Emory Dean Keoke RAPID CITY— It has been almost fifty years since Emory Dean Keoke stopped drinking and abusing drugs. The highlights of those subsequent years were the birth of his daughter, Elizabeth, and earning a double degree, a BS in nursing and a BA in Indian Studies. Keoke worked
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Cutline: Little Bird and her family on a recent visit to the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Sisseton Wahpeton woman has organized the On The Healing Road We Walk event coming in August.Photo Courtesy Alana Little Bird PIERRE –The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate is set to host an event that
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Rockets fired by the 1-147th Field Artillery of the South Dakota Army National Guard head towards thier targets at the Northern Impact Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. 25 June, 2017. The 1-147th Field Artillery used the M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems as part of thier annual training at Fort McCoy.
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CINCINNATI — A Native American author whose writings have highlighted his indigenous culture is this year’s winner of a lifetime achievement award celebrating literature’s power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding. Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials selected novelist, poet and essayist N. Scott Momaday for the Richard C. Holbrooke
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Photo credit: Sergio Flores for the Washington PostVia Getty Images RAPID CITY— Many have questioned the legitimate indigenous status of people struggling to gain access to the United States at our southern border. Regardless of which country or region from which these people are fleeing, from Tierra Del Fuego to
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The Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home will open a new 12 bed memory wing in January of 2020.(Photo by James Giago Davies) WHITE CLAY— In January of 2020 the Oglala Sioux Tribe Nursing Home located in White Clay, Nebraska, will open a new 12-bed memory wing. This will bring the
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Self-proclaimed water protectors beef up facilities at Sacred Stone Camp in the autumn of 2016.CreditPhoto by Talli Nauman BISMARCK, N. D. – The state filed a lawsuit here against the U.S. government on July 18, trying to recoup the $38 million incurred as a result of former Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s
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Roxanne Sazue former Chairwoman of the Crow Creek SIoux Tribe.Photo Courtesty SD Tribal Relations FORT THOMPSON – Roxanne Sazue spoke at Tribal Relations Day at the state Capitol in the Rotunda in February 2015 while she was chairwoman of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe’s council. Sazue was arrested Thursday, July
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She’s used to taking on powerful men – and now retired marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath is running to unseat Mitch McConnell.Photo Courtesy Brut Media Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a challenger in his upcoming 2020 re-election campaign. Retired Army fighter pilot Amy McGrath officially unveiled her campaign on
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“Bison have a spiritual nature that deserves out honor and respect,” commented Justine Sanchez, President of Buffalo Field Campaign.Photo Courtesy Buffalo Field Campaign WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. – Buffalo Field Campaign has requested the heads of two federal agencies open investigations into the potentially unlawful destruction of public records and removal
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