A primary election for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe is scheduled for October 1, 2020. Several key seats are open: Tribal President; Tribal Vice-President; Chief Judge, two Trial Judges and five (out of ten) Tribal Council seats. The number of candidates for each seat in the Primary is unlimited, voting for
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Julian Bear Runner PINE RIDGE — The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Julian Bear Runner, was not impeached during a hearing on Sep. 14 for a complaint of inappropriate contact with an underage boy. The victim, an 18-year-old who made the allegations against the
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CHAMBERLAIN – The 44th Annual St. Joseph’s Indian School Wačhípi will be a powwow like no other. On September 19, the powwow will take place on campus but will not be open to the public. Due to COVID-19 safety regulations, the event will only be viewed by live stream for
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Democrat Dan Ahlers will challenge Republican Sen. Mike Rounds for his seat in November. Dan Ahlers is a democratic candidate running for United States Senate in South Dakota. He is originally from Dell Rapids but he has also lived in Rapid City and Gillette, Wyoming, before settling in Dell Rapids
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Monique “Muffie” Mousseaux speaks at Memorial Park. Chase Iron Eyes responds: The cause is “a most difficult issue as we have no remedial options for our people on the creek. They are exiled in their homeland.” Photo by Talli Nauman RAPID CITY – Participants from numerous grassroots groups tackling life-or-death
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PINE RIDGE – On Aug. 31, Oglala Sioux Tribal Acting President Thomas Poor Bear sent an official letter to the federal Bureau of Land Management requesting it take into account overlooked treaty rights before issuing a decision on a proposal to open up Wyoming oil-and-gas fracking. The origin history of
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Julian Bear Runner PINE RIDGE RESERVATION — There appears to be a lot of movement leading up to the September 14 impeachment hearing of Julian Bear Runner, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. A second complaint has entered the Oglala Sioux Tribe council after a complaint against president Julian Bear
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LAME DEER, MONT. – Two massive fires located on and near the Northern Cheyenne Reservations are rampaging across southeastern Montana. As of Friday, September 4, 2010 the Rice and Snider Fires north of Ashland, Montana (perimeter of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation) had burned nearly 44,000 acres with zero percent containment.
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RAPID CITY – South Dakota has recently reported 15,400 total positive cases of COVID-19 statewide with around 2,500 of them being currently active. Pennington County makes up 1,600 of those cases and is only second to Minnehaha County that has over 5,600 cases. Oglala Lakota County nears 200 positive cases.
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Dakota Middle Tents grandfather – smudges in Norway during the 1990’s. RAPID CITY – Dakota Middle Tent’s family was relieved when they saw him in the emergency room at Monument Health with only a few broken bones. On Aug. 16 he had fallen over 100 feet from the top of
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