After the Walk/Stand Up for George event in Memorial Park, a smaller group of protestors left the walk and demonstrated outside of the Public Safety Building. RAPID CITY – “We had a rainbow here today,” Selwyn Jones, uncle of George Floyd, said about a May 30 “Walk/Stand Up for George”
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Oglala Lakota tike Lucas Weston is following protocol, protecting himself and family from the Covid-19 pandemic, and “loves wearing his mask,” says his mother Dana K. Richards. Credit COURTESY / Dana K. Richards FLANDREAU – As of June 1, U.S. Census Bureau decennial survey personnel had missed their 2020 field
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OFFER leader Ronald L. Neiss urges tribal governments to “step up to the assistance plate to help those tribal members who have fallen through the cracks” of the stimulus payment system. PART III ROSEBUD – On May 28, Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Rodney Bordeaux said his government “can help
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Candi Brings Plenty: “Tribal sovereignty allows the tribes to operate these checkpoints within their land.” (PHOTO COURTESY / ACLU) By Justine Anderson Native Sun News Today Correspondent PIERRE – At a May 21 teleconference, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said she sent a letter asking U.S. President Donald Trump to
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Mining pollution threats recently earned Rapid creek, or Mniluzahan, a 2020 designation as one of America’s Most Threatened Rivers. (Photo by Talli Nauman) RAPID CITY – As tribal governments awaited federal consultation over proposed increases in large-scale gold prospecting on Rapid Creek upstream from here, the grassroots Black Hills Clean
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Red Cloud Indian School Boys basketball team against Cheyenne Eagle Butte Braves (Courtesy Photo) Events that normally take place annually in Rapid City and the Black Hills have joined the evolving conversation of whether or not to host patrons this year. The Lakota Nation Invitational organizers are keeping a close
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ALBUQUERQUE – The Governor of New Mexico, has extended a state of emergency order for the town of Gallup, a border town near the Navajo reservation, as the numbers of cases of the coronavirus have increased in the area. The order from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was set to
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“Our elders and youth need to be assured that we care for them and all our Cheyenne people. We are battling an unseen enemy that enemy is covid-19. Prayers for all. May Maheo watch over all us in this time of uncertainty.” Paul Three Fingers LAME DEER, MONT. – Though
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Walt Swan, owner of HeSapa Enterprises and Rapid City Common Council Ward 4 candidate RAPID CITY – Walt Swan Jr., an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and self-described “old school Rapid Citian,” is running for Rapid City Common Council in Ward 4. Swan grew up in Rapid
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Isaac Neiss succeeded in claiming his Covid-19 Economic Impact Payment, but it meant jumping through some hoops. His story is the first episode in our exposé on the hurdles for others like him in Indian country. (Photo by Talli Nauman) PART I RAPID CITY – Ronald “Isaac” Neiss figured he
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