Indian Health Service is building a $1.8-million outpatient therapy center on the Sioux San Hospital campus in Rapid City to tackle high demand for behavioral health services…
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Check it out—a 100% Lakota website! Woihanble—translated: “Dream”—translates articles from the Lakota Country Times and produces some of its own original content. Site creators Matthew Rama and…
South Dakota won’t get Medicaid expansion from this Legislative Session. We may not get Medicaid expansion this year. Governor Dennis Daugaard held a press conference…
Hey! There’s a pow-wow in Sioux Falls this weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ti3M98Kg8 The first Sioux Empire Wacipi takes place Friday through Sunday, February 26–28, at the Premier…
Sister Ruth Gereats took the mic at Saturday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel to ask where Medicaid expansion stands. Rep. Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) says he’s gotten conflicting reports on…
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…
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…