Near Wounded Knee, Years Of Alleged Injustice
In the late 1960s, Native Americans fed up with what they saw as years of mistreatment by the federal government formed an organization known as the American Indian Movement.Founded in Minnesota, the...
View ArticleNative Americans To Soon Receive Settlement Checks
Federal officials are working to send out $1,000 checks in the next few weeks to hundreds of thousands of Native Americans. The money stems from a settlement of the Cobell case, a landmark $3.4 billion...
View ArticleThe Slow Carving Of The Crazy Horse Monument
South Dakota is famously home to Mount Rushmore, but it's also been making room for a second colossal mountain carving that, when finished, will dwarf the four presidents.The sculpture in progress is...
View ArticleA Dry Reservation Clashes With Its Liquor Store Neighbors
At the Pine Ridge Reservation just outside the town of Whiteclay, Neb., an upside-down American flag flies on a wooden pole next to a teepee. About 60 people gathered here Monday to protest as beer...
View ArticleShutdown Hinders S.D. Post-Blizzard Cleanup
A freak October blizzard earlier this month killed tens of thousands of cattle in South Dakota.The number of animals is hard to confirm. In part, because the federal agency tasked with tallying...
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