Interior News

Telling Native American leaders, "I'm on your side," President Obama issued an order Thursday instructing federal agencies to do a better job of consulting with tribes on numerous policies affecting Indian Country.

State Public Utilities Commission chairman Dusty Johnson will be in Washington, D.C., Wednesday testifying before the Senate's Environment and Public Works committee on the effect of proposed climate legislation in the Midwest.

President Obama is inviting Native American leaders to a White House conference Nov.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar wants to create wild horse preserves in the Midwest and East to protect wild horses and burros that now roam the West.

WASHINGTON - The nation's farmers are a step closer to avoiding a tax based on the methane gas that their livestock produce.

The fact that the Rosebud Reservation will get $25 million in federal economic stimulus money to build an adult jail is good news.

WASHINGTON - Beset by high crime and inadequate health care, South Dakota's Indian reservations could see substantial federal help under a spending bill moving through Congress.

Senator John Thune gets his way when it comes to the 'cow tax.' The Interior Spending Bill will prevent the environmental protection agency from taxing livestock emissions.

Wednesday, Rep. Herseth Sandlin met with U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk and other officials to discuss tribal law enforcement issues, according to a news release from congressional staff.

After a brutal 79.13 miles of heat and dehydration, the "Race Against Death Tour" comes to an oasis on the prairie in the form of a convenience store.... Although details on just where we were are fuzzy, a couple of things remain crystal clear about the end of the sixth day of the "Race Against Death Tour". First, we had found an honest to goodness ...

When Gov. Mike Rounds recently made appointments for Circuit Court judgeships, he chose two women and one man.

When Gov. Mike Rounds recently made appointments for Circuit Court judgeships, he chose two women and one man.

The merger of Sanford and MeritCare finds the health networks with contrasting prospects for expansion on their home campuses in Sioux Falls and Fargo.

Ted Hustead's family knows a thing or two about running a tourist attraction during tough economic times.

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: HERSETH SANDLIN-HOUSE Herseth Sandlin to seek re-election SIOUX FALLS, S.D. South Dakota's lone U.S. House member, Democrat Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, says she plans to run for re-election. Herseth Sandlin had said earlier that her 2010 choices included running for re-election, an open ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says three rural water projects in North Dakota and South Dakota will share $93 million under the federal economic stimulus package.

Posted by: Cory Heidelberger - 06/26/2009 9:28 AM More cheers for earmarks in Lake County! Wednesday's Madison Daily Leader reports that Senator Tim Johnson shoehorned $400K into the Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill to help build a sewer system around Brant Lake.

South Dakota tribal leaders have listened for years to federal officials who promise to confront the challenge of providing adequate health care to Native Americans, primarily through the chronically underfunded Indian Health Service.

INTERIOR - Travelers can pocket the normal $15-per-vehicle entrance fee during three summer weekends at Badlands National Park in western South Dakota.

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