It’s pretty hard to write so much about the Legislature without thinking up ideas for good legislation of my own. I’ve offered blog bills in…
Tag: American Indians
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Chairman Dave Flute says in a press release that a tribal delegation will gather at the site of the TransCanada Keystone pipeline…
While the Trump Administration tries to figure out what a national health emergency really means, South Dakota’s leaders should perhaps consider declaring a state health…
In August, I mentioned that Attorney General Marty Jackley signed South Dakota onto a friend-of-the-court brief in a water-rights case pitting the Agua Caliente tribe of California…
Weekend before last, John Thune’s fatuous weekend column noted Native American Day. His latest column recognizes the opening of pheasant season as “South Dakota’s Unofficial…
Short notice: friends of racial respect and equality are holding an “Alternative Homecoming: Friday Night Rights” rally in Sioux Falls this afternoon from 5 to…
Add this to the discussion of Nicholas Black Elk at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre this evening: A proposal to make Lakota holy man…
South Dakota sorta-kinda observed its pioneering Native American Day today. Aberdeen took the day off school; Webster did not. Native American Day, like Martin Luther…
You’ve climbed the mountain; now read the book! The Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre is hosting a discussion of Black Elk Speaks, John Neihardt’s record of…
Perhaps our American Indian friends can bring some civilization to the white man: American Indian tribes for decades have been able to tell federal prosecutors…