Pine Ridge, South Dakota

SDSU Extension runs the Double-Up program, which matches $20 worth of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits spent on fresh fruits and vegetables.

The Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office awarded $1.5 million to a nonprofit on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

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.

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.

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.

The town hall meetings, two of which are occurring in November, will strike an educational, empowering tone.

The Oglala Sioux and Rosebud Sioux tribes will receive a total of $68 million in federal grants for high-speed internet infrastructure.

This Spring, Little Wound School in the Pine Ridge Reservation released the seven-episode audio series "Heart of All."The Lakota Oral History project features dozens of interviews with elders in the community. The goal was to preserve oral traditions of Lakota people and share them with a new generation.

Charlie Nicole Cuny created Lakota Art Boxes, a free box full of art supplies, during the pandemic. She then mails or personally delivers them to families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where she lives.