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After an 11-year hiatus, the Reddmen are returning for a string of tours in the west, culminating with "Underground Native Music Showcase" on May 21 at Rapid City's Cave Collective.

South Dakota Urban Indian Health hosted a candlelight vigil in honor of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

Last month, Representative Tamara St. John joined us to discuss her bill to fund the missing and murdered Indigenous person's liaison position in the attorney general's office. Lawmakers created that position last year in response to the disproportionate number of unsolved missing and murdered cases, but the position hasn't yet been filled. Last week, the non-profit Native Hope announced it will fund the position at $85,000 a year for three years.

A native outreach center is funding a liaison to coordinate law enforcement across jurisdictions to find Missing and Murdered Indigenous people.The position has been vacant since July 1.

Two Native American lawmakers want funding for an office to investigate cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people.A law was passed last year to create the liaison’s office. The role has not yet been filled.

Thirty-year-old Susan Fast Eagle left a detox program on May 3rd. She was living in Rapid City, moving between locations. One day, she felt ill. Her husband went to buy her some food and when he returned, he says Susan Fast Eagle was gone. Her family officially reported her missing May 13th.

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A bill to create a missing person’s clearinghouse is moving to the House after passing unanimously in the Senate. The bill is the result of legislative…

The Women’s March began four years ago as an international effort to draw attention to inequality as President Donald Trump took office. Annual marches…