Mining pollution threats recently earned Rapid creek, or Mniluzahan, a 2020 designation as one of America’s Most Threatened Rivers. (Photo by Talli Nauman) RAPID CITY – As tribal governments awaited federal consultation over proposed increases in large-scale gold prospecting on Rapid Creek upstream from here, the grassroots Black Hills Clean
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Red Cloud Indian School Boys basketball team against Cheyenne Eagle Butte Braves (Courtesy Photo) Events that normally take place annually in Rapid City and the Black Hills have joined the evolving conversation of whether or not to host patrons this year. The Lakota Nation Invitational organizers are keeping a close
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ALBUQUERQUE – The Governor of New Mexico, has extended a state of emergency order for the town of Gallup, a border town near the Navajo reservation, as the numbers of cases of the coronavirus have increased in the area. The order from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was set to
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“Our elders and youth need to be assured that we care for them and all our Cheyenne people. We are battling an unseen enemy that enemy is covid-19. Prayers for all. May Maheo watch over all us in this time of uncertainty.” Paul Three Fingers LAME DEER, MONT. – Though
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Walt Swan, owner of HeSapa Enterprises and Rapid City Common Council Ward 4 candidate RAPID CITY – Walt Swan Jr., an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and self-described “old school Rapid Citian,” is running for Rapid City Common Council in Ward 4. Swan grew up in Rapid
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Isaac Neiss succeeded in claiming his Covid-19 Economic Impact Payment, but it meant jumping through some hoops. His story is the first episode in our exposé on the hurdles for others like him in Indian country. (Photo by Talli Nauman) PART I RAPID CITY – Ronald “Isaac” Neiss figured he
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ALBUQUERQUE – The Governor of New Mexico, has extended a state of emergency order for the town of Gallup, a border town near the Navajo reservation, as the numbers of cases of the coronavirus have increased in the area. The order from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was set to
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As 574 tribal governments awaited federal CARES Act funding, a reservation non-profit organization, Pine Ridge Emergency Relief, produced a poster encouraging people to take individual responsibility for public health during the Covid-19 viral pandemic. COURTESY / Pine Ridge Emergency Relief WASHINGTON. – After dozens of tribal governments sued the U.S.
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Dewey County Sheriff assisting Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe at checkpoint. EAGLE BUTTE — The Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes are refusing to bow to an order South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sent the two tribes on May 8. The order states the tribes must remove coronavirus traffic checkpoints
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Self-described “mask warriors” cut donated fabric and channel it to sewers to make protective gear for first responders of the Pueblo and Navajo Nation “and all over Turtle Island.” COURTESY / Pueblo Action Alliance WASHINGTON – Federal lawsuits filed by more than a dozen tribes succeeded in preventing Alaska Native
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