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Lincoln man collects winter warmth for Pine Ridge Reservation

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With the support of local businesses and the Lincoln community, a farmer is hoping to keep residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation warm this winter season.Pine Ridge · Pine Ridge Read Article

The ‘vanishing Indian’ myth, and other distortions of Native American life

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From left, back row: James Driving Hawk, Robert Driving Hawk and Flora Driving Hawk; from left, front row; Edward and Virginia Driving Hawk. (Courtesy of Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve)The following excerpt is reprinted with permission from the new memoir “Special Places, Sacred Circles,” published by the South Dakota Historical Society Press and written by author and Rosebud Sioux Tribe member Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. While living in Iowa we v…Native American · Pine Ridge Read Article

Rounds Weighs in on Wounded Knee, Trump and AI

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds stopped by the KELOLAND News studio for a live interview Friday afternoon. Rounds spoke about the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, which passed the U.S. Senate Thursday. The act would preserve this land as a sacred memorial site and ban commercial [...]Artificial Intelligence · Pine Ridge See the Story

Columbus Day, Wounded Knee, and the Lessons of Pine Ridge

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Creekside Singers in performance with members of the South Dakota Symphony. Photo: Dave Eggen/Inertia/South Dakota Symphony.)This article is brought to you by American Purpose, the magazine and community founded by Francis Fukuyama in 2020, which is proudly part of the Persuasion family.President Donald J. Trump’s Columbus Day proclamation, on October 9, pledged “to reclaim [Christopher Columbus’s] extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseve…Columbus Day · Pine Ridge Read Article

Judges uphold prison sentences of men who kidnapped FBI specialist at gunpoint

Photo by Marco Chilese on UnsplashTwo drug dealers who abducted an FBI employee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation will continue to serve out their prison sentences after a three-judge panel rejected their appeals Wednesday.Juan Francisco Alvarez-Sorto and co-defendant Deyvin Morales appealed their 2024 sentences to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Both claimed various faults with their trial in their appeals.Alvarez-Sorto, an El Salvadora…FBI · Pine Ridge Read Article

The Many Ways that We Remember Wounded Knee

Image from Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently proclaimed that his department would not strip the Medal of Honor from members of the US Army who had killed at least 250 Sioux men, women, and children at Wounded Knee in December of 1890. In response, Janet Alkire, Standing Rock Sioux Tribal chairwoman said, “The actions at Wounded Knee were not acts of bravery and valor deserving of the Medal of Hono…Pete Hegseth · Pine Ridge Read Article

Search continues for missing Pine Ridge woman Larissa Lone Hill

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Larissa Lone Hill went missing in 2016 and her story has not been forgotten.Pine Ridge · Pine Ridge Read Article

South Dakota adds Nee, Richard III on National Signing Day

South Dakota men's basketball has signed guards Michael Nee and Marvin Richard III for the 2026-27 season. Nee, a standout from Glenbard East in Illinois, has numerous accolades, including Upstate Eight-East Player of the Year and a record-setting 35-point game. Richard III, from Pine Ridge, S.D., is a two-time All-State player, known for his scoring prowess and holding multiple state records, including a single-game high of 62 points. Both play…Pine Ridge · Pine Ridge Read Article

South Dakota SCT Holds Oglala Sioux Tribe Had Jurisdiction over Contract Dispute Involving Nonmember Entity

Here are the materials in Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial Inc. v. Montileaux (D.S.D.): 1-1 Tribal Court Complaint.pdfDownload 13-4 Oglala Sioux Tribal Ct Decision.pdfDownload 1-3 Tribal Court Appellate Record.pdfDownload 13-3 Oglala Sioux Tribal SCT Opinion.pdfDownload 1 Complaint.pdfDownload 13-1 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload 15 Response.pdfDownload 30 Oglala Sioux Tribe Amicus Brief.pdfDownload 42 DCT Order.pdfDownloadPine Ridge · Pine Ridge Read Article

Oglala Tribe Files Another Lawsuit Against Interior Department Over Police Funding

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For the third time since 2022, the Oglala Sioux Tribe has sued the federal government over inadequate funding for its reservation’s public safety operations.Pine Ridge · Pine Ridge See the Story