RAPID CITY, SD – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that a multi- agency law enforcement operation has resulted in 16 federal arrests in Rapid City, South Dakota, and within the Pine Ridge Reservation. Operation Snowy Ridge was organized by the FBI to clear outstanding warrants related to
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Jeff King and Lynette Two Bulls, Food Sovereignty Project. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – On April 11, 2025 the Food Sovereignty project set up in a parking lot near the Cheyenne Mini-mall in Lame Deer, MT. The mission was to give starter seed kits and seed potatoes
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Hobart Lone Hill in his two-fisted boxing prime. (Photo courtesy Mark Lonehill) RAPID CITY—Sixty-seven years after Hobart Lonehill hung up his gloves, he and older brother Edgar are 2025 inductees into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame. Born in 1932, and four years older than Hobart, Edgar was a
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PLS dig expanded in 2022 that straddles Sturgis Road. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Pete Lien and Sons (PLS) from Rapid City want to drill for graphite near Pe’ Sla, a high mountain prairie that is a sacred site of the Lakota people. The project proposed, called the
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Ron His Horse is Thunder ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) expresses great sorrow at the passing of longtime Tribal College leader Ron His Horse Is Thunder on March 26, 2025. A descendant of Sitting Bull, His Horse Is Thunder (Hunkpapa Lakota) was an educator, lawyer,
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Principal Lundeen talking with members of NDN Collective, one of the vendors. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Central High School sponsored a Community Night on Tuesday evening for the families and students of Central High School and North Middle School eighth grade students. The evening featured a meal,
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Hobart Lonehill RAPID CITY— Any tribal community is going to produce some great athletes, and the Rapid City Indian Community is no exception, starting in the 1950’s with basketball star Vince Whipple at Rapid City High. But back in the 1950’s another sport made the top of the sports pages
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Joe Medicine Crow received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest civilian honor awarded in the United States) from President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009.[14] During the White House ceremony, Obama referred to Medicine Crow as bacheitche, or a “good man,” in the Crow language. (Photo courtesy Wikipedia) As
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Left to Right. Leslie Vermillion (Standing Rock), Marcella Gilbert (Cheyenne River), Madonna Thunderhawk (Cheyenne River), Charlene Means (Cheyenne River), Mable Ann Eagle Hunter (Cheyenne River). Photo by Marnie Cook. RAPID CITY – Many residents representing wide-ranging views came together on Saturday April 5, to participate in the National Day of
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Devon Archer WASHINGTON — In a significant development, former President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, who was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Wakpamni District a district of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. This pardon comes as part of a
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