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July 24, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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OST council, executive board pay increased by $10,000 each

PINE RIDGE - During last week's Oglala Sioux Tribal council meeting held July 17 and 18, council voted 8 to 7 to increase the salary of the tribal council and executive board members. The increase will take place in the next administration. More...

Author Richard Erdoes dies at home at age 96

By Archie B. Beauvais and Amanda Takes War Bonnett Special to the Times

SANTA FE, N.M. - Richard Erdoes , who died last, week influenced the lives of generations of Lakota people and other tribes by describing Native life and their spiritual culture and essentially preserving it for future generations. More...

Headlines

Expansion moves on for Heathershaw Designs

KYLE - Lakota Funds Finances Marquittee Heathershaw with a loan to expand her services and building size for her embroidery business. Heathershaw Designs embroidery business is locally owned by tribal member Marquittee Heathershaw. More...

Investigators: IHS lost millions in goods and tried to cover up some of those losses

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Indian Health Service has lost at least $15.8 million worth of equipment and later falsified documents to cover up some of those losses, according to congressional investigators. More...

Core Four Business Planning Course

Starting Tuesday, August 5 and going for six weeks from 5-8 p.m. at the Eagle Nest college center in Wanblee, for information or to register call 455-2500. More...

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'REZ HAPPENINGS'

Rez Happenings

Messages for Troop Support America Supports You Mail! If anyone wishes to send a message to the troops, there are journals at Bennett County Library and City Offices, and at Bingos Fine Foods in Martin. More...

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Sports

Local teams head to Phoenix for NABI tournament

Northern plains teams looking to improve on prior runner-up finishes
By Tom Crash Times Sports Correspondent

PHOENIX - Brice Hornbeck, Little Wound High School graduate went to NABI last year with the Lakota Regulators, mostly made up of fellow Mustangs, they took third; Brice is returning with Same Day Express I and is looking to bring back the champions More...

ESPN The Magazine features NABI story, Pine Ridge and Lebeaux

NEW YORK - In the most recent July 28 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Devon LeBeau, the Little Wound Mustangs, also known as the Regulators and rez ball is featured. More...

Geri Jane Plenty Arrows Memorial Boxing Smoker

Saturday, July 26 in Oglala with weigh-ins 10 a.m.- 1p.m., physicals 1-3 p.m., boxing starts at 5 p.m.-Honoring Brandon Kills Small, MMA welter weight champion, for information 862- 1732, 867-2664, 867-1822. More...

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Code Talkers memorial park at Rosebud to provide recreation for kids

By Archie B. Beauvais Special to the Times

MISSION - Professor Russ Stubbles of the South Dakota State University reservation recreation project was enthusiastic in providing an update on his work to coordinate a Code Talker's Memorial Park adjacent to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe's Turtle Creek More...

Lawsuit dismissed for women switched at birth 62 years ago at Fort Yates

BISMARCK (AP) - Two women who say they were switched at birth have lost an attempt to collect damages from the hospital where they were born almost 62 years ago. More...

RST tribal council passes motion for new chief of police

ROSEBUD - It has been a couple of months since former Rosebud Sioux Tribe's law enforcement services police chief, Charles Red Crow vacated his position. More...

Ask Anna

Ask Anna

Dear Anna, I am writing to you again. I am divorced now, I finally got angry enough to leave. My concern is now that my ex and his new girl are playing games. Meaning that my ex is allowing her to hamper his support and contact with our kids. More...

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The Holy Road - Free Access

A paradigm shift in Indian Country

There is a paradigm shift in Indian country today that is probably as pronounced as the one that occurred in 1492. When the National Indian Gaming Regulatory Act became law in 1988, just 20 years ago, the shift moved into full motion. More...

Pte Oyate: listen to their teachings

By Oitancan Mani (Walking Leader) Zephier Ihanktonwan Oyate Special to the Times

It's been more than a hundred years since most were allowed to live close to our relatives, the Pte Oyate or buffalo people. We all know how much a part of our lives they were as Nakota, Dakota and Lakota Nations. More...

Climate change will collapse Earth ecosystem

By Michael D. Hohn Reprinted from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Recent editorials about global warming continue to miss the point. Most editorial comments, as to the urgency of this issue, tend to reflect a bias as to its impact on their personal agenda. More...

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Happy Ads - Free Access

Happy Ads

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Happy Belated Fathers Day to Chris We're so sorry its late but we didn't forget about you! We love you and thanks doe being here for us! More...

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