The nine Sioux tribes are meeting in Rapid City right now to discuss solutions to South Dakota's inability to comply with the federal Indian Child Welfare Act. Oglala Lakota College is streaming the May 15-17 summit live online. Judges and…
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Until yesterday, there had been only one school shooting in South Dakota history. Donald Kurtz, age 17, died from a gunshot wound fired by a classmate from a rifle they were using for sound effects in a school play at…
According to the Big Push for Midwives campaign, South Dakota remains one of 23 states in which government interferes in women's health care decisions by overly restricting the practice of midwifery. Midwives attend only 5% of U.S. births, compared to…
It's crazy enough to make me think I was being spoofed... but a reader's tip proves to be true. Apparently Easter festivities at the Brookings Swiftel Center include an Easter Egg hunt Saturday morning, followed by cage fighting in the…
In October 2011, NPR published a scathing critique of South Dakota's treatment of Indian foster children and compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act. The South Dakota Legislature declined again this February to do anything about the problems NPR spotlighted.…
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is finally getting around to holding a summit with South Dakota tribal officials to talk about our state's alleged violations of the Indian Child Welfare Act. That meeting happens in Rapid City April 15–17, a…
Because KELO won't, Larry Kurtz does us the favor of pointing out that South Dakota Indian tribes have sent a big report to Congress accusing South Dakota of violating the Indian Child Welfare Act. Their report contends that the bombshell…
No children have been shot and killed in our schools recently, but or Legislature is gunning to take action to arm teachers and janitors to save children from that overhyped threat. Meanwhile, no legislator yet has filed a bill this…