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Tiwahe Memorial honors children

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Tiwahe Memorial honors children

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Summer basketball leagues underway, girls at RC Central, boys at RC Stevens

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Summer basketball leagues underway, girls at RC Central, boys at RC Stevens

Dottie Mesteth is one of three starters back for Mahpiya Luta, a team looking to improve on their 24-1 record last season; photo courtesy of Randy and Shelly Bachelor. RAPID CITY – A total of 18 teams signed up for the girls high school basketball league, coordinated by St. Thomas More but hosted by RC Central this summer; games take place on Monday nights, each team playing two games, this summer’s teams include RC Stevens, RC Central, Lakota T…Read Article

2025 LAKOTA NATION INVITATIONAL TRACK & FIELD MEET

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2025 LAKOTA NATION INVITATIONAL TRACK & FIELD MEET

Lakota Tech’s Cody Provost (right) hands off the baton to team-mate Julian Wolfe (left) during the boys sprint medley relay.Little Wound’s Danica Clifford (right) and Todd County’s Elizabeth More (left) round a corner during the girls 1600-meter run, More won the event.Crazy Horse’s Eianna Dubray (right) leads Todd County’s Briley White Hat (back left) heading into the straightaway during the girls 200-meter dash.Pine Ridge’s Michael Janis leads…Read Article

Audits, Buche Foods Debt dominates council

PORCUPINE – Audits remain a frustrating topic of Tuesday’s regular session of the tribal council, at Porcupine School May 27; the long overdue 2020 audit was completed and sent out earlier this year and the 2021 audit was scheduled to be done by May 31 but OST Comptroller Dean Patton told the council that it would probably be another two months before it was finished. Good news is that on our last audit, there were only three findings, we’ve had…Martin · Martin Read Article

Rosebud breaks ground on broadband project

A ground breaking ceremony was held in the Spring Creek community for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s broadband internet project. Pictured are (L-R) Wayne Boyd (RST Treasurer), Arthur Heffern (i9 Technologies Consultant), David Murray (TLW Consultant), Tom Cox (RST Broadband Director), Darwin Walking Eagle Jr. (Spring Creek Community President), Lila Kills In Sight (Spring Creek Community Council Rep.), Eric Emery (District 26A Rep.) and Santee Baird …Martin · Martin Read Article

Tankake Ki Wotapi na Taku Icupi Kte

All Sicangu elders who attended the dinner received a gift bundle courtesy of Lakota Made LLC, the Lakota Youth Development and the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board. Photo by Carmelita Shouldis. MISSION – Several organizations, businesses and individuals collaborated to host a healthy meal, as well as gifts of food and medicine, to honor Rosebud Sioux Tribal elders. Tankake Ki Wotapi na Taku Icupi Kte (The elders will eat and take a gift…Martin · Martin Read Article

Candidates file petitions for secretary, treasurer

ROSEBUD – The Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Election Board released the names of 8 tribal citizens who filed nominating affidavits for offices of tribal secretary and tribal treasurer. Filing for the secretary position are: Allyson (Broncho Bill) Wright, Stephen L. Denoyer III, Linda L. Marshall, Calvin Hawkeye Waln, Jr. and Tonia Marshall. Incumbent Nicole Marshall has termed out and cannot run this year. Treasurer candidates include incumbent Louis Wa…Martin · Martin Read Article

2025 LAKOTA NATION INVITATIONAL TRACK & FIELD MEET

White River’s Page Wright clears the bar during the girls high jump event.Little Wound’s Alicen Wright (front) Todd County’s Frankie Iron Heart (middle) and Lower Brule’s Kaleigha Carpenter (back right) all sprint towards the finish line during the girls 100-meter dash.Crazy Horse’s Trajan Weaver (front) and Mahpiya Luta’s Braylon Little (back right) near the finish line during the boys 100-meter dash.Todd County’s Bryson Edwards clears a hurdle…Martin · Martin Read Article

2025 Native Graduates Sacrifice and Hard Work

MARTIN – May and June each year are graduation season as students from Rapid City to St. Francis and White River to Oelrichs receive their high school diplomas while the Oglala Lakota College is set to graduate their 2025 graduating class at 10:00am on Friday, June 13 at the Three Mile Creek pow wow grounds at the Piya Wiconi campus seven miles southwest of Kyle. On graduation day, 10 Masters degrees, 48 Bachelors degrees, 78 Associate degrees a…University Student · Martin See the Story

District multi-purpose buildings moving ahead, LaCreek leads

Lacreek District Building photo by Amanda Takes War Bonnett MARTIN – “Its exciting to see this multi-purpose building go up,” said Pass Creek representative James Cross, “once they started on the frame it went up in a hurry, they worked the weekend and through the rain; by March we should have a 13,000 square foot facility that will have a gym, offices, a kitchen, storage space and a 30- 50 vehicle parking lot.” RM Rangel Inc., Richard Rangel, i…Martin · Martin Read Article

Tribes feel effects of big cuts

INDIAN COUNTRY – During the 2025 Reservation Economic Summit, a listening session was held to hear the perspectives of Tribal leaders about the impacts of the Trump Administration. Several tribal leaders, elected officials, key decision-makers and others attended the listening session held in March 2025. They provided input on the emerging and ongoing impacts of actions taken by the federal government. The actions, which includes several Executi…Martin · Martin Read Article

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