Chantelle Blue Arm stands with her uncle, historian Donovin Sprague, at Racing Magpie on June 15 as he signs her copy of Images of America: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID CITY – Long before highway signs renamed it Little Bighorn National Monument, Lakota and Cheyenne
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Joyce Jefferson as Tillman explaining the meaning of the quilt patterns. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY — The Black Hills Community Theater marked its fourth annual Juneteenth celebration this year with a new approach: a theatrical presentation that weaves together African American history, local storytelling, and a community quilt
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On the 10th anniversary of the #noDAPL movement, a three-day summit in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, where the occupation took place, aims to address gaps in renewable energy funding for tribal nations and pave a pathway for future sustainability projects. Amidst rising energy costs and the halting of numerous
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Tashina Mani, or Mary Crawler, also Moving Robe Hunkpapa The summer of 1876 is remembered for the thunder of hooves and the defiant stand of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho along the Greasy Grass. But woven through the stories of Sitting Bull, White Bull, One Bull, Crazy Horse, Gall,
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A depiction of Buffalo Calf Road Woman appears on the Yellow Nose Spotted Wolf Ledger, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. ROSEBUD BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK — On June 17, 2026, the Northern Cheyenne, Lakota, Arapaho, and their allies will return to the Wolf Mountains for a full day of remembrance marking
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Chatkú Arts Center held at Mahpiya Luta in Pine Ridge, SD PINE RIDGE, S.D. – Presented by MAC Construction, the Chatkú Arts Center officially opened its doors on June 6, 2026, welcoming nearly 1,100 community members, artists, families, and visitors to a full-day Grand Opening Celebration honoring Native art, culture,
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Presentation by historian Donovan Sprague CRAZY HORSE, S.D. — Crazy Horse Memorial® will host a special program on June 20 honoring the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Greasy Grass, bringing together community members, visitors and historians for an evening of reflection on one of the most significant victories
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Sioux Treaty Land Map from Staning Rock PIERRE – Just as all nine federally recognized South Dakota tribes officially voted to advance federal legislation to return federal public lands in the Black Hills to the Great Sioux Nation, renowned Oglala Lakota tribal attorney Mario Gonzalez clarified the tangled history of
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(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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