Tim Giago, Oglala Lakota Journalist (Photo by Jodi Rave Spotted Bear) As Tim Giago entered his final hours, the Thunder Beings filled the yet-dark sky above the Black Hills early Sunday morning. I sat outside watching these brilliant horizontal flashes of lightning fill the air. A gentle rain later fell.
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Dakota Star Map (Courtesy Star Lore Art, Native Sky Watchers) RAPID CITY—For generations, the night sky has been one of the greatest mysteries in human history. The tales of how the stars became constellations goes back more than 17,000 years ago when the stars were depicted as animals and ancient
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Whitney Rencountre, member of Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota Nation. is named the new CEO of Crazy Horse Monument CRAZY HORSE, SD – TUESDAY JULY 26, 2022 – The Board of Directors of the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Whitney A. Rencountre II, as the
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Tim Giago, in his prime, perusing an issue of the Lakota Times, the first Indian owned and operated independent newspaper in the country Tim Giago, in his prime, perusing an issue of the Lakota Times, the first Indian owned and operated independent newspaper in the country RAPID CITY—Tim Giago wore
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Tim and Jackie Giago, Grand Marshalls of the 2016 Native American Day Parade in downtown Rapid City. RAPID CITY – Tim Giago put his last paper to bed at 8:44 a.m. Sunday, July 24, just a few days after he celebrated his 88th birthday. But those who were fortunate enough
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PINE RIDGE – Members of the Oglala Lakota Nation overwhelmingly voted to defeat a proposed move to scrap Indian Health Service oversight of their Indian Health Service Unit Hospital. On July 12, a total of 887 votes were cast and the majority sent a loud and clear message they do
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Photo courtesy dailymail.com PINE RIDGE—Traditionally when a question of cannabis comes up, it revolves around the medicinal variety, obtained with a card and then from the Flandreau tribe in East River, at the Native Nations Cannabis location, owned and operated by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. However, for recreational folks,
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LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND—On Friday, July 15, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Jim Thorpe will be named as the sole gold medalist in two 1912 Olympic events, the pentathlon and the decathlon. Thorpe was stripped of his gold medals in 1913 after it was discovered he had played a couple
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Lori Ann Two Bulls signature designs grace her new creations, Okanke. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Was Te’) RAPID CITY – Racing Magpie’s Block Party was rocked over the weekend by the raw heavy metal jams of the Carrion Crawlers. Troy, Lesain and William, homegrown musicians from Kyle, were among a
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RAPID CITY—Chief US District Judge Roberto Lange, handed down a sentence of 21 years on 20 year old Jonnie Fineran Thursday morning, from a case that first happened in July 2020. Lange, in speaking of the sentence and where Fineran is presently incarcerated at Fort Worth Texas, said
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