News across Pennington County
Mini Wiconi 10th Anniversary
Hello Relatives I had the privilege of attending the Mini Wiconi tenth anniversary of the 2016 Chante Tin’sa Kinanzi Po movement, which was an Indigenous-led grassroots campaign opposing the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. I…
One in three tested wells high in arsenic
OYATE COMMUNITY CENTER – Black Hills Clean Water Alliance (BHCWA) held the second of five community forums they are sponsoring in communities across the Black Hills and West River to inform residents about active proposals for exploratory uranium drilling and uranium mining in…
Dignity award honors five Indigenous women
RAPID CITY—Five women have been named the inaugural recipients of the Dignity of Earth & Sky Leadership Award, a new annual honor recognizing an outstanding South Dakota Indigenous woman for leadership, courage, perseverance and wisdom. Cecelia Fire Thunder, Gay Kingman, Tamara…