Captain on a pontoon boat at a Pactola Reservoir event to raise awareness during summer 2019, Dakota Rural Action Black Hills Chapter President Rick Bell was among speakers at a Rapid City Common Council hearing Feb. 3, urging passage of a resolution to prevent pollution of water from exploration and
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The Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation’s community building is complete and they are ready to host community events. A May Grand Opening is planned for the new facility. (Photo by Ernestine Anukasan) BATESLAND – Upon arriving at the Town Center built by the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation, one cannot help but
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PIERRE – The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission approved a construction permit for the Lookout Solar Project, a solar generation facility in Oglala Lakota County capable of generating up to 110 megawatts of electricity, at their regular meeting in Pierre yesterday, Feb. 3. Lookout Solar and PUC staff filed a
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State-Tribal Relations Committee Chair Rep. Shawn Bordeaux started a list of bills for South Dakota’s native constituents to watch. (Photo courtesy Shawn Bordeaux) PIERRE – The looming construction of the tribally opposed Keystone XL Pipeline through unceded 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty territory drew plenty of attention from native and other
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The Sioux Chef, Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota, born in Pine Ridge, SD, is organizing the food tasting thanks to the Wokini Initiative of SDSU. RAPID CITY – An impressive lineup of presenters is slated for the first annual Lakota Food Summit taking place February 18th-20th at Holiday Inn Rushmore Plaza.
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Part III of a series Geneva Lone Hill inside the community center, which is one of four buildings constructed by the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation. (Photo by Ernestine Anukasan) BATESLAND – The community that was victimized by a scam that took advantage of the abject poverty that grips much of
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RAPID CITY – Ahani (a long time ago), before there were horses, Sunka (dog) was sacred to the Oceti Sakonwin. Sunka guarded the tipi encampments, and pulled travois’ when the camp moved seasonally following the buffalo. Each spring when the Wakinyan Oyate (thunder beings) brought magazu (rain) to replenish the
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Shawnee Real Bird, Crow and Cheyenne will soon become the first female Native American from a Montana tribe to obtain a commercial pilot’s license. (Photo courtesy Facebook) Shawnee Real Bird, age 21, will soon become the first female Native American from any Montana tribe to obtain a commercial pilot’s license.
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Youth prayed for justice with a three-day relay run through Lakota, Cheyenne and Apsáalooke country after body of sister missing 20 days was found.(photo by Joanna J. Shane) HARDIN, Mont. – In honor of missing and murdered indigenous women, a group of relay runners who took off from the Pine
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Native American Natural Foods’ is helping Indian reservation ranchers like Charles “Bamm” Brewer access markets through a new partnership with Niman Ranch that links with Tanka Fund and Tanka Regenerative Agriculture Coop. PINE RIDGE – Charles “Bamm” Brewer is one of only a handful of Native American buffalo ranchers able
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