OST president to get hip replaced soon
April 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic
PINE RIDGE (AP) The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe will have hip replacement surgery. Continue Reading
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SD tribe seeking designs for Sioux coin
February 20, 2013 in The Daily Republic
PINE RIDGE (AP) The Oglala Sioux Tribe is seeking design ideas from the public for a new Sioux Nation dollar coin.
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Oglala Sioux president set to return to work
January 15, 2013 in The Daily Republic
RAPID CITY (AP) The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is scheduled to be back in his office on Wednesday after spending more than two weeks in a hospital.
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Deadly road gets makeover on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
November 27, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Oglala Sioux Tribal officials recently decided to fund the regrading and repaving of six miles of the road through a $4 million bond issue.
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New tribal president wants change
November 26, 2012 in The Daily Republic
SIOUX FALLS (AP) At first, the agenda of the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s newly elected president might seem overly ambitious. But Bryan Brewer says the issues on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, ranging from a housing shortage and high unemployment to alcoholism and violence, are deeply intertwined. Continue Reading
Oglala Sioux Tribe’s lawsuit against beer stores dismissed
October 2, 2012 in The Daily Republic
LINCOLN, Neb. A federal judge dismissed an American Indian tribe’s lawsuit Monday that blamed beer makers and nearby stores for chronic alcoholism on an impoverished South Dakota reservation, saying the case belonged in state court but gave a subtle nod to the tribe’s claims.
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Whiteclay activists to gather at Nebraska Capitol
August 23, 2012 in The Daily Republic
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Activists who oppose beer sales in Whiteclay are planning a new effort to draw attention to the Nebraska town, which borders a South Dakota Indian reservation where alcohol is banned.
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Annual Oglala Lakota Nation Powwow starts Friday
August 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic
PINE RIDGE (AP) It’s a weekend full of events on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Continue Reading
Oglala Sioux Tribe declares drought emergency
July 19, 2012 in The Daily Republic
PINE RIDGE (AP) The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has declared a drought emergency for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota. Continue Reading
Oglala tribe asks feds to re-examine reservation deaths
July 11, 2012 in The Daily Republic
SIOUX FALLS (AP) Oglala Sioux tribal officials want federal authorities to reopen investigations into 16 more unresolved deaths and disappearances at a South Dakota reservation, including one dating back nearly 50 years, a lawyer for the tribe said.
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