Not every bill before the South Dakota Legislature is a steaming pile of culture-war crapola. House Bill 1220 is a useful and timely bit of lawmaking responding…
Tag: American Indians
Rep. Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) has a good idea: ban racist school team names! House Bill 1147, introduced Thursday by Senator Bordeaux and four other Democratic colleagues…
Mr. Kurtz mentioned this program back in December; an eager reader reminds me in the comment section that Bridge Flandreau kicks off its Racism Study Circles…
Yesterday the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors gave first reading to the following resolution, brought forward by Tiospa Zina superintendent Dr. Roger Bordeaux,…
Thirty more bills dropped into the Legislative hopper today (House leads Senate on prefiled bills, 24 to 23). Brought by Rep. Don Haggar (R-10/Sioux Falls) on…
The plaintiffs in the Poor Bear v. Jackson County lawsuit concerning equal voting rights for Indians said they wouldn’t back down. Now they have filed their…
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students released its 34-page, 29-recommendation final report on November 11, 2015. Governor Dennis Daugaard’s initial reaction to his task force’s report…
Rep. Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) thinks that if we get more Indians voting, more resources will get to Indians: There is an undeniable connection between voter participation…
Bob Mercer notes that the Tribal Economic Development Task Force plans to ask the Legislature to spend money to hire a tribal/reservation economic development specialist for the…
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has an emergency—no emergency room! Great Plains Area Indian Health Service Director Ron Cornelius informed Rosebud Sioux Tribe President William Kindle…