Native American News

Over a decade has passed since the initial proposal of a Rapid City Indigenous community center. Now it approaches reality with a looming hearing and fundraising push.

With grant dollars being cut or frozen by multiple federal agencies, many local organizations are struggling to look to what’s next or how to continue.Some of the most underserved areas in South Dakota rely on funding for food and other commodities. That includes some Native American communities.

Over the weekend, Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. led an engagement to cleanse the Sanford Underground Research Facility. The sprawling underground laboratory was once home to the Homestake Mine in the northern Black Hills, which produced over 40 million ounces of gold.

Via a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum, the Senator has requested the creation of the Violent Crime Reduction Commission specifically for tribal trust lands.

A legislative push to place the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, or OSEUs, in every South Dakota school has died on the Senate floor.

The House Ag and Natural Resources Committee passes a bill allowing state entities to cooperate with Native tribes’ livestock theft investigations.

A bill which would mandate the teaching of the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, or OSEUs, has advanced from the Senate Education Committee.

U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds and Majority Leader John Thune introduce the Marcella LeBeau Recognition Act.

After nearly 50 years in federal prison, Leonard Peltier is free to go home.

With Monday marking President Donald Trumps second inauguration, tribal leaders are assessing what this means for their communities nationwide.