LAME DEER, Mont – During the second week in February a group of traditional Northern Cheyenne Chiefs met and according to Facebook reports removed four Tribal Council members from office. Those targeted for removal include: Tory Davies, Busby District; Rueben Roundstone, Busby district; Cory Spotted Elk and Wade Red
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Kristi Noem, United States Secretary of Homeland Security RAPID CITY – In a letter addressed to tribal leaders and citizens of federally recognized tribes, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem denied claims of enrolled tribal citizens being detained by immigration officials and said to date, no ICE operations
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House of Representatives. (Photo by Marnie Cook) PIERRE – It had been thought that at least one of the bills attempting to regulate mining operations in the Black Hills would have survived having passed out of committee earlier in the legislative session, but House Bill (HB) 1287 failed in the
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Indigenous Cacique (Chief) Francisco Ramirez Rojas, known as Cacique Panchito, in blue-green jacket, greets Canadian Ambassador to Cuba Geoff Gartshore in a breakthrough diplomatic meeting for Indigenous Cubans on Dec. 3, 2023, in the remote mountains of the island nation. Credit: Photo by Geovani Ramirez, courtesy of Cuba Indigeneity Project
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L-R: Betty Jean Handley (White Bear Woman), Christopher Piña, Shaylene Cordero, and her daughter Rosalee. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – On a breezy but unseasonably warm February Saturday in Rapid City, a small family gathering for an 86th birthday became an awakening in the lobby of the Hotel
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Two markers that the National Park Service have been ordered to be removed from the Little Bighorn Battlefield by the Trump administration’s purge of so called “anti-American ideology.” (Courtesy photo) LAME DEER, Mont. – Unless the tribal stake holders in the Battle of the Little Big Horn can deter it,
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Alli Moran of Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. (Photo by Eunice Straight Head) EAGLE BUTTE – When Alli Moran (Cheyenne River Lakota) was a young child, her mother Shelley Moran Alkire would say to her, “When you are older and go to Washington, D.C., to speak for your people…” There was
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Rim of Craven Canyon in the Black Hills. (Photo from Dakota Rural Action website) FALL RIVER – Things are moving quickly now. There is a public comment period underway for citizens to comment on exploratory uranium drilling in Craven Canyon, as well as a public hearing next month. The canyon
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NDN Collective CEO Nick Tilsen outside of the Pennington County Courthouse. (Photo courtesy NDN Collective) RAPID CITY – A mistrial was declared on January 29, 2026, in the trial of Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective CEO and founder, who is charged with assault of Rapid City Police Officer Nicholas Glass. The
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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (Courtesy photo) OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt used his final State of the State address to again call for limiting tribal sovereignty in Oklahoma, arguing the state should have sole authority over criminal and taxation laws — a position that immediately drew sharp rebukes from
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