Indigenous
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Stories about South Dakota's Native Americans that focus on solutions and not just challenges and highlight their rich culture.
Prominent Native activist's trial ends with a hung jury
Nick Tilsen, founder of Rapid City-based NDN Collective, is charged with assaulting a police officer in 2022.
State-tribal relations shifts tone 1 year after Noem exit
"It was almost like a light switch went on and it just felt like that immediate, 'OK, we're doing a new thing now and this is the olive branch that we are willing to offer.'"
A guide to South Dakota's 9 Native tribes
The governance, geography, people and economy of South Dakota's nine Native American reservations and tribes.
Tribal nations in SD are betting on tourism on reservations
The South Dakota Native Tourism Alliance hopes to bring visitors to tribal lands to build sovereignty, despite ongoing challenges: "How do we make sure that we build demand and supply at the same time?”
Financial literacy aims to boost tribal sovereignty on Pine Ridge
With the 3rd-highest poverty rate in the country – behind only 2 other South Dakota counties – an organization based in Oglala Lakota County seeks to improve tribal sovereignty by teaching youth about finances.
Cannabis defined: Everything to know about the plant
An explanation about cannabis products available (legally and not) in South Dakota.