The flower Medicine Wheel is expected to be fully blossomed in time for the annual Children Memorial walk. John Berglund supervising. Photo by Marnie Cook RAPID CITY – Rapid City Parks Greenhouse Specialist John Berglund might have one of the best jobs in town -planning and planting special floral designs
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Dave West served as eyapaha at the Spring 2025 commencement ceremonies at OLC-CRC. (photo courtesy of Sara Black Bird-Dupris) EAGLE BUTTE – Oglala Lakota College Cheyenne River Center (OLC-CRC) awarded certificates and degrees to 22 successful students in graduation ceremonies in Eagle Butte on Friday, June 6, 2025. Those awarded
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Fork Real Community Café moved into new downtown location RAPID CITY — Fork Real Community Café recently celebrated the grand opening of its new location at 507 Main Street, Rapid City, SD 57701. With full seating now open, the café invites the community to experience its warm, welcoming space, thoughtfully
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Dale Lamphere and onlookers watch as Amy Sazue lights sage at Remembering the Children Memorial. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – The long-awaited sculpture installation and the official naming of the Beverly Stabber Warne Memorial Plaza was held on Saturday May 31, 2025, at the Remembering the Children Memorial
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Claudia Rose Iron Hawk (Cheyenne River Lakota) received her master’s degree in linguistics from UCBerkeley in May, 2025. BERKELEY, CA – Claudia Rose Iron Hawk (Oohenumpa, Oglala, Ihanktunwanna, and Ohowozu) received a master’s degree in linguistics with an emphasis in Indigneous Language Revitalization from the University of California at Berkeley
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Talon Bazille Ducheaneux poses for a photo in his Rapid City studio. Bazille recently released his newest album “Creator Bless the Underground”. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT) RAPID CITY, S.D. — When Talon Bazille Ducheneaux takes the stage, he dons stark white facepaint with black lightning bolts beneath his eyes,
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The cloth ceremony is to wipe away anything negative and to cover them with protection. (Photo courtesy Diane Spotted Elk) As discussed in previous Native Sun News Today articles, the Northern Cheyenne Reservation has experienced an extremely high rate of death, including many younger people and too many elders. In
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Hunger relief group facing $2.5 million shortfall due to budget cuts South Dakota’s largest hunger relief organization says it faces a $2.5 million budget shortfall next year because of President Donald Trump’s federal funding cuts. Feeding South Dakota CEO Lori Dykstra addressed lawmakers on a budget committee Friday in Pierre.
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2025 Feathering Ceremony at Stevens High School where 130 Native American graduates were honored. The event was sponsored the Rapid City Area School (RCAS) Office of Indian Education. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – After experiencing fluctuating temperatures in early spring, the weather settled into a calm and sunny
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In 2024 four U.S. Senators signed a letter requesting the U.S. Forest Service to ramp up timber sales in the Black Hills National Forest to support local sawmills. (Photo By USDA Forest Service) Driving into the Black Hills National Forest, as the road gains elevation, raindrops hitting the windshield slow
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