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7 hrs ago | NewWest

A Long Journey From Pine Ridge

Having finagled my way onto the floor of Invesco Field, I watched the address by Barack Obama with the South Dakota delegation, seated just to the right of the stage.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Kyle, SD, 2008 Presidential Election, Pine Ridge, SD

Wed Aug 27, 2008

The Black Hills Pioneer

Oglala tribal leaders thank RC cops for support

Ron Duke, an Oglala Sioux Tribe Council member and the chairman of the judiciary, left, and OST Captain of Police Milton Bianas, far right, present Rapid City Police Chief Steve Allender, left, Capt.

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Sun Aug 24, 2008

Rapid City Journal

BIA agent: Tribe capable of running its own police department

The special agent in charge of supplemental law enforcement efforts on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation says the Oglala Sioux Tribe is capable of running its own police department, with assistance from the Bureau ...

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Related Topix: Pine Ridge, SD

Fri Aug 22, 2008

KELO-TV Sioux Falls

BIA Gives Pine Ridge Police Force For 30 Days

The Bureau of Indian Affairs says it's giving the police department on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation 30 days before deciding whether to take over law enforcement.

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Related Topix: Pine Ridge, SD

Wed Aug 20, 2008

Rapid City Journal

Mni Wiconi water reaching Pine Ridge reservation

The giant Mni Wiconi water project will reduce chronic health problems linked to contaminated water on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, officials said Wednesday in a ceremony marking a milestone in the ...

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Related Topix: Fort Pierre, SD, Pierre, SD, Lower Brule, SD

KSFY-TV Sioux Falls

Major Milestone For Mni Wiconi

Government officials and members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are gathering this morning for a ceremony marking the first time the giant Mni Wiconi water project has delivered Missouri River water to the Pine ...

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Related Topix: Pine Ridge, SD, Wanblee, SD, Lower Brule, SD

Holland Sentinel

My Take - People of Pine Ridge need help

Myself and a small group from my church recently returned from a week-long trip.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Mon Aug 18, 2008

Rapid City Journal

OST council to meet to discuss police walkout

The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council will meet Thursday, Aug. 14, to address the resignation of police officers and other public-safety issues on the reservation.

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Sat Aug 16, 2008

KOTA-TV Rapid City

Oglala Sioux Tribal Police dispute continues

It started more than eight months ago, when a new interim chief was picked to run the Oglala Sioux Tribal Police force.

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Thu Aug 14, 2008

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Prairie dog plan released

Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson says the U.S. needs to treat the current energy crisis with the same conviction we had when we put a man on the moon.

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Related Topix: Rapid City Metro, Rapid City, SD, Buffalo Gap, SD

KXMA-TV Dickinson

Prairie dog plan released

The U.S. Forest Service has released a new prairie dog management plan for federal grasslands in South Dakota and Nebraska.

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Related Topix: Buffalo Gap, SD

Wed Aug 13, 2008

The Capital Journal - Pierre, SD

Bill may help with crime on reservations

By David Montgomery Capital Journal Staff Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008 - 09:42:13 am CDT FORT PIERRE - The statistics are stark: in Indian Country, violent crime rates in some communities ...

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Related Topix: Fort Pierre, SD, Stephanie Herseth, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Mon Aug 11, 2008

Rapid City Journal

BIA shuts 'unsafe' jail in Pine Ridge

In yet another sign of problems facing the criminal justice system on Native American lands, the Bureau of Indian Affairs has closed its jail in Pine Ridge because of deteriorating conditions that officials say ...

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Related Topix: Pine Ridge, SD, Pierre, SD, Fort Pierre, SD

Sun Aug 03, 2008

Houston Chronicle

Tribe may gain control of South Unit of Badlands

The north end of this national park bustles with roughly a million tourists a year who pull over to view and photograph the majestic canyons, spires and tables, hike the trails and learn about fossils.

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Tue Jul 29, 2008

Rapid City Journal

Venezuela officials to visit Pine Ridge

An official from Venezuela will visit Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Thursday, along with a small delegation from the South American nation's oil company, CITGO.

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Related Topix: Pine Ridge, SD, Wounded-Knee, SD

Sat Jul 26, 2008

Rapid City Journal

Ex-Pine Ridge councilman to be sentenced for drugs

A former Pine Ridge tribal councilman is scheduled to be sentenced next month in New Mexico for a drug conviction.

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Related Topix: Pine Ridge, SD, Drugs

Wed Jul 23, 2008

The Black Hills Pioneer

Longtime Lakota leader to speak at Crazy Horse Memorial July 24

CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL Wilbur Between Lodges will provide a lecture entitled "Lakota History, Culture, & Song" at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 24, during the free Thursday Night Summer Performance & Lecture Series held ...

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Related Topix: Oglala Lakota College, Entertainment

Wed Jul 16, 2008

The Tennessean

Widow wants answers in train death

This is what the family of Marcus RedBear knows: He died on May 31, struck by a CSX train or maybe two, around a bend of railroad tracks in East Nashville.

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Related Topix: CSX, Railroads, Tennessee State University

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Readuponit

The Crazy Horse Memorial: Larger Than Life in South Dakota

Crazy Horse's face is the first identifiable part of the gigantic sculpture to emerge from the granite.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Your Democracy

true american .....

The following statement from Leonard Peltier was read at the Oglala Commemoration.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons

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