2021-09-02
New Oyate Health Center Taking Shape
It’s been one year since Scull Construction Service started on a building project for the new Oyate Health Center, and construction is on schedule to be completed next year. Exactly one year ago, the companies started demolition on 15 of the outbuildings. Oyate Health Center, which is part of the federal Indian Health Services, provides a wide array of medical […]
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP!
Lexie & Rudy’s buddy with a first place in championship here at the GI State fair! Congratulations and very very well deserved! HUGE Congratulations to the team!! We have worked so hard & it has finally paid off! Thank you to the team members Stanley Jr, Bill Long Turkey, Loren Ecoffey, & Tyler Cottier! Also, a big thank you to […]
Indigenous Band in Hall of Fame
SIOUX FALLS – The band Indigenous will be inducted into The South Dakota Rock and Roll Music Association (SDRRMA). The Induction Celebration is Saturday, September 25 in Sioux Falls at the Ramkota Exhibition Hall. Indigenous front man, Mato Nanji (Ma-TOE NON-gee) was born and raised on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. He dedicates his latest release Time Is […]
SD Rodeo Queen Has Passion For Animal Care
This year’s High School South Dakota Rodeo Queen Tashina Red Hawk laughs as her horse Frenchie, grabs her hair. Red Hawk stands with four of her horses near a stock tank filling with water. Red Hawk won the rodeo queen honor for the second time in three years. This summer, she went on to compete for the national title, receiving […]
Herman voted RST President
ROSEBUD, South Dakota – Rosebud Vice President Scott Herman ousted incumbent tribal President Rodney M. Bordeaux in a general election Aug. 26 that also brought in a new vice president and several new council members. In unofficial results reported by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Election Board, Herman drew 1,374 votes to Bordeaux’s 937. Bordeaux had served several terms in tribal […]
Cis Big Crow: 20 Years in Red Cross
Volunteering comes naturally to Cis Big Crow, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and an American Red Cross volunteer. “I guess volunteering just grew on me. And I didn’t realize how many years I was with the Red Cross,” she says. Since 1999, when a deadly tornado struck the Pine Ridge Reservation, Big Crow has been a Red Cross […]
Tribal Members Access Financial Products
Kyle, South Dakota – August 20, 2021 – As the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) announced and began to deploy $2,000 American Rescue Plan (ARP) payments to tribal members this summer, the Lakota Federal Credit Union, in partnership with Lakota Funds, launched a public education campaign to encourage wise financial choices. Through a Facebook live interview with the OST Media Relations […]
Pine Ridge, Red Cloud, Todd County open with All Nation wins
PINE RIDGE/FORT YATES/MISSION – Using big plays, Red Cloud went up 20-0 over Standing Rock Saturday afternoon in Ft. Yates on their way to a 48-16 win over the Warriors in the first game of the third All Nations Football Conference season. Early in the first quarter, Red Cloud’s junior quarterback Adriano Rama rolled around the end for a 63 […]
White River runs up against #1 ranked Platte-Geddes
“We lost 66-16 but the score is not indicative of the game itself, we did a better job of protecting our quarterback, Gavin Folkers, we led 16-12 after one quarter, after he went out with a concussion, we struggled to generate a consistent offense,” said assistant coach Nic Waln, “Platte-Geddes was extremely well coached, they were physical, deep, and fast; […]