Local citizens exercise their first amendment rights and hold up protest signs calling on city officials to recognize the humanitarian crisis they have created by denying a permit for the relocation of the Hope Center. (Photo by Christopher Piña) MNI-LUZAHAN (RAPID CITY)—Winter may be warm at times in the Black
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SIOUX FALLS – The top-two primary election initiative recently passed the halfway point in signature gathering. The nonpartisan South Dakota Open Primaries ballot committee has collected 25,797 signatures to put their initiative on the 2024 ballot. Although only 35,017 signatures are needed to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot,
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CLOVIS, N.M.— Historic rural water allocations coming to the Dakotas. As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in Rural America Event Series, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton traveled to Clovis, New Mexico today to announce $65 million for rural water projects
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RAPID CITY – As expected, the winter chill is setting in and worse conditions are expected. It’s the natural progression in Rapid City South Dakota, as natural as Tate (the Wind) whipping leaves from the trees followed by freezing temperatures and piles of snow. It’s a punishing and deadly environment
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All that the congregation was able to salvage from the ruins of the 133 year old historic Holy Innocents Episcopal Mission Church in Parmalee, SD were part of a brass Niobrara cross and the church’s bell, which was damaged by its fall when the steeple collapsed in the fire. (Photos
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2023 inductees into the National Native American Hall of Fame L-R, LaNada War Jack, Richard “Dick” Trudell, James De La Cruz representing Joe DeLaCruz, Mark Trahant, and Andra Freeman representing Will Sampson. (Photo courtesy of NNAHOF Facebook) SANTEE, Neb. –The Dakota Santee Sioux Nation honored and celebrated Richard “Dick” Trudell
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Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund Six nonprofit leaders nationwide chosen for advancing opportunities Denver, Colo.— Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the Denver-based American Indian College Fund, was named a Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Social Equality Awardee (NBSE). Bank of American
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RAPID CITY—Mental health care is one of the major areas of service currently lacking in the Indigenous community of Rapid City. Access to care, programs and trainings are unfortunately few and far between. One of the many goals for the Gathering of Native Americans (GONA) conference recently held in Rapid
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing partnerships for a new, interagency pilot project aimed at offering more localized ground bison meat for tribal communities through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). The pilot will look at changes to how USDA purchases bison to
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WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a nearly $327 million investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to continue fulfilling settlements of Indian water rights claims with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund. The funding will support major water projects across
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