The latest Dakota Free Press poll finds strong but far from unanimous support for changing the name of South Dakota’s tallest peak. Out of 156 votes cast…
Tag: American Indians
An eager reader notices that lacrosse players from the Sisseton Wahpeton community participated in the Twin Cities Native Lacrosse Tournament yesterday in Minneapolis. The Star-Tribune tells us…
South Dakotans have just three days left to submit comment on the proposal to change the name of Harney Peak to Hinhan Kaga, the Lakota name…
Several days ago, I read the wonderfully ironic Rapid City Journal headline, “Thousands of Hippies May Invade Black Hills for Gathering This Summer.” The local…
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is offering marijuana proponents a chance to toke up before the medical cannabis measure makes the ballot. The tribe voted last week to…
Friend of the blog Roger Cornelius lives and works in Rapid City. He knows a thing or two about Indians working hard and succeeding in the…
About 2% of Rapid City voters sent Sam Kooiker home and made Steve Allender mayor last night. Without rigorous polling, it’s anyone’s guess as to which…
Yesterday Judge Eric Strawn said he will not put Trace O’Connell behind bars for allegedly throwing beer and insults at American Indian children at a Rapid City…
Pennington County is receiving a $150,000 grant through the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge to develop a plan reduce its prison population. The county is one of…
The Pfeifles must be buttering the right bread. In April, Governor Dennis Daugaard appointed Jane Wipf Pfeifle as a judge in the Seventh Circuit. She…