PINE RIDGE - The state track meet during Memorial Day weekend ended most structured youth activities for the school year, with school being out, youth across the reservation will have a number of opportunities to participate in individual and team camps put on by area schools and additional chance... More...

PINE RIDGE - On Monday, June 2, Tusweca Tiospaye kicked off the first Annual Lakota Summer Camp for youth at Wolf Creek School in Pine Ridge. The camp is being coordinated by a partnership with the Shannon County School District and with assistance from Field of Plenty. More...

Dear Anna, Hope this letter finds you in good health and in happiness. I just wanted to follow up with you almost a year after previously contacting you. Last year, I was not in the best shape when I contacted you. You did tell me I would find a home for myself and my child in the fall, which I ... More...

Across 2. closes sound out of the classroom 4. you eat out of 8. I help you to write your assignments 10. liquids usually go in me 11. flat service to do school work on 12. I hold things together 13. More...

A funny thing happened on the way to the primaries: I became bewitched, bothered and bewildered. Mostly bothered. More...

Dear Border Town, I have lived amongst all of you for most of my life, even living in two border towns in my life. I admit, it is better than it used to be. For the most part, most of the residents have accepted that we are part of your economy. I no longer get followed in the small drugstor... More...

Lakota language preservation is not a new idea or a new concept. For the last 35 years many dedicated people have seen the need to revitalize, preserve and or restore our language and have made considerable efforts to achieve this goal. More...

A school is not the only place where knowledge and information is obtained. In fact, we all learn on a daily basis and that is education. Education and understanding go handin hand and if a person learns his or her subject of study well enough, that person gains a certain degree of clout, influenc... More...

OST Council special session Monday, June 9 in council chambers of Red Cloud building in Pine ridge, for information 867-5821. Crazy Horse Memorial Rodeo Friday-Sunday, June 13-14 at Crazy Horse Mountain in the Black Hills, 2 p.m. More...

ALLEN - Marcus M. Red Bear-Trejo, 35, died May 31 at Nashville, Tenn. He is survived by his sons Austin DeSersa and Dillon DeSersa of Alliance, Neb.; Marcus (Paco) Red Bear Jr, Maloney Red Bear, Gabriel Red Bear, and Cameo Red Bear all of Nashville, Tenn. More...

NOTICE ~ NOTICE ~ As of March 17 2008 we began reconstructing our Shannon County roads. Construction will continue throughout the year 2008. PLEASE USE CAUTION when driving on our county roads as we have equipment working on them. More...