Native Affairs

We talk with two reporters who set out to understand why Native American children are overrepresented in South Dakota's foster care system.

Roe V. Wade has been overturned for long enough to begin seeing the ramifications firsthand. New research is already showing some communities have been hit harder than others.

South Dakota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons coordinator has held the job for a full year. The Oglala Lakota lawyer said the first year has flown by.

Ron Brownotter owns and manages the largest Native American-owned buffalo ranch in the country. He gave Lori Walsh a peek into his day-to-day operations.

Get to know Billy Mills who grew up in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He became a Kansas Jayhawk, enlisted in the Marines, and became an Olympic Legend.

The South Dakota Historical Society details the life of Rosebud Yellow Robe.

Traditional song performed at Wicoti Tiwahe in Gregory County, South Dakota. Earl Bullhead, a Native American Advocacy Program Board Member, talks about the Lakota Horse song's background and meaning.

In this 2008 Dakota Life story, meet quilter Viola Colombe.

In this rare 1962 film from South Dakota Public Broadcasting's archives, we listen as writer, poet and ethnographer John G. Neihardt reads from his book, "Black Elk Speaks".

The Oglala Sioux Tribe has announced a state of emergency due to increasing crime.