Mni Ki Wakan Summit rallies for support

After three days of meetings, more than 50 participants visited significant Black Hills sites with Lakota guide Carla Rae Marshall.Photo Courtesy: Carla Rae Marshall RAPID CITY – Advocates for the U.N. declaration of a World Indigenous Peoples Decade of Water partnered with local organizations to drum up grassroots support at

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LA bounty hunter brings toys to Pine Ridge powwow

Toys delivered to Pine Ridge Pow Wow by Brian Uptgraft.Photo Credit: Brian Uptgraft PINE RIDGE— For over a quarter century Brian Uptgraft has been delivering toys to Indian reservations, the latest being the Pine Ridge Reservation, and if you had to guess who he was and how he got involved

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Lyda Conley and the battle for Wyandot recognition

Lyda Conley KANSAS CITY, Kansas – Over the course of four centuries and thousands of miles, The Wyandot Tribe of Kansas suffered through a period of disease, war, famine and several forced relocations, the likes of which has often meant the abject dissolution of similarly fated peoples. But this tribe

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 Chaos at Sioux San still evident

RAPID CITY— Despite the Oyate Health Center having already begun their 93-638 contracted health care at the Sioux San location, Rapid City Indian community opposition still exists from more than one group, but the principal remaining group, Native American Indian Community of Rapid City, and the Black Hills Area Council

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Sentencing in child’s murder postponed, again

Angela Shangreaux had temporary custody of her nephew, Kylen Shangreaux, for 15 months prior to his brutal murder in July, 2016.Photo Credit: Karla Abbot RAPID CITY – The sentencing hearing for the accused accomplice in the murder of Kylen Shangreaux, 2 at the time of his death, has been postponed,

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Former mayoral candidate continues to make change

Former-Mayoral Candidate, Natalie Stites Means has been keeping busy since the election in Rapid City. She will be working on public policy issues and has been appointed to the South Dakota Advisory Committee of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.Photo Credit: Malik Dixon RAPID CITY — The former candidate for mayor,

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 Children lost to the system at Cheyenne River

Toni Handboy is a Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe member and founder of Piya Wicoicaga Luta. She has become an advocate for children and families in her tribe and has become a voice for men and women in incarceration. Photo Credit: Karla Abbot PIERRE – For generations, many children from the

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Black Hills Settlement attorney dies

Lead attorney iin the battle for compensation for the Black Hills Claim Arthur Lazurus dies at age 92. Lazurus was a partner in the Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Kampelman law firm. RAPID CITY— Last week noted Washington attorney Arthur Lazarus, Jr., passed away at the age of 92 from

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