Dino Pina with his uncle and sponsor Christopher Pina. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY — “The number of Native American graduates in the Class of 2024 will likely be the largest in the history of Rapid City Area Schools. For now.” That is Ira Taken Alive, RCAS Title VI
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Wilma Thin Elk (L) and Marla Jean Big Boy (R) lead the Voices of the Elders Meeting in Wanblee on Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Photo by Mia Feroleto) WANBLEE — The third meeting of Wakan Tahoki Omniciye was held this past Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at the
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The collection of Chief Spotted Tail’s items that were turned over to the South Dakota State Historical Society. (Austin Goss/The Dakota Scout) PIERRE — Civil War Maj. Cicero Newell and Sicangu Lakota Chief Spotted Tail have been deceased for more than a century, but their friendship has transcended generations of
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Remembrance Garden (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Dark purple clouds and relentless winds threatened to sidetrack the Wicaktepi Remembrance Garden reveal on Thursday evening, but just as people arrived at NDN Collective headquarters and the event was about to begin, the wind died down and the dark clouds
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Oglala Sioux Tribal leaders testified on Capitol Hill, asking the House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for additional law enforcement funding in Indian Country. From left to right: Acting Chief of Police John Pettigrew, Oglala Sioux President Frank Star Comes Out and his assistant Donna
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Gov. Kristi Noem, flanked by advisers and law enforcement officials, speaks on May 17, 2024, at the Capitol in Pierre. Visible from left to right around Noem are Tribal Relations Secretary David Flute, Dewey County Sheriff Ashley Arpan and Tribal Law Enforcement Liaison Algin Young. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight) PIERRE
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The 3rd Annual Sunka Wakan Un Wicozanikte – Healing with Horses Camp which took place at Thunder Horse Stables in Rapid Valley. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID CITY – Understanding, recognizing and validating Historical Trauma and Unresolved Grief among Native Americans is essential to living well. Delaney Apple
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Lily Mendoza, founder of Red Ribbon Skirt Society moderated a roundtable discussion titled “All Our Relatives” with guest speakers including artist Jennifer White, owner of Post Pilgrim Gallery, Leya Hale, director of documentary “Bring Her Home,” and artist Rachel Berg, owner of Liv Artfully in Sioux Falls. (Photo by Chantelle
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NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen presenting RAI Executive Director Bruce Long Fox with generous donation. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY — NDN Collective, on a cooler than normal May afternoon, made a generous donation of $100,000 to Rural American Initiatives (RAI). RAI, which serves low-income Native families,
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A historic meeting between the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association on April 26, 2024. Torrey Davie, Northern Cheyenne, Eugene Little Coyote, Northern Cheyenne, Debra Charette, Northern Cheyenne, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Chairman J. Garrett Renville, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Chairman Ryman LeBeau, Rosebud Sioux Tribal Chairman Scott
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