Lower Brule News

South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds announced that 27 South Dakota counties and three reservations are receiving federal financial assistance to help recover from the early June storm that caused widespread flooding ...

Alltel Wireless has expanded to improve service in South Dakota with the recent activation of seven new digital cell sites in the months of April and May, including four new towers requested by the South Dakota ...

As a community development officer for Wells Fargo, Lesa Jarding gets to travel throughout the region, connecting communities and organizations to financial opportunities with the bank.

Josh Verges * jverges@argusleader.com * May 14, 2008 A Lower Brule man caught with child pornography was sentenced Tuesday in Pierre to three years and three months in prison. via Argus Leader

During my career I was honored to represent the state of South Dakota for 22 years, 18 in the Senate and four in the House of Representatives. via Argus Leader

PIERRE, S.D. - The governor has appointed Daryl Russell to a new position in state government as director of Indian Health Care Initiatives. via ArgusLeader.com

Gregory County Cagers Invitational The Gregory County Cagers Invitational 9th Grade Basketball tournament is this Saturday at the Gregory Auditorium. via KWYR-AM Winner

“I saw them perform two years ago in Pella at the Tulip Festival”

Issue date: 3/7/08 Section: Entertainment Media Credit: www.BRULERECORDS.com The Academic and Cultural Events Series will feature Brule and the American Indian Rock Opera on Wednesday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in ... via The Tack

An Open Letter to Senators Clinton, McCain and Obama: We haven't seen much of you here in South Dakota. via Argus Leader

“This funding will help South Dakota tribes develop more safe and affordable homes for their members. Unfortunately, unsafe and inadequate housing is an all too familiar reality on many of the reservations throughout Indian County”

WASHINGTON, DC 2/15/2008 US Senator Tim Johnson announced today that the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe will receive $303,228 and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe will receive $294,314 in federal funding for housing ... via Native American Times

“I believe that the best politics is good bipartisan government”

U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., met with Lower Brule Tribal leaders Friday to check on the progress of a new justice center he had a hand in securing federal funding. via The Capital Journal - Pierre, SD

“But now I start on another dimension of fun, traveling around the state.”

Time over the Christmas holiday in South Dakota was reserved for family, but Sen. via Rapid City Journal

By Heidi Bell Gease, Journal staff Wednesday, December 26, 2007 A Parmelee man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a Todd County man a year ago. via Rapid City Journal

“Since this is the first year, we're tickled”

By Heidi Bell Gease, Journal staff Friday, December 21, 2007 "Long ago, thousands of years ago ..." With those words, Phillip Wright began telling the story of the first sun dance song. via Rapid City Journal

“We want a quality program and experience.”

Federal grant helps Oglala planners join tribal byways network By Kevin Woster, Journal staff Thursday, December 20, 2007 The lonesome roads of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation could one day lead tourists to a ... via Rapid City Journal

“The surfaces that they used were hides, rock walls and surfaces both smooth and rough, and hides both tanned and rawhide.”

CONTACT: Jeff Mammenga, 773-6000, Jeff.Mammenga@state.sd.us Art, artifacts featured Sunday at Cultural Heritage Center PIERRE, S.D. Art and artifacts will be featured Sunday, Dec. via South Dakota State

“Just, in our case, it's an ordinary child”

Even during a time when online encyclopedias edited by anyone with an Internet connection threaten to revise history to the point of pure fiction, it's pretty hard to imagine the Plains Indians of 200 years ago ... via ArgusLeader.com

“A Model of Assimilation: The Pierre Indian School, 1891-1928.”

PIERRE , S.D. In recognition of October being Archives Month, Pierre native Eddie Welch will offer the presentation, "Stories, Photographs and History of the Pierre Indian School ." on Sunday, Oct. via South Dakota State

“We're going to follow that up with an aggressive run of concerts”

South Dakota Native American musicians earned acclaim last night at the NAMMY awards in upstate New York. via ArgusLeader.com

“It was so personal and so real”

The scientist who helped show how similar chimpanzees are to humans came to Sioux Falls on Thursday to urge humanity to take action now to save the natural world. via Argus Leader