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Contemporary Funeral Practices. According to Pat Janis, director of the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Burial Assistance Program, funeral practices of communities today are often a mix of traditions and contemporary Christian practices. While tree burials and scaffold burials are not practiced anymore, it is also now rare to see families observe a four ...
Lillian Bear Runner (sister) [1] Edgar Donroy Bear Runner (28 May 1951 – 4 July 2021) was a Native American activist. He is perhaps best known for attempting to peacefully negotiate the Jumping Bull ranch incident in 1975 via parleying with American Indian Movement activists. [2]
Dennis Dean Nielsen was a retired United States Air Force Colonel who was most widely known for having participated in rescue effort of the United Airlines Flight 232 crash in Sioux City, Iowa in 1989. Born in Shelby, Iowa on February 5, 1947, [2] he lived in the small town of Middlesex, North Carolina since retiring from the Air National Guard ...
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - Former U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., has died at the age of 77, his family announced in a Wednesday morning press release. Johnson passed away Tuesday evening ...
Al Haynes. Alfred Clair Haynes (August 31, 1931 – August 25, 2019) was an American airline pilot who flew for United Airlines for 35 years. In 1989 he came to international attention as the captain of United Airlines Flight 232, which crashed in Sioux City, Iowa after suffering a total loss of controls. Having recovered and returned to ...
The area of Sioux City, Iowa was inhabited by Yankton Sioux when it was first reached by Spanish and French furtrappers in the 18th century. In 1803, during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, France sold a vast portion of central North America to the United States of America. This "Louisiana Purchase" was largely unexplored by white settlers.
In either 1902 or 1903, Lee D. Miller established his funeral home and a livery barn on South Main Avenue in Sioux Falls. In 1923, Miller hired local architectural firm Perkins & McWayne to build a new, larger facility on the property, as Miller had just incorporated two other local funeral homes—Burnside Funeral Home and Joseph Nelson Funeral Home—into his.
RAGBRAI, short for Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is a non-competitive bicycle tour across the U.S. state of Iowa from the western to eastern border. [ 1 ] First held in 1973, RAGBRAI is the largest bike-touring event in the world. [ 2 ] The 50th ride, RAGBRAI L, took place from July 23-29, 2023, and retraced much of the ...