South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem SIOUX FALLS – Governor Noem outlined her spending plan for the next year during her annual budget address to the legislature on Tuesday. Senator Troy Heinart South Dakota ended the June 30, 2020 budget year with a $19.1 million surplus. She also proposed to spend
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WASHINGTON – Chairman E. Sequoyah Simermeyer and Vice Chair Kathryn Isom-Clause of the National Indian Gaming Commission announced the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for the Indian gaming industry. Revenues for FY19 total $34.6B; an increase of 2.5% over 2018. In the 32 years since the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was enacted, 2019 marked
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Tom Poor BearPhoto courtesy Indianz.com RAPID CITY— Despite tribal lockdowns, social distancing, and shelter-in-place policy, COVID-19 deaths continue to impact every reservation. Three Lakota Seymour Young DogPhoto courtesy Bennett County Booster of note were lost to COVID in the past week. Seymour Young Dog, 77, of Batesland entered the spirit
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Representative Sharon Stewart-Peregory(Photo Courtesy: Montana Public Radio, mtpr.org) In the upcoming Montana Legislative session, beginning January 4th, veteran tribal legislators say that the Indian Caucus will be fortunate to hold on to gains in previous legislatures for Montana Tribes. “We are operating under a super majority and have to spend
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When U.S. President-elect Joe Biden was the former Vice President, he knelt before Native U.S. Congresswoman Deb Haaland at her unprecedented election victory. COURTESY / Deb Haaland for Congress WASHINGTON – When U.S. President-elect Joe Biden chose New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his Interior Secretary, the nomination was the
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“That stimulus check really did help quite a bit,” Dominic Eastman (right) said, after Sicangu Oyate volunteer OFFER CARES Coordinator Ronald L. Neiss (left) helped him file to obtain it. COURTESY / Project Stimulus PART V ROSEBUD – Dominic Eastman was the first recipient of a pandemic stimulus check in
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Part 2 of 2 Dakota warriors attack White settlements during the Dakota War of 1862 Even out in the rough and tumble American West, war had rules, and history clearly indicates both sides had a problem observing them. The folks in Washington knew the rules, and expected others to observe
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RAPID CITY – Farmers will be able to go grow hemp during the growing season of 2021 after the South Dakota Rules Review Committee approved the state’s industrial hemp rules on Dec. 7. The South Dakota Department of Agriculture oversees the industrial hemp program but the Department of Public safety
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RAPID CITY – Soo San Drive, a road in West Rapid City which was previously associated with the Rapid City Indian Boarding School, has been renamed to Sioux San Drive by the Rapid City Council in a 9-1 vote. The issue was met with little discussion and the only dissenting
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Newly elected Oglala Sioux Tribe President Kevin Killer and Vice President Alicia Mousseaux KYLE — Newly elected Oglala Sioux Tribe President Kevin Killer and Vice President Alicia Mousseaux were sworn into office and conducted their first meeting on December 4 at the Piya Wiconi Multipurpose Building on the main campus
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