Senator Mike ROunds (R-SD) WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) has formally requested the establishment of a “Violent Crime Reduction Commission” to tackle the alarming rates of violent crime on reservations. In a letter addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Rounds emphasized
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Thomiah Poor Bear displays the 2025 Class B championship plaque, after the Bennett County Lady Warriors defeated Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 71-61 for the state B title. (Photo courtesy SDPB) Thomiah Poor Bear displays the 2025 Class B championship plaque, after the Bennett County Lady Warriors defeated Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 71-61 for the
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Central California coastline. Photo by A. Keuthan Colorectal cancer, sometimes shortened to colon cancer, is the second leading cause of death for American Indian women and the third leading cause of death for American Indian men. Many native readers personally know someone who has perished from this disease because it
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L to R: Denise One Star, Madonna Thunder Hawk, Chas Jewett, Marcella Gilbert at Sinte Gleska University where Thunder Hawk was honored for her lifetime of activism on behalf of Native Americans. (Photo courtesy of Marcella Gilbert) MISSION SD – March is National Women’s History Month. For Lakota relatives, any
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A quote from the U.S. Court of Claims decision in the Sioux Nation’s Black Hills land claim case appears on a sign on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. (Photo: Hamner_Fotos) PINE RIDGE—In July 1980, $102 million was awarded to the treaty signatory tribes impacted by the 1877 taking of the Black
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Wakiyan Aglipi, the Return of the Thunder Beings ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the location of the Wakiyan Paha (Thunder Butte). (Photo Courtesy of Lakota Times) EAGLE BUTTE – On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Cheyenne River Lakota relatives will begin the ceremonial season with hosting Wakiyan Aglipi, the
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Mary Polanco The Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) mourns the death and honors the life of Mary Frances Polanco (Jicarilla Apache), a founder and the first treasurer of the Indigenous Journalist Association. Polanco died on Friday, March 6, 2025 in her hometown of Dulce, NM. She was 86 years old. In
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Black Hills mountain goat herd on HIghway 44 West. (Photo by Marnie Cook) PIERRE—The Black Hills region of South Dakota has seen a surge of new residents and visitors in recent years, sparking a debate in the state legislature over how to manage this growth while preserving the area’s unique
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Fire fighters used the parking lot of the Takini School on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation as a staging area in the 20,000 acre Route 13 grassland fire on Monday March 10, 2025. Flames came close to the Takini School and Community, which emerged unscathed. (photo by Fran Carr
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WASHINGTON, DC—Every fight has at least two adversaries, and a court battle has ensued between the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF). On March 7, in DC district court, NARF filed suit on behalf of three Indian tribes against Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum,
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