Garriott named to Obama transition team
      WASHINGTON - Wizipan Garriott of the Rosebud reservation was recently appointed to president-elect Barack Obama's transition team after being involved in the election campaign with the First American voting drive. Enrolled with the Rosebud Sioux tribe, Garriott previously worked with Sen. Tom Daschle after graduating from Yale University in 2003.
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AIM slaying defendant wants more jury challenges
      SIOUX FALLS. (AP) - One of the men set to stand trial in February for the 1975 slaying of a woman on the Pine Ridge Reservation wants more juror challenges.
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Tribal programs will collaborate to provide solar heat panels to select homeowners
Vi Waln Times Correspondent
      ROSEBUD - The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council approved the request of four tribal programs to pursue the purchase and installation of solar heating panels for at several homes on the Rosebud. Preference will be given to homeowners who are veterans, elders or disabled.
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Wind-Hydro study shows South Dakota's energy potential
      WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. John Thune recently commented on the Wind-Hydro Integration study released by the Western Area Power Administration. The study analyzes the potential integration of wind power in central South Dakota and the use of hydroelectric power generated by the Missouri River.
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Senators press Obama for funds already authorized for tribes
By Jodi Rave Lee Enterprises Reprinted with permission
      Nearly two dozen U.S. senators are pressing Presidentelect Barack Obama to include $2 billion in his proposed budget for tribes beleaguered by "a public safety and health crisis" due, in part, to a lack of federal funding. "We have critical needs here in this country, particularly on Indian reservations," Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said Wednesday.
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Crazy Horse Monument's Ziolkowski family provides gifts for students
By Jomay Steen Rapid City Journal staff Reprinted with permission
      PINE RIDGE - Promising a holly jolly Christmas for children facing an otherwise bleak holiday, Crazy Horse Memorial and the Ziolkowski family, friends and contributors will deliver more than 100 gifts to students living at Pine Ridge School dormitories on Pine Ridge Reservation.
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LNI youth dance nightly
      RAPID CITY - A dance will be held nightly at the Lakota Nation Invitational on Dec. 17, 18, 19 and 20. The dance will start at 9 p.m. and end at midnight each night. The LNI Youth Dances will be held at the Rushmore Hall across from the new ice rink.
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United Tribes group to march in inaugural parade
      BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - United Tribes Technical College officials say a group of veterans from the Bismarck school has been selected to march in the inaugural presidential parade.
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Prosecutors fight to have AIM shooting defendants to be tried together
      RAPID CITY - Federal prosecutors are opposing defense attorneys' requests to hold separate trials for John Graham and Richard Marshall, both charged with the 1975 slaying of American Indian Activist Annie Mae Aquash Attorneys for Graham and Marshall have filed motions in U.S. District Court asking that their clients be tried separately.
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