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15+ hour, 2+ min ago (290+ words) Thursday, March 12, 2026 Second Lady Usha Vance, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), announced Bookmark Design Challenge: Celebrating America's 250th, an opportunity for students in grades K8 to design an original bookmark celebrating the nation's 250th anniversary. This challenge is…...
Minnesota Historical Society Announces 2026 Native American Artist-in-Residence Cohort
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (310+ words) An essential element of these residencies involves artists developing community-based programming in their home communities and for the public at large. These 2026 artists were selected based on the recommendations of a panel of experts in the field of Native arts,…...
Book talks of Impact of Native American Communities
15+ hour, 2+ min ago (237+ words) The following excerpt is reprinted with permission from the new book "Rethinking Rural: Reflections on Changing Communities," which is edited by Matt Ehlman and published by the North Dakota State University Press as the second volume of the "Rethinking Rural…...
Allison Renville Jumps into SD Governor Race
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (199+ words) SIOUX FALLS, SD " Allison Renville, a longtime community advocate, political organizer, and outspoken voice for equity and rural revitalization, has officially announced her candidacy for Governor of South Dakota in the 2026 election. "I'm running for Governor because South Dakota deserves…...
Hero Dreams Shine book signing
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (425+ words) On December 19 and December 20, 2025, at the Aqua & Acre Market, downtown Rapid City, South Dakota, Anpo Jensen held her first poetry reading and book signing for her new book Hero Dreams Shine. Attendees also enjoyed local tea provided by the Staple…...
Very Hard to Endure
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (635+ words) January 3, 2026. Wioteghika Wi is the name of the tenth full moon of the Lakotan year. This year, that full moon occurred early Saturday morning, January 3, at 3:02 Pine Ridge Time. Oteghika is defined by Buechel as "very hard to endure, trying,…...
How much change is coming in 2026
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (724+ words) LISTEN PINE RIDGE " The year 2025 is rapidly coming to a close, we take a bit of time to look back and reflect on the past year then look ahead to 2026 with some concern about the potential for change in all…...
World of the Teton Sioux Indians – Their Music, Life, & Culture
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (420+ words) LISTEN Sometime in August 1913, two Sioux warriors, Old Buffalo and Swift Dog, met with Frances Densmore at a makeshift recording site in McLaughlin, South Dakota. What Old Buffalo and Swift Dog said that dayu2014 about life as they knew it before…...
Mankato hangings of the Dakota 38+2
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (566+ words) I'm writing this on Friday, December 26, 2025, the 163rd anniversary of the Mankato hangings of the Dakota 38+2 ordered by Abraham Lincoln. The Bom Homme County sheriff's office created a post on their Facebook page. I'll put it here for you in case…...
RST Letter to Save SNAP, WIC and LIHEAP - Lakota Times
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (304+ words) Thursday, November 6, 2025 ROSEBUD " Recently, RST President Kathleen Wooden Knife wrote to the SD Congressional Delegation urging them to reopen the government and to save SNAP, WIC and LIHEAP. The October 17 letter also requested the RST PL 93-638 Indian self-determination programs be…...