Vermillion SD— On October 16, 2023, the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law held a tribal flags dedication ceremony. The Knudson School of Law, the only law school in the state of South Dakota, aspires to be the home of law in South Dakota. Knudson School of Law
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A Pennington County jury found Connie Uhre, one of the owners of the Rapid City Grand Gateway Hotel, guilty on two counts of simple assault on Friday, October 13, 2023. The charges were filed for actions Uhre took against peaceful legal Native American protestors in May 2022. There are several
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EAGLE BUTTE – October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM), which offers a platform to raise awareness, inspire change, heal together, and work towards a safer future for all relatives. According to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), “…Domestic violence is not traditional to Native cultures, and it
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LAME DEER, MT. – Yvonneda “Henry” Thompson, Northern Cheyenne has been the architect of many innovative projects during her 25 years as Director of Extension Service of the Chief Dull Knife College (CDKC). Yet, the current Extension service priority project, the Good Medicine Garden is one of the most exciting
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RAPID CITY—While people acknowledge and understand the deep spiritual and historical connection Lakota people have with the land, it is the Indian cowboy who still retains the direct connection to the land and the horse. Whether he is a working cowboy or a rodeo cowboy, or both, the Indian
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NDN Collective hosted the inaugeral Indigenous People’s Day in downtown Rapid City. Supporters march from Memorial Park to Main Street carrying a banner displaying NDN Collective’s mantra, “Landback.” RAPID CITY—“We Are Still Here,” “Landback” and “Free Leonard Peltier.” These were some of the sayings on signs and banners that could
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Phil Baird March 12, 1955-September 25, 2023 Hearts are heavy at United Tribes Technical College with the passing of Phil Baird, who spent a major share of his professional life on the UTTC campus. Phil came from South Dakota in 1985, as he said, “with my clothes in the back
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Members of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate in the Indian Cemetery at the former site of the Carlisle Indian Inductrial School late in the evening of Sept 17, 2023. (Photo By Charles Fox ICT) Amos La Framboise and Edward Upright of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate were disinterred by tribal representatives
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CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL – On Sunday October 1, was the 11th Fall Volksmarch, a bi-annual hike up Crazy Horse Memorial organized by the Black Hills Chapter of the American Volkssport Association (AVA) and hosted by Crazy Horse Memorial®. This event hosts thousands of hikers from all over the world who
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A buffalo hide painting depicting life at an Indian boarding school will be on display at Tusweca Gallery as part of the “Remembering the Children” exhibit. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hopa) RAPID City – An exhibit that memorializes children whose spirits were almost lost to time, opened
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