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The Biden Administration has made $500,000 available for a solar energy project on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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The Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act passed through the House with a unanimous vote.
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After well over a century of use, the historic Red Cloud Indian School will be getting a new name. However, the name isn’t exactly “new.”
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration awarded a total of $20.9 million in grants to 88 projects to improve road safety on reservations; 13 of these projects are in South Dakota.
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A bill introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson to memorialize and protect the land where the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred passed through the House Natural Resources Committee and now awaits a vote in the full chamber.
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The U.S. District Court of South Dakota ruled the U.S. government has a duty to provide law enforcement to the Oglala Sioux Tribe according to treaties from the 1800s.
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Two South Dakota housing authorities received $4 million dollars in federal grant money.
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In Rapid City, Native leaders linked with federal emergency response agencies, Bureau of Indian Affairs officials and elected representatives to improve local disaster response strategies.
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The 8,500-square-foot arts facility opened on May 20. Hip-hop artist Talon Bazille Ducheneaux has already tried out the building's studio.
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U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson introduced a bill he said will protect the land where the Wounded Knee Massacre took place by placing it into restricted fee status.