Pine Ridge News

2 area uranium projects under review

Rapid City Journal - Mon Oct 13

Federal and state officials are reviewing two regional uranium leach-mining projects.

BIA sends extra officers to Pine Ridge

KOTA-TV Rapid City - Sun Oct 12

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is sending extra officers to the Standing Rock and Pine Ridge Indian reservations beyond the previously set deadlines of the surges.

OST primary votes still being tallied

Rapid City Journal - Thu Oct 09

It will probably be Monday before official results of Tuesday's primary election on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are released.

Election Held On Pine Ridge Reservation

KELO-TV Sioux Falls - Wed Oct 08

The race for tribal president featured some well-known candidates, including incumbent President John Yellow Bird Steele, actor and activist Russell Means, and state Senator Theresa Two Bulls.

Brothers charged in Eagle Butte assault

Rapid City Journal - Wed Oct 08

Two brothers accused of breaking into a house and beating the owner with a bottle have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in U.S. District Court.

Billy Mills to keynote Native American Day celebration at Crazy Horse Memorial

The Black Hills Pioneer - Tue Oct 07

South Dakota's 19th annual Native American Day celebration at Crazy Horse Memorial will feature Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills as the program's keynote speaker.

Reservation Congregations Fight Church Closings

Living Church - Wed Oct 01

Members from nine congregations on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation slated for closure by the Diocese of South Dakota met Sept.

Child molester gets 30 years

Rapid City Journal - Tue Sep 30

A Rosebud man convicted of molesting two children has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Students help break ground for Red Cloud school

Rapid City Journal - Mon Sep 29

Student representatives from grades 8-12 were the first to turn earth at Monday's groundbreaking ceremony for the $2.5 million addition and renovation to Red Cloud Indian School's high school on the Pine Ridge ...

Why the media misses Bill Janklow and five of his most controversial legacies

Rapid City Journal - Mon Sep 29

I was a junior in high school the first time I saw Bill Janklow in person. He was speaking at Boys State and he gave one of those classic Janklow speeches, which, in essence, were no speeches at all.