Basil Plenty Wolf Sr.
     PINE RIDGE - Basil Plenty Wolf, Sr., 74, died Thursday, March 4 near Pine Ridge in an pedestrian/automobile incident. He is survived by a son, Basil Plenty Wolf, Jr. of Pine Ridge; one sister, Marie Red Cloud of Pine Ridge.
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Bill Lawrence
Founder/Editor Native American Press/Ojibwe News
     MINNEAPOLIS - Bill Lawrence, a journalist who was a watchdog of Minnesota's tribal governments for more than two decades, has died after fighting prostate cancer. He was 70. Lawrence died Tuesday at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. Lawrence became a journalist in 1988 and crusaded to open the books of Minnesota's 11 Indian casinos.
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Evangeline Arcoren~
     MISSION - Evangeline Arcoren, age 75, passed away at Rapid City Regional Hospital on Sunday, February 28, 2010. Wake services will be held Wednesday and Thursday with funeral service at 1:00 PM, Friday, March 5, 2010 at the Christian Life Fellowship in Mission, SD. Burial will follow at St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery in Mission.
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James Dean Steele~
     PINE RIDGE - James Dean Steele, 51, Pine Ridge, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in Pine Ridge.
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Janice R. Tail~
     PORCUPINE - Janice R. Tail, 48, passed away Tuesday, March 2 at Porcupine. She is survived by her husband, Donald Sharpfish of Porcupine; a son, Jeffrey Brown of Oglala; a daughter, Kelly Young Bull Bear of Kyle. Adopted son, Ronnie High Bear of Kansas. Her father and step-mother Eli Tail, Sr. and Carolyn Tail of Porcupine.
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Kaden White Lance Young Bear ~
     KYLE - Kaden White Lance-Young Bear, 2, Kyle, died Monday, March 1, 2010, at Bennett County Health Care Center in Martin. Survivors include his parents, Yamni Young Bear III and Amanda White Lance, Kyle; paternal grandparents Shonna Hunter, Kyle, and Severt Young Bear Jr., Sioux Falls; and maternal grandmother Ann Apple, Kyle.
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Pauline (Star Boy) Olson~
      O'KREEK - Pauline (Star Boy) Olson, 43, O'Kreek, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Wake services were held at the Wilbur- Memorial Gymnasium. Services were at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 4, at the gymnasium. Burial was at the Calvary Episcopal Cemetery. Mason Funeral Home of Winner is in charge of arrangements.
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Rose Blue Thunder~
     Rose Blue Thunder passed away at her home in Old Ring Thunder Community, SD on Wednesday, March 3,2010. Wake services were held Saturday and Sunday with funeral services at 1:00 pm, Monday, March 8, 2010 at St. Thomas Hall in Mission. Burial was at Grace Chapel Cemetery in Soldier Creek, SD.
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Wayne Whidby~
     Kadoka - Wayne Whidby, age 57, of Kadoka, died February 1, 2010 in Mazatlan, Mexico. Wayne Alex Whidby was born on March 24, 1952 in Fort Knox, Kentucky to Evelyn and Julian Whidby. He grew up on the family ranch south of Kadoka, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. From a young age, he started breaking horses and living the cowboy lifestyle.
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Willis William ‘Hoksila Waste’ Bad Hand~
     ROSEBUD - Willis William Bad Hand "Hoksila Waste," 72, Rosebud, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at Fort Meade. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Survivors include his daughter, Rosetta Walker, Tempe, Ariz.; his brother, Yankima Bad Hand, Rosebud; and three sisters, Grace Bad Hand, Rosebud, Julie Gayhardt, Yankton, and Betty O'Leary, Rapid City. There will be no services.
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