NPR's investigative report of South Dakota's foster care system has provoked lots of discussion of how we treat Native American children and parents. Right wing-nut Ed Randazzo says his greatest area of concern is the potential conflict of interest, with…
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It's just one handshake... ...just one clap on the shoulder, one smile (well, two smiles)... ...but maybe instead of fighting each other, Indians and whites in South Dakota can work on reconciliation by finding enemies we need to fight together...…
The press gave some attention to some protesters who interrupted President Obama's speech at the University of Colorado in Denver Wednesday by raising a banner and shouting for him to block the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project. The President…
The dish has come. Yesterday NPR broadcast part two of its investigative report on the failure of South Dakota's foster care system to comply with the Indian Child Welfare Act. After focusing in part one on what appears to be…
So that's what the governor was so upset about. Last week Governor Dennis Daugaard pre-emptively rebutted an investigative report from National Public Radio on South Dakota's foster care system and our state's failure to comply with the Indian Child Welfare…
We took a Saturday drive to the Crazy Horse Memorial yesterday. During our May visit, the mountain was framed by grim grey skies one afternoon, then completely shrouded in rain and fog for the rest of our trip. Not so…
Sure, we can trust oil companies... to spill oil, pollute our waterways, keep it quiet, and not clean it up. A week before the Exxon Silvertip pipeline spilled oil into the Yellowstone River, a smaller pipeline operated by FX Drilling…
On Monday, the South Dakota Board of Education adopted new standards for teaching our kids about Native American history and culture. The Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings and Standards bear the native name for the Seven Council Fires, the seven bands…