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Lower Brule tribe to get $300K matching grant for popcorn business

May 2, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The money is part of a matching grant. The tribe will put up $310,000 of its own cash to commit a total of $610,000 toward marketing its Lakota Foods popcorn.
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Oglala Sioux Tribe faces ultimatum on sale of massacre site

May 1, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The assessed value of the property: less than $14,000. The seller’s asking price: $4.9 million.
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Standing Rock tribe displeased with planned summit agenda

April 26, 2013 in The Daily Republic

No plans to discuss substantive criticisms of state DSS, and Jim Abourezk isn’t speaking, tribe complains.
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Tribe to plant community orchard

April 14, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Grant, other assistance helps community-based project at Crow Creek.
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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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At Spirit Lake, disputed progress

January 18, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

FORT TOTTEN In the nearly four months since the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs took over child protection services on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, tribal and BIA officials say they’re working well together, the system has been made more professional and accountable and reservation children are safer from abusers and sexual predators. Continue Reading

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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New jail on Rosebud reservation to open in January

December 6, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is set to open a $25 million adult jail next month that will emphasize cultural wellness for inmates.
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Rosebud tribe buys 40 acres of land in Black Hills

December 5, 2012 in The Daily Republic

The purchase comes just days after a consortium of tribes raised $9 million to buy land in the Black Hills that they consider sacred.
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Standing Rock tribe starts training program for oilfield workers

December 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) A Native American tribe plans to start a new job training program centered on preparing tribal members for oilfield-related careers.
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