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Hand counting vs. voting machines: Debate rages in South Dakota


Most of the county officials who administer elections in South Dakota don’t consider hand counting to be an effective or efficient method of tabulating votes. That’s the result of a South Dakota News Watch survey that saw input from 49 of the state’s 66 county auditors. Auditors are elected officials who supervise county, state and federal elections as well as […]

Tennessee lawyer says Native American activist was wrongfully convicted 


Part 3 of a 5 part series on Leonard Peltier How did a former federal judge from Tennessee become such a staunch advocate for freeing Leonard Peltier? Kevin Sharp is working pro bono to try to get Peltier released from a Florida prison. Sharp was not familiar with the case until 2019, but since then, he has become engrossed in […]

Biden-Harris administration bringing high-speed internet, clean drinking water and modern infrastructure to tribal communities

Announcements underscore USDA’s continued progress removing long-standing systemic barriers to accessing USDA’s programs by tribal communities

LAS VEGAS – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making investments to provide clean drinking water, sanitary wastewater systems and affordable high-speed internet to people in Tribal communities. A portion of today’s funding will improve water infrastructure for the Yomba Shoshone Tribe in Nevada, which is part of USDA’s Rural Partners Network. Secretary […]

Nikolas Yellow Boy featured in Rising Star of the West Contest

LITTLE WOUND – Little Wound High School sophomore Nikolas Yellow Boy will be featured as part of KEVN Black Hills FOX’s Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Wednesday March 20th on The SIX and on Black Hills FOX News at 9:00.  Yellow Boy qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of himself to KEVN Black Hills FOX. […]

C-EBHS Athletic Director named Native American Athletic Director of the Year


EAGLE BUTTE – Allen Benoist, Athletic/Activity Director at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School (C-EBHS) is the 2024 Native American Athletic Director of Year for the South Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Administrators Association (SDIAAA). The award will be presented to Benoist at the SDIAAA annual conference in Sioux Falls on March 25 – 28th, 2024. Chuck Wilson, the Athletic/Activity Director at Todd County […]

Wetherelt, Northern Cheyenne Tribal President survives removal attempt


LAME DEER, Mont. – On March 5, 2024, the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council convened to consider removal of Tribal President, Serena Wetherelt. The matter at hand was a formal complaint, in compliance with the Tribal Constitution, formally lodged and served against Wetherelt by Tribal Council member Melissa Lonebear, Lame Deer District. The complaint alleged that President Wetherelt had violated the […]

A wave of emotions after Oscars

Natives and others express hope and frustration following actress Lily Gladstone’s Oscar snub

Maybe it was because her nomination was the first for a Native actress. Maybe it was the optimism of film critics at her chances. Maybe it was the reality that Native people have been holding their breath for nearly a century waiting for Hollywood to see us. Perhaps it was simply Lily Gladstone’s own poise and grace in carrying the […]

Lamphere to mentor Native Artists in creating “Tiwahe”

Work on Remembering the Children Memorial commences

Remembering the Children Memorial, Inc. (RTC) announced its plans to commence construction of a memorial that will honor the children who attended and died at the Rapid City Indian School, a federally-run boarding school that operated on the campus of what is now the Oyate Health Center (formerly Sioux San) in Rapid City between 1898 and 1933. Construction will begin […]

Agates: Gifts from Mother Earth

Creative Jhon Goes in Center specializes in personal adornment

RAPID CITY – It is staggering to think of how time is preserved in an agate. “These are estimated to be 500 million years old,” said Oglala Lakota creative Jhon Goes In Center talking about the agates that he finds and collects. “You can see the motifs of the culture. Some of these agates have patterns in them that I […]

Feral wild horse roundup to be held at Northern Cheyenne


LAME DEER, MT – There are an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 wild or ‘feral’ horses running around the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, said Gene Small, Chairperson of the Northern Cheyenne Grazing Board. Some people believe that the wild/feral horses on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation are descendants of the original Spanish Barbs. However, the loose horses on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation were […]


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