City Rapid City Finance Director (L) and Attorney Joel Landeen (R) holding a press conference in Council chambers. RAPID CITY – Petitioners wanting city leaders to put Vision Fund changes to a vote of the people came up short just 211 valid signatures. City Finance Director Daniel Ainslie and the
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OST President Frank Star Comes Out, Voices of the Elders member Marla Jean Big Boy and Senator Red Dawn Foster at Voices of the Elders Meeting PINE RIDGE – The opening prayer of the planning meeting of the Voices of the Elders was given by Jackie Siers, the Representative for
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Phil Two Eagle (Native Sun News Today Archives) RAPID CITY – From August 25th to 31st, 2024 Rapid City will play host to Indigenous tribal members from around the world for the 12th annual World Wilderness Congress: Wild12. The Congress will be held at The Monument located at 444 N.
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Camping Director Nick Nathanson (far left in white t-shirt) with a group of campers and staffers at YMCA Camp Marrowbone on the Missouri River at Marksville, SD MARKSVILLE – With a new camping director, an international seasonal staff, and new facilities, the summer camping schedule is in full swing at
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Ryman LeBeau, CRST Chairman, newly appointed District 6 Tribal Council Representative Warren LeBeau, Warren’s daughter KiTu LeBeau, Warren’s brother Sebastian (Bronco) LeBeau, and District 6 Tribal Council Representative Tuffy Thompson. (Photo courtesy of Warren LeBeau) EAGLE BUTTE – On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, Warren LeBeau of Gettysburg, SD, was sworn
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Remembering the Children Memorial site. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Residents have been watching the unfolding of a very dark chapter in Rapid City history and now, after years of research and planning, the Remembering the Children project led by a team of dedicated volunteers, is ready to
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ‘This is an assassination attempt plain and simple. America is better than this’ Indigenous members of Congress and several national Indigenous organizations have
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Founders Park includes history of the area. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – Numerous residents were visiting Founders Park on Sunday. It was a windy day and thunderstorms threatened but the sun was warm, and people were enjoying walking and riding the bike path, reading a book under a
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Travis Harden, 64 January 30, 1960 ~ June 28, 2024 Travis Harden, 64, of Eagle Butte, made his journey to the Star Nation on Friday, June 28, 2024, at Cheyenne River Health Center, Eagle Butte. Travis Francis Harden, Ite S’aKiya, was born in the winter of 1960 during a blizzard
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78 Down But Not Out, painting by Leonard Peltier (Leonard in his cell) Crow’s brought the message To the children of the sun For the return of the buffalo And for a better day to come You can kill my body You can damn my soul For not believing in
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