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.
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.
Effort to highlight Midwestern history and academia comes to South Dakota
Can studying a region's past help to understand it in the present? The Lost Region Recovery Project attempts to answer that question for the Midwest, the only part of the U.S. without robust academic study dedicated to it.
Questions still unanswered after man killed during raid; officer-involved shooting data
Internal investigation still ongoing almost a year after a man was shot and killed by U.S. Marshals Service officers in Yankton Reservation.
Iconic movies shot in South Dakota
From 'Dances With Wolves' to 'National Treasure,' these notable movies were filmed in South Dakota.
Boys and Girls Clubs innovating after budget shortfalls
The reservation programs are finding solutions in a budget flux: "Yes, the funding has been cut, but so what? These kids are getting it done anyway, and the Boys and Girls Club isn't going anywhere."
Lakota Music Project to take program on tour this fall
"There's been a lot of tears in rehearsals, not out of frustration but out of joy:" South Dakota Symphony Orchestra effort started as 'conviction' of conductor.