Oglala News

Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press RAPID CITY, S.D An Oglala woman who made false accusations of sexual abuse and assault has pleaded guilty to making a false statement.

Walter Littlemoon, left in overalls, approximately age 8, poses with his family for a portrait on the Pine Ridge, South Dakota reservation.

Wade Kingfisher wants students to know American Indian tribes are not all the same.

By K.C. Fleming The Rocky Mountain Collegian CSU will host Walter Littlemoon, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and his wife Jane Ridgway, as they speak about the effects of federal policy on Native Americans.

At Sunday morning services, seven United Church of Christ members and friends shared their week-long June 2009 outreach, cultural and spiritual awareness experiences at the Pine Ridge S.D. agency.

American Indian tribes in the Dakotas are getting about $42 million in federal stimulus money for water projects.

For the 20th year in a row Native American day is celebrated in South Dakota a chance to think back on two decades of change.

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" The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, will visit the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota on November 1st during her official visit to the United States where she will be focusing on the human right to housing.

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

The proposal to build a scenic byway that links Black Hills monuments with the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation gains momentum.

For Immediate Release: Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 Contact: Wanda Goodman, 605-773-3301 or wanda.goodman@state.sd.us CRAZY HORSE, S.D. Crazy Horse Memorial will celebrate Native American Day with its 20th annual celebration on Monday, Oct.

The U.S. Forest Service has released a new prairie dog management plan for federal grasslands in South Dakota and Nebraska.

A frequent traveler through the American Southwest, I was not prepared for the profound familiarity of the Tibetan plateau.

Wrongful death lawsuits filed after a decedent of Crazy Horse died of a heart attack have been combined by a federal judge, moving forward a case surrounding the man credited with protecting the legacy of the American Indian warrior.

Recently, my mom and I were given an astonishing and generous gift - three thick, stale-smelling binders bulging with yellowed paper, torn newspaper clippings and old photographs.

The chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission is at the University of North Dakota this week.

You can hear the blood rushing out of the buffalo's throat, even over an idling pickup truck and the stiff May wind that blows across the grassy hills of western South Dakota.

The city of Elgin can't make ends meet? Just ship the buffalo to an American Indian reservation - problem solved.

A campaign conversation with the man who would become president of the United States has some Sioux leaders thinking they might finally get part of their sacred Black Hills back.