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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Golden Globe winner Lily Gladstone, a Native American actress with her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon. (courtesy photo) By Marnie Cook Native Sun News Today Assistant Editor Sometimes, it’s hard to see change. It can feel like every step is a slog, two steps forward and three steps
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A replica of a Forest Service sign in the parade float bears the words from the U.S. Supreme Court opinion about the theft of Black Hills treaty lands on July 22, 2023. Photo Courtesy/Black Hills Clean Water Alliance RAPID CITY – Conservation biologists consider the Black Hills a “sky island.”
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BISMARCK, ND – Each day an estimated 10-15 people risk their lives when they walk or bike across town on the main highway route on the Turtle Mountain Reservation. At least six people have died in the past 15 years. An unknown number of others have been injured on the
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LAME DEER, MT – A portion of the Montana Highway 212 Corridor, running from Crow Agency to Alzada, often called the “deadliest” state road has finally got the attention of key officials. A new Highway 212 Safety Task Force, funded by federal and state money has been established and held
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Rose Cordier-Beauvais, 70, visits the gravesite of her grandson, Honor Beauvais, at St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Mission, S.D. Honor was 12 when he died during winter storms that pounded the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in December 2022. (Photo: Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch) Part one of a two
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Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources map shows reported spills remediated and still under remediation in a 7.5 mile circumference of Wharf Gold Mine near Lead, South Dakota in the northern Black Hills. Photo credit/ Courtesy of SD DANR’s interactive tool Part one of a four part series. RAPID
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