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Redistricting

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe claims prejudice, sues county for diluting Native vote

The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe has filed a federal Voting Rights Act complaint after Lyman County delayed implementing a new Native-majority voting district, potentially disenfranchising voters
By Talli Nauman
Wins for local governance benefit Lower Brule voters last
By Talli Nauman
PHOTOfull
‘Enhance South Dakota’: Governor must decide on bill delaying Native vote
By Talli Nauman
LymanGood
Native redistricting strategy bolsters South Dakota urban vote
By Talli Nauman
Lakota Homes
'Historic' meeting renews push for Black Hills
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Native vote champions challenge state electoral district maps
By Talli Nauman
CAUCUS
Lawmakers launch South Dakota liaison office for missing, murdered Indigenous persons
COURTESY / Native Women’s Wilderness
Business Reporter
Education Reporter
News - Content Coach - Business, Sports, Breaking News-Sioux Falls
Tribal leaders: Bring the flags home
Native nations flags fly along the entrance to the Oceti Sakowin Camp in Oct. 2016, to show unity among tribes in the standoff with Dakota Access Pipeline construction
Appeal heard over the Keystone XL Pipeline on Tuesday
SD Supreme Court
Reservation dental care gets $3.3 million boost
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Health
Historian cites gains, lasting losses from pick-sloan dams
Lawson told a Missouri River advisory panel that benefits still lag behind tribal costs
By Talli Nauman
Cheyenne River Reservation residents need fuel, batteries, food after winter storm
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Nonprofits
Funder crisis: Cheyenne River Youth Project in jeapordy
The Eagle Butte program says it has no money for roughly $6,000 in monthly utility bills for its two youth centers and may cut hours or close during the winter
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear