Chamberlain correspondent and Indian rights activist James Cadwell sends distressing news about his local school district's intolerance of its Indian constituents' cultural practices. Cadwell reports that, after three years of requests, the Chamberlain school district continues to forbid the inclusion…
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Last year the Chamberlain school board rejected a request to include an American Indian honor song in its high school graduation ceremony, citing tradition and concern about respecting the separation of church and state. Yes, because South Dakotans are passionate…
A lot of South Dakotans will subject themselves to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" today. For some of our neighbors, this Western tune is more of a strain than others. Thus, for the second year, the Rapid City school…