Wo’pi’la was shown on Friday, October 17, 2024 in the Little Wound School annual celebration beginning with the coming of age ceremony for young men with the Buffalo Ceremony, feeding the community and honoring’s saying thank you to those who helped from within the community in many ways, giveaway, songs, hugs and handshakes as is our way. Taopi Cikala was the second school on the Pine Ridge Reservation to become local control following the January 4, 1975 bill that allowed it: Title I: The Indian Self- Determination Act= - Indian Self-Determination Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, at...

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MAY 7, 1979 - OCT, 2025 Jeremy Cain Kindle was born on May 7, 1979 at the Methodist Medical Center in Dallas, TX to Minnie L. Kindle and Lance Corporal Fain Martin Huampo, Jr. of the Marine Corp. Jeremy made his journey to the Spirit World on Oct 2, 2025 at the Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Jeremy is survived by his children, Juliann Cymone Kindle, and Jaylen Shon- Carl Kindle; brother, Mitchell Kindle; aunts, Bernadine Boyiddle, Catherine Hernandez, Felicia Perren, Larue Medrano, Kate Kindle, Kathy M. Starr, and Audrey C. Wallace; and uncle, Byron B. McCartain. Jeremy...

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"Mahpiya Ti Ikciye Win" Stella Elaine Iron Cloud was born on August 28, 1942 in Alliance, NE to Cy Iron Cloud and Ruby (Red Wing) Iron Cloud. Stella made her journey to the Spirit World on October 20, 2025 at the Oglala Sioux Lakota Nursing Home near Pine Ridge, SD. Stella is survived by her sons, Cy (Gayla) Black Horn of Oglala, SD and Lance (Arlene) Black Horn of Porcupine, SD; brother, Roger Iron Cloud of Pine Ridge, SD; grandchildren, Caliphea Black Horn, Michael Weston, Cassandra Black Horn, Mato Black Horn, Cetan Black Horn, Chelsea Black Horn, Tyler Black Horn,...

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FEB 27, 2025-OCT 18, 2025 Aurora Jade Weston was born on February 27, 2025 in Pine Ridge, SD to Chyler Weston. Aurora made her journey to the Spirit World on October 18, 2025 at the SageWest Health Care Campus in Riverton, WY. Aurora is survived by her mother, Chyler Weston; maternal grandparents, Lyle Weston, Gayla (Cy) Black Horn, T’Lana Steele, Gordon Weston, and Reuben Weston; paternal uncles, Michael Weston, Jayden Weston, and Carl Stanton; maternal aunt, Cassandra Black Horn; cousins, Melody Weston, Amari Bowers, Levi Bowers, and Ambrose Black Horn; and many beloved grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Aurora was...

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JUNE 1, 1996-OCT 16, 2025 Lindsie Marie Reck was born on June 1, 1996 to Lori Standing Bear and Jesus Garcia in Rapid City, SD. Lindsie made her journey to the Spirit World on October 16, 2025 at the Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Lindsie is survived by her parents, Lori Standing Bear and Jesus Garcia; her children, Briella Bordier, Londyn Moore and Isla Moore; her significant other, Christopher Moore; her siblings, Scott Reck; aunt, Rebecca Standing Bear; uncle, Dana Standing Bear; cousins, Brittany Standing Bear, Danya Martinez, Brooke & Caitlyn Standing Bear, Stephanie & Victoria Craig, Brandon...

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PINE RIDGE - On Friday the keys to the new OST Child Care STEAM Center, a .7 million 25,000 square foot building near the Su- Ann Center in Pine Ridge, were turned over to Child Care staff. “This project has really aged me, we broke ground in February of 24 with actual construction starting 3-4 months later, we cobbled together resources from several areas, Child Care money, federal monies, revenue saved, probably 8-9 different sources, the construction was a constant back and forth, the building was shrunk four different times, I kept going back for more money,” said Child Care...

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MAY 11, 2004 - OCT 1, 2025 Twila Whitney Hard Heart was born on May 11, 2004, to Bennett Hard Heart and Stevian White Magpie. Twila made her journey to Spirit World on October 1, 2025, near Scenic, SD. Twila is survived by her two sons, Jeremiah J. Tail Jr. and Jraye Hard Heart; special friend, Raymond Eagle Hawk; mother, Stevian White Magpie; father, Bennett Hard Heart, Jr.; sisters, Deambra White Magpie, Laiken Black Bear (Gage Bettelyoun), Latisha White Magpie, Geraldine White Magpie, Mackenzie White Magpie, and Breighann White Magpie, brothers; Jacob Hard Heart, Paul Catches III, and Peta Muggins,...

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HURON - CEB boys won their Region 4A cross country title and hoped to bring some of that magic to Huron for the State A cross county meet, CEB senior Jayden Taken Alive set the initial tone with a 16:47.83 for the 5,000 finishing in fifth, CEB junior Jackson Taken Alive finished in 17:08.92 for 15th, next was junior Xavier Sanchez Gonzalez with 17:41.33 for 35th and sophomore Demetrius Sanchez-Gonzalez with 17:51.89 for 39th. With a team score of 94, CEB finished fourth. With a 37, SF Christian, took the team championship, at 47, Hill City was second, Custer was...

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From North Dakota’s Standing Rock encampments to Arizona’s San Francisco Peaks, Native Americans have repeatedly asserted legal rights to religious freedom to protect their sacred places, practices, objects, knowledge, and ancestral remains. But these claims have met with little success in court because Native American communal traditions don’t fit easily into modern Western definitions of religion. In Defend the Sacred, Michael McNally explores how, in response to this situation, Native peoples have creatively turned to other legal means to safeguard what matters to them. To articulate their claims, Native peoples have resourcefully used the languages of cultural resources under environmental...

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