 21 to share a meal ahead of the annual Native American Senior Honoring and
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Lakota veterans from all tribes render 21 gun salute. (Photo by Marnie Cook.) STURGIS, S.D. — Lakota veterans, families, and tribal leaders gathered at Black Hills National Cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony that braided together military protocol, Native traditions, and a deep insistence on remembrance. Under a hot, cloudless
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A rare 1885 contract between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill. (Courtesy photo) CODY, Wyo. — A rare 1885 contract between Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill Cody is coming to Wyoming for the first time after a longtime museum supporter paid $136,000 to secure the document for the Buffalo Bill Center
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John P. “Pat” Flynn poses for a photo in the South Dakota Senate in January 1971. (Courtesy of Sean Flynn) A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gutted a key provision of a voting rights law won’t affect South Dakota’s legislative districts until 2031 — but Native American voting rights
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(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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