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Surveilling Surveyors: Where the Bear Stays in
This is our first “dispatch” from the summer of 1874. As we discussed in last week’s column, we will track...

Child Care’s STEAM Center Construction
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
PINE RIDGE - After a number of delays, work is finally underway on the OST Child Care’s STEAM Center planned...

Indians in the News Twenty Years Ago Today
CRAIG HOWE AND LUKAS RIEPPEL
June 17, 2024— We scanned the pages of South Dakota newspapers for stories about American Indians that were published on...

Politics oppose Tribal Water Rights
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
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PINE RIDGE—One of the main concerns of every tribe is water. The two main impacts on tribal water rights have...

Pass Creek ‘Back To Culture’ Camp
BRITTANY POOR BEAR
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On June 29th, 2024, and June 30th, 2024, the “Back to Culture” Day Camp took place at the Spotted Horse...

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Reuben Looks Twice Jr. (Oglala Lakota) is the Guiness World Record holder for longest hair on male teen. The national...
The Claes H. Jacobson Rosebud Sioux, A Lakota People in Transition Photographic Exhibit Grand Opening set for July 6!
TEDDIE RAE HERMAN
SGU MEDIA
MISSION - Sinte Gleska University’s Sicangu Heritage Center is pleased to invite you to the exhibit “Rosebud Sioux - a...

Surveilling the Surveyors
CRAIG HOWE AND LUKAS RIEPPEL
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Almost exactly one hundred and fifty years ago, two separate groups of people traveled through Paha Sapa, the Black Hills....

Strongman competition Coming
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
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PINE RIDGE—Corey Brown made the Pine Ridge varsity basketball team as a freshman. Inside the paint, he was big, he...

Two time All Nation’s champs, Todd County working hard
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
MISSION - Two years ago, it was Red Cloud in the championship game, this past season it was Winnebago, Todd...

Lakota Tech wrestlers preparing for new year of competition
TOM CRASH
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WOLF CREEK - With not much wrestling experience, Lakota Tech girls wrestling team placed fourth in State in 2023 and...

SDGA Junior Golf tour provides great opportunities
TOM CRASH
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RAPID CITY - The SD Golf Association sponsors a Junior Golf Tour each summer for junior golfers from across the...
SDHSAA approves NIL for SD high school students
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
PIERRE - Last Wednesday, the SD High School Activities Association Board of Directors approved high school students using their Name,...

Tyson is deadly, but Ali is worse
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
I saw on Facebook yesterday where some guy was throwing shade on Iyeska, running down anybody that wasn’t a fullblood,...

On Nuclear War (Is there an alternative?)
VINCE TWO EAGLES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
The Rez of the Story By: Vince Two Eagles On Nuclear War (Is there an alternative?) Like most Americans, and...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: LOOKING FOR RELATIVES
Dear Editor: I am looking for close relatives in Kyle SD Area. I am Mr. Leonard James Village Center, a...

MATO CAN’LI WINYAN
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Wo’wan’yake Ece’tu’kiya , fulfilling the vision of the 1868 Treaty were my thoughts as I sat in the arbor on...

The Rez of the Story
VINCE TWO EAGLES
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I have written about this subject before in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, talking about it would lend support...

A White Man & The White Man
JACOB AVERY, PHD
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In Indian Country, people talk about the white man. But is there a meaningful difference between “a white man” and...

Iyeska Journal 37
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Treaties existed between tribes before the Wasicu landed at the white sand beaches of San Salvador. Like the treaty between...

MARLITA MAE RUNNING BEAR
July 3, 2024
Marlita Mae Running Bear was born on May 11, 1966 in Pine Ridge, SD to Roy Morrison and Zona (Eagle...

ANTHONY CYRUS HOLLIS
July 3, 2024
Anthony Cyrus Hollis was born on May 11, 1989 in Minneapolis, MN to Cyrus Hollis and Juanita Stands. Anthony made...

DAVENE ROSE BROWN
July 3, 2024
DaVene Rose Brown (Fleury) was born to Fernanda Marie High Bull and Richard Gary Fleury on March 28, 1981. She...

JOANNA ABIGAIL FOOL HEAD-BREWER
July 3, 2024
Joanna Abigail Fool Head-Brewer was born on February 12, 1980, Joanna’s life was marked by her dedication, compassion, and unwavering...

XAVIER LONG
June 26, 2024
Xavier Long was born on April 7, 1962 in Pine Ridge, SD to Cynthia Catches and Bart (Patricia) Long. Xavier...
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