On March 23, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate a host of individuals to key administration posts and made good on his campaign promise to appoint an American Indian. Among those selected is Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, a Sicangu Lakota, as Director of Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human. Dr. More...

ROSEBUD - The RST Tribal Land Enterprise (TLE) Board of Directors took action Friday to terminate Calvin Waln, Sr., as TLE Executive Director. Waln had been suspended from his position since February 10, 2009, by the Board while the TLE attorney, Steven Sandven, prepared a report regarding questionable credit card and travel expenditures made by Waln in recent months. More...

KYLE — Wiyaka His Horse Is Thunder, a junior at Little Wound High School, was selected top poetry reader in South Dakota State Poetry finals and will compete with 50 other state winners at the finals in Washington, D.C. next month. More...

MARTIN-Kevin Stiffarm, a member of the Gros Ventre tribe of Fort Belknap, Montana, became the Bennett County Hospital and Nursing Home Interim Administrator in Martin on March 2 after serving as the CEO of Weston County Health Services in Newcastle, Wyoming. A 21 ½ year Air Force veteran with an MBA, MA in Management, and BA in health care administration, Mr. More...

ROSEBUD - Tribal Government students from Todd County High School attended a Tribal Council meeting on St. Patrick's Day. Their teacher is Leta Brandis, who is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Mrs. Brandis brings her class to one council meeting every academic year. The class consists of sophomores, juniors and seniors. More...

KYLE — The Little Wound School middle students have been experiencing some fantastic hands on experiments in science recently. Misty Brave, Beaux White, Dylan Brave and Crystal Brave Eagle of Oglala Lakota Colleges science department will be working with the students for eight weeks in hands on exhibit in acids, food webs and food chains. More...

American Horse Middle School Students believe earth day is everyday and they prove it on March 17th by keeping the school grounds clean. More...

While college students across the country head for the beaches or the ski slopes, a group of students from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, took a break from their studies to help Red Cloud students gain a competitive edge in their college preparatory work on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. More...

American Horse School FACE Program invited Arlene Iron Cloud with Oglala Sioux Tribe Healthy Education Project 8 on March 19th to provide training and car seats for FACE participants pre-natal through five years old. At 10 am on Thursday, March 19th the FACE Adult Education Building was a buzz with Center and Homebased parents and children. More...

Middle School boys and girls met in two separate groups on Tuesday, March 17th with Gary Richards Jr. a student at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Gary Jr. spoke with the students about a variety of topics and answered questions the students had concerning college life. More...