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JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
PINE RIDGE—Ron Blacksmith, Core Systems Manager for the Oglala Sioux Tribe Rural Water Supply System (OSTRWSS), more popularly known as...

Recording Eclipses
CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN RESEARCH AND NATIVE STUDIES
April 8, 2024—The total solar eclipse of 2024 was visible in the United States on Monday afternoon, April 8, along...

OST Council approves $6.5 million change order for Child Care STEAM project
PINE RIDGE - The OST Child Care STEAM project was first awarded $3.2 million in 2019, since Covid years, a...

“Finding Your Medicine”
BRITTANY POOR BEAR
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Collin Provost-Fields, from Owasso, Oklahoma, presented “Finding Your Medicine” to the Black Hills State University Center for American Indian Studies...

“Click It or Ticket” Indian Humor
LEVI RICKERT
NATIVENEWSONLINE.NET
The result was the “Click it or Ticket” version of two Native Americans on horseback wearing seat belts. “They wanted...

Tribal Support of CREP Expands
HURON, S.D. –The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has been partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) since...

New Oglala Dam by Nov 2025
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
OGLALA—After several years of nearby Oglala Lake being drained and dried up, the community of Oglala will once again have...

Taylor Campbell runs for Miss Indian World 2024
BRITTANY POOR
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Taylor Campbell, from Manderson, South Dakota is a contestant for Miss Indian World 2024- 2025. The contest for Miss Indian...

Lakolya Waoniya Program
VI WALN
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Turtle Creek Crossing – A model home will soon be available to showcase features available to potential tribal citizens interested...

Carlow, Cournoyer, Carlow-Blount on first top performance list
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
PIERRE - The first SDHSAA Top Performance list is out with a number of local athletes making the early season...

Carlow-Blount, Dupris, Carlow, Hunter, Ferguson named to SD All State teams
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
SIOUX FALLS - Last week the SD All State teams were announced by the SD Coaches Association, local players made...

St. Francis, Little Wound top SD Scholastic chess
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
SIOUX FALL - South Dakota Scholastic held their State Chess championship in Sioux Falls Saturday at the Sioux Falls Convention...

Kristi Noem’s Ambition:
LEVI RICKERT
NATIVENEWSONLINE.NET
Opinion. South Dakota’s Republican governor, Kristi Noem, was one of the first governors to endorse Donald Trump’s bid for the...

The Rez of the Story
VINCE TWO EAGLES
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One of the Sioux words for the Solar Eclipse is Anpetuwin Tokhahan, or “Disappearing Sun”, which coincidently is also the...

Wo’wa’pi Om’na’ye
MATO CAN’LI WINYAN
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Wo’wa’pi Om’na’ye means archives where there is a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution,...

Iyeska journal 25
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Few doors in Indian Country have not been visited by wolves. As a child, you hear him scratching at the...

The Rez of the Story
VINCE TWO EAGLES
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“Events in history are important for a variety of reasons. They help us understand how societies, cultures, and civilizations have...

Iyeska Journal 23
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
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A half mile from my front door there is a city park, where a stretch of creek winds along the...

The Certainty of Suffering
JACOB AVERY, PHD
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I regularly ruminate about the human condition, and I find myself reflecting: what is certain about humanity? To gain traction...

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April 10, 2024
Niquel Standing BearDec 15,1992-Apr 5,2024Orin Clay JanisOct 15,1955-Apr 5,2024Benny ShermanSept 10,1939-April 5Bonnie WilcoxMar 29,1971-Apr 5,2024Kyle Jacob EcoffeyDec 9,1998-Mar 28,2024Ronald Little...

JOSEPH WAYNE APPLE IV
April 10, 2024
JUL 30,1980-APR 01,2024 Joseph Apple IV, Wanbli Chante Washte Hokshila, was born on July 30, 1980 in Pine Ridge, SD...

RAE ANNE TALL
April 10, 2024
MAY 13,1990-MAR 31,2024 Tasunke Wakinya Win RaeAnn Tall-Eagle Bear was born on May 13, 1990 in Pine Ridge SD to...

KYLE JACOB ECOFFEY
April 10, 2024
DEC 9,1998-MAR 28,2024 Kyle Jacob Ecoffey was born on December 9, 1998 in Rapid City, SD to Barton Ecoffey, Sr....

CHERYL HELEN JANIS
April 10, 2024
OCT 30,1973-MAR 26,2024 Cheryl Helen Janis was born on October 30, 1973 in Pine Ridge, SD to Wilson and Peggy...

MARVIN ALBERT STOLDT
April 10, 2024
APRIL 24,1940-MAR 26,2024 Marvin Albert Stoldt, Sr. was born on April 24, 1940 in Pine Ridge, SD to Frank Albert...
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