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Federal solar power grants include $260 million for South Dakota tribes, rural areas
South Dakota Searchlight via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTribal and rural areas in and around South Dakota are set to benefit from about $260 million in...
'The kids are what you love:' South Dakota foster families share their stories
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBut of the 808 state-licensed foster families in South Dakota last year, just 86 were Native...
New Sioux Falls elementary will be named after Cheyenne River tribal matriarch
The Argus Leader· 6 days agoSioux Falls School District to be named after an Indigenous woman. Ben Reifel Middle School is named...
Northern Plains tribes get $135 million for solar power
Rapid City Journal· 3 days agoFive tribes across South Dakota are part of a multi-million dollar solar initiative to bring solar...
How 14 tribes plan to use the Biden administration’s solar grants
The Verge· 5 days agoA coalition of 14 tribes received $135,580,000 for solar energy, part of a Biden administration...
Native Americans have shorter life spans. Better health care isn’t the only answer
The Columbian· 13 hours agoKatherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe& ...
Cops kill Native Americans at a rate 5X that of whites and 3X of Blacks. Why?
Rapid City Journal· 4 days agoThe problem is especially prominent in South Dakota, where Native Americans represent about 8.5% of...
Last co-conspirator arraigned in Surfwood double murder
Rapid City Journal· 3 days agoThe last of seven co-conspirators charged in the August 2022 murders of Joseph Standing Bear and...
Gov. Noem says cartels are present on SD reservations, but tribal leaders ignoring the problem
KFGO· 6 days agoWATERTOWN, S.D. (KFGO/KWAT)-It's no secret that relations between Governor Kristi Noem and tribal leaders in S...
S3, E15: Tourism Is on the Rise—Here's How to Explore With Respect
AFAR· 5 days agoThis week on Unpacked, we enter the world of Native tourism. Sherry Rupert, CEO of AIANTA: There’s not a lot taught about Native people, you know, in our educational system across the country ...