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Juanita Scherich, ICWA supervisor for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, responds to emails in her office in Pine Ridge on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight)
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former tribal leader in South Dakota to serve nearly two years in prison and pay tens of thousands in restitution after a jury convicted him earlier this ...
Gov. Kristi Noem appointed a former Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety chief to a post in the state’s Department of Tribal Relations on Tuesday, alleging he “found himself without ...
William Mervin Mills (born June 30, 1938), also known by his Oglala Lakota name Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown ...
Though the ruling was considered a victory for the tribe, it did not lead to an increase in funding. On November 18, 2023, President Star Comes Out declared a state of emergency "due to a breakdown of Law and Order on the Reservation", blaming the lack of funding for the increase in crime and saying the situation had only gotten worse since the ...
For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Last week, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said the Republican governor was no longer ...
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The Oglala Sioux Tribe filed a lawsuit Tuesday suing the federal government over breaching treaty rights related to law enforcement on the Pine Ridge Reservation.