Oglala Sioux Tribe

A bill introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson to memorialize and protect the land where the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred passed through the House Natural Resources Committee and now awaits a vote in the full chamber.

The U.S. District Court of South Dakota ruled the U.S. government has a duty to provide law enforcement to the Oglala Sioux Tribe according to treaties from the 1800s.

Two South Dakota housing authorities received $4 million dollars in federal grant money.

In Rapid City, Native leaders linked with federal emergency response agencies, Bureau of Indian Affairs officials and elected representatives to improve local disaster response strategies.

The 8,500-square-foot arts facility opened on May 20. Hip-hop artist Talon Bazille Ducheneaux has already tried out the building's studio.

U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson introduced a bill he said will protect the land where the Wounded Knee Massacre took place by placing it into restricted fee status.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced over $1,000,000 of funding in support of the Tribal Forest Protection Act.

The Oglala Sioux Tribe is suing the U.S. Department of Interior and its agencies for violating treaty obligations to fund law enforcement on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Several organizations are working to assist people in south central South Dakota still dealing with the effects of a pair of powerful winter storms.

A Washington D.C. appeals court is denying an Oglala Sioux Tribe request to review nuclear permits issued to a proposed uranium extraction project. The move clears one of several federal permits under appeal.