Pine Ridge News

Providing clean water for the world is the objective of a silent auction and concert on Nov.

Raquel Rolnik is the U.N.'s new Special Rappoteur on the Right to Adequate Housing.

If one takes a deep look into tribal politics one would find a broad spectrum of inter-relationships that overlap.

28, 2009 PIERRE , S.D. A winter storm developing across much of western and central South Dakota Wednesday evening could bring heavy snow, strong winds and difficult travel conditions.

A federal appeals court is being asked to order a hearing for an 88-year-old federal prisoner who's trying to erase his conviction because he says the alleged child victims in a sexual assault case have recanted their testimony from 16 years ago.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 10/24/2009 6:15 AM By turning a South Dakota spotlight toward Aaron Huey's disturbing photo essay and commentary on our Pine Ridge Reservation, Dr.

At Sunday morning services, seven United Church of Christ members and friends shared their week-long June 2009 outreach, cultural and spiritual awareness experiences at the Pine Ridge S.D. agency.

The South Dakota State Historical Society has released a children's book titled "The Raccoon and the Bee Tree," a traditional American Indian story written a century ago.

Posted by: David Newquist - 10/22/2009 12:14 PM After I posted a a link to a photography feature from The New York Times Tuesday, five other South Dakota blogs picked up the feature and linked it from their sites.

Posted by: David Newquist - 10/20/2009 7:34 AM The New York Times features a stunning series of photographs from the Pine Ridge Reservation.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 13, 2009 CONTACT: Ronette Rumpca, 773-6011, ronette.rumpca@state.sd.us Ledger drawing, Lakota culture program coming to Cultural Heritage Center PIERRE, S.D. -- Lakota artist Warren "Guss" Yellow Hair will present a free public program on ledger drawing and Lakota culture at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre from ...

The proposal to build a scenic byway that links Black Hills monuments with the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation gains momentum.

For Immediate Release: Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 Contact: Wanda Goodman, 605-773-3301 or wanda.goodman@state.sd.us CRAZY HORSE, S.D. Crazy Horse Memorial will celebrate Native American Day with its 20th annual celebration on Monday, Oct.

South Dakota native and Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills talks during his speech Wednesday night at the Muenster University Center on the University of South Dakota campus.

Recently, my mom and I were given an astonishing and generous gift - three thick, stale-smelling binders bulging with yellowed paper, torn newspaper clippings and old photographs.

A fourth person is now charged in the death of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Aquash.

A 48-year-old woman from Pine Ridge will serve more than 11 years in federal prison for selling drugs on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, one of eight people from South Dakota and Nebraska convicted in the case.

You can hear the blood rushing out of the buffalo's throat, even over an idling pickup truck and the stiff May wind that blows across the grassy hills of western South Dakota.

A film produced by Rapid City's Linn Productions and acclaimed Native American filmmaker Chris Eyre has been nominated for "Best Ghost Story" at the 1st Annual Reaper Awards to be held Oct.

The FBI is releasing new details about the decade-old slayings of two American Indian men from South Dakota in hopes of stirring up new leads.