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October 9, 2008
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Two Bulls, Means top votes in OST primary
Unofficial results
By Tom Crash Times Correspondent
PINE RIDGE - It was a quiet election throughout September but when the bell rang Tuesday morning at 9 a.m., Russell Means and Theresa Two Bulls were out of the starting gate in a hurry piling up votes across the reservation to lead the unofficial results for president in the 2008 OST primary elect... More...
Secretarial election date changed to Nov. 4

PINE RIDGE - The Election Day for the upcoming Oglala Sioux Tribe's Secretarial Election has been changed to Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, and voter registration deadline has been extended to Oct. 15, 2008. As of Monday, there were nearly 600 registered voters for the secretarial election. In April's se... More...

Why are young Lakota killing themselves?
Reservation suicide rate said to be among highest in world
By Steve Young Reprinted with permission from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Editor's note***Last month, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader published a three-part series on youth suicide on South Dakota's reservations. More...

 Headlines
•Environmental Investigations completed on former bombing range
PINE RIDGE - Over the past 11 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, has conducted several environmental investigation projects at sites within the former Badlands Bombing Range on the Pine Ridge Reservation. More...
•1975 SD AIM slaying cases combined
•Rosebud has a new fire management officer
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 Lakota Wicoiye
•22nd Annual HeSapa Wacipi offers $45,000 in prize money, new events
RAPID CITY - The He Sapa Wacipi Na Oskate 22nd Annual Championship Pow Wow is set for Thursday, Oct. 9, through Sunday, Oct. 12, at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City. "This year's event is sure to be larger than last with an exceptional array of keen singers, dancers and athletes," sa... More...
•New royalty selected at Isna Wica Owayawa
•Diva For A Day and walks planned for October
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 Ask Anna
•Dear Anna,
I am at a cross roads in my life. I don't know what to do or where I am going. Sunday will be four years since my cousin died, and I still feel so lost. There are times I can hear him and times I sense him. Am I going crazy? Is his death the reason I feel so lost? More...
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 Opinion
•Providing to the needs of our readers
In October of 2004, the Lakota Country Times was founded by a group of people so Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservation residents could have their own voice. This past week we celebrated our birthday of providing an excellent weekly newspaper to our readers for the past four years. More...
•Something to think on!
•A tribute to my Uncle G.Wayne Tapio
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 Amanda Takes War Bonnett
•National financial mess a good time for tribes to increase land base
National financial mess ia a good time for tribes to increase land base Amidst election time for both the national election and tribal, we are looking at a national financial crisis. We read about it in the papers and see it on the news. Regardless of how the national crisis is laid out in the ... More...
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 Tim Giago
•Time for Indians to think 'Independent'
By now many voters have made up their minds and have settled on one particular candidate for the Office of the President of the United States. It is surprising to many political pundits that there are large numbers of voters still "undecided. More...
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 Dana Lone Hill
•'I am who I am'
Are you the one that writes for the paper?" A lady asked me as I was in line at the gas station. "Yup." I said. She looked me up and down as if she just ate a lemon. "You don't look nothing at all like your picture." She rolled her eyes and sighed, as if the she was disgusted with the whole w... More...
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 Anson Black Calf
•Words of the 7th Generation
In southern California, where I live, there are about 18 different reservations just in the surrounding area alone. I've been to about half of them and the one thing I keep noticing time and again is that wherever I go I seem to always run into Indians with staring problems. More...
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 Rez Ramblings
•Who will bring change, honesty, and integrity to our reservation?
In less than a month, we will vote for the next President of the United States. It will make history because of race or gender. First, Barack Obama may become the first Black President of the United States, or Sarah Palin may become our first female Vice President. More...
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 Guest
•Is real peace and justice possible?
Can we afford the cost of the War in Iraq combined with the huge bailout of Wall Street. Many have called the legislation passed by Congress on Oct. 3, the Leave No Banker Behind Act. The Eyes Wide Open display of the American Friends Service Committee at the annual Peace and Justice Center meeti... More...
•Broken English and broken Lakota
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 'REZ HAPPENINGS'
•South Dakota fall sports schedule
High School boy's football-Friday, Oct. 10 Red Cloud at Crow Creek 1pm, Cheyenne Eagle Butte at Todd County 7 pm, St. Francis at Pine Ridge 1:30 pm, Hot Springs at Little Wound/Crazy Horse 1:00 pm; girl's volleyball- Thursday Oct. 9 Little Wound at St. Francis, Saturday Oct. 11 Todd County at Whit... More...
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 The Holy Road
•~Robert Winters~
BATESLAND - Robert Winters, 85, Batesland, died Monday, Sept. 29 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Lyla Winters, Batesland; two sons, Gary Winters and Mary Winters; and two daughters, Marsha Rosane and Lisa Bettelyoun. Funeral services were Saturday, Oct. 4, at the St. ... More...
•~Wilson Slow Bear~
•~Moses Eagle Star~
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 Sports
•Little Wound shuts out Pine Ridge for fifth straight win
PINE RIDGE - Officials threw their yellow flag nearly 30 times Friday afternoon in a penalty marred game that Little Wound led 8-0 going into the fourth quarter before finishing up a 22-0 win over the Pine Ridge Thorpes for their fifth straight win of the season. More...
•Mustangs lead 11A Region 3 in power points
•Sierra bounces back for 11th at State A golf
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 Legal Notices
•Public Notices
BIDS BID ADVERTISEMENT The Shannon County School District, Batesland, South Dakota, is accepting sealed bids until Thursday, October 23, 2008, 4:30 p.m. More...
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 Happy Ads
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