German author Karl May dressed as his famous character Old Shatterhand, in 1896. (Wikimedia Commons) Hitler grew up reading Karl May’s American western novels for young people, which featured tales of taming the “Wild West” through “Indian wars.” Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), observed every year on January 27, is an
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Part four: Prospecting Proliferates Part 4 of a 4 part series Mining opponents insist the critical situation be addressed before any more permitting is allowed. They note that in January 2022, five companies had 148,000 acres of the Black Hills under active mining exploration claims. By October 2023,
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Northern Cheyenne discuss Highway 212 public safety concerns with tribal, country, federal and state officials brought the head by the recent tragic death of Darrel King. Big Horns County Sherriff in a vehicle/semi collision on Highway 212. (Courtesy Photo) LAME DEER Mont. – On January 14, about thirty Northern
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While running for governor, Kristi Noem was joined by then-President Donald Trump for a Sioux Falls, S.D., fundraising event in 2018. Now she’s a possible vice presidential choice. (Photo: Argus Leader) ROCK VALLEY, Iowa – Waiting in line for the sign-up table at his Iowa Caucus precinct on Monday
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Tribes welcome end of state’s stonewalling The U.S. District Court has ordered North Dakota to adopt two tribes’ proposed redistricting maps, ending state officials’ delays on voting rights compliance. Native leaders welcomed the ruling that prevents dilution of American Indian polling power. “The court properly recognized the voting strength
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The Annual Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual 400 mile run is held every year from January 8th to the 14th, to commemorate the attempt by members of the Cheyenne Tribe to return to their homelands. Starved, sick and without proper clothing they fled in the sub-zero temperatures. Lynnette Two Bulls,
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Part 1 of this tribal history article described the Sioux uprising of 1862 in Minnesota, an effort to regain tribal lands which resulted in their defeat. Thirty-six of them, who were found guilty in that conflict, were then hanged by the U.S. military, the largest mass hanging in American
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Part three: Flash forward – Contamination in the Black Hills After sacking the riches from the tribal loss of hunting, fishing, gathering and ceremonial resources, Homestake left behind a Superfund site. Its contamination to Whitewood Creek qualified an 18-mile stretch of this upper Missouri tributary for federal emergency
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PIERRE — The 2024 South Dakota Legislative Session kicked-off this week and will continue until March. First, a very brief summary Civics lesson about our form of government. It has different branches. The state legislature is a branch, is made up of persons elected by voters. The legislature performs state
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Part one of a two part series Boston Globe Dec. 21, 1891. “Conspicuous in the collection is the ghost shirt worn in the Sioux Ghost Dance during the Messiah Craze. It is a spacious garment, made of heavy unbleached cotton, into which the yellow ochre has been rubbed until
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