People gather for a candlelight vigil in honor of Selena Not Afraid of Swords Park in Billings on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Not Afraid had been missing since Jan. 1 Her body was found Jan. 20 less than a mile from where she was last seen. People gather for a
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Cecelia Firethunder, President of the Oglala Lakota Nation Education Coalition WASHINGTON – The House Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed the Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act (H.R. 895), which was introduced by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) earlier this year. This legislation would amend Section 409 of the Indian Health
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R.F. Buhche (left) presenting PRairie Edge owner Mimi Hillenbrand and Prairie Edge General Manager Dan Tribby the Retailers of the Year Award. PIERRE – Prairie Edge in Rapid City was recently named Retailer of the Year at the South Dakota Retailers Association (SDRA) annual banquet in Pierre. SDRA has presented
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Selena’s family camping at the rest stop where she was last seen. BIG HORN COUNTY, Mont. — Jackie Big Hair slept in her car again, waking every few hours to fire up the engine and gaze at the frozen highway rest stop where her 16-year-old daughter had been reported missing.
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Lyla June Johnston SANTA FE, N. M. – On Jan. 17, Navajo state legislative candidate Lyla June Johnston announced a seven-day hunger strike in her District 47 Democratic primary campaign against House Speaker Brian Egolf. Her “Fast for the Future” kicked off at the Capitol Building on Martin Luther King
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Hunter Biden (Left) and his former business partner Devon Archer (Right). Part II of a series WAKPAMNI LAKE – The Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation bond scheme that defrauded unwitting investors of more than $60 million, attracted the attention of the Wall Street Journal, because of a high profile name connected
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LAME DEER, Mont. – In a time of climate change and rising global tension, it is important that we counter the growing uncertainty by grounding ourselves and fostering authentic connection with one another and the earth. Now more than ever, we need to take the necessary steps to get back
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TC Energy Corp.’s Hardisty, Alberta oil tank storage facility in Canada is part of the Keystone Pipeline System that would expand into Lakota Territory if more permits are granted. Photo courtesy TC Energy Corp. BUFFALO – As state hearings on the tribally contested water permits sought for Keystone XL Pipeline
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Heather Dawn Thompson Raycen Raines Part I of series RAPID CITY – A lawsuit filed in October in the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation scandal that defrauded retirement trust funds of $43 million, alleges three law firms and several individuals involved, failed to perform their due diligence in the issuance of
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Volunteers in Rapid City regularly held signs during December and January to warn the public of modern mining’s threats to water supplies. This one was at Rushmore Civic Center during the Lakota Nation Invitational tournament. Photo courtesy Black Hills Clean Water Alliance RAPID CITY – Under pressure from Native and
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