Marcus blowing bubbles at the Free Foster Care Fest (Photo by Marnie Cook) By Marnie Cook Native Sun News Today Correspondent RAPID CITY – Every child deserves a safe and loving home. However, for a variety of reasons, some children in the Black Hills community find themselves in need of
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By Clara Caufield Northern Cheyenne Correspondent LAME DEER, Mont. – Nearly two hundred people gathered near the Little Wolf Capital Building to celebrate a ground-breaking ceremony for a soon-to-be broadband facility which will be located close to the current Tribal office. That program will extend improved internet services across the
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By Marnie Cook Native Sun News Today Correspondent RAPID CITY – Four years ago, TJ McCauley and a few friends started Venoms Athletics with just a handful of kids and a dream to provide opportunities for underserved youth through sports. “The first three years we paid out-of-pocket.” Now, McCauley is
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PIERRE, S.D. – On Tuesday May 28 Governor Kristi Noem announced that she will be hosting a Tribal Public Safety Crisis Summit in Pierre on Monday, June 24. Governor Noem is inviting both elected leaders and law enforcement officials at the federal, state, local, and tribal levels. She announced the
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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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