Oglala Lakota journalist Brandon Ecoffey isn’t endorsing a gubernatorial candidate yet. He says he wants to give Billie Sutton and Kristi Noem both more time…
Tag: American Indians
Following my post Tuesday on South Dakota’s rising suicide rate, an eager reader helps me find the updated suicide surveillance report with 2017 data on the…
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier received notice from TransCanada yesterday that the Canadian company will begin prepping construction sites for the Keystone XL…
Weep not for Tatewin Means. Just a week after missing her shot at running state law enforcement, the multi-talented Means gets to run Thunder Valley…
Term-limited Rep. Jim Schaefer (R-26B/Kennebec) is stepping away from the Legislature (he’s leaving challenging incumbent Democratic Senator Troy Heinert to Republican Joel Koskan). Stepping into…
Boys from Crow Creek, Pine Ridge, and Red Cloud are playing in the Class A State Basketball Tournament in Rapid City; boys from Timber Lake, Lower…
The Oyate for Fairness and Equal Representation (OFFER) is meeting Wednesday, March 7, at 1 p.m. CST in Rose Cordier’s office in the Rosebud Tribal…
Rep. Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) has what looks like a good American Indian rights bill in the hopper. House Bill 1252 would prohibit the state, counties, towns,…
Shannon Marvel notices one good bill among the 529 now piled into the Legislative hopper. House Bill 1223 would place a moratorium on the construction…
Senate Bill 76 proposes making it a little easier for our Native brothers and sisters to register to vote. A 2003 law requires South Dakotans registering to…