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Memories of Wounded Knee reflect mixed legacy after 50 years
MINNE(DailyNews)OLIS ((DailyNews)) — Tensions that had been smoldering on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota flared up 50 years ago Monday, when activists...
‘Dances With Wolves’ actor charged in Nevada sex abuse case
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. ((DailyNews)) — A former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in...
Massive US storm brings tornadoes to South, blizzard threat
DALLAS ((DailyNews)) — A massive storm blowing across the country spawned tornadoes that wrecked homes and injured a handful of people in parts of...
Maryland legalizes marijuana; 4 other states also voting
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ((DailyNews)) — Voters in five states were deciding on Election Day whether to approve recreational marijuana, a move that could signal...
‘Slow day:’ Guard emails don’t match Noem border ‘war’ talk
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ((DailyNews)) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described the U.S. border with Mexico as a “war zone” last year when she...
Native Americans recall torture, hatred at boarding schools
MISSION, S.D. ((DailyNews)) — After her mother died when Rosalie Whirlwind Soldier was just four years old, she was put into a Native American...
‘Don’t Look Back’: Refugee, plant worker writes of survival
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ((DailyNews)) — As Achut Deng lay in her apartment bedroom in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, sickened alongside hundreds...
Noem’s balancing act: Big ambitions, South Dakota reelection
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ((DailyNews)) — They had waited in the desert heat in a line that wrapped around the block and now the excitement was...
South Dakota investigation weighs Noem’s use of state plane
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ((DailyNews)) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was returning from an official appearance in Rapid City in 2019 when she faced...
Conservative college’s curriculum gets foothold in S. Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ((DailyNews)) — A few days before middle school teacher Shaun Nielsen joined a work group to develop South Dakota’s social studies...