Sage Fast Dog knows the importance of the federal system for educating Native Americans through the Bureau of Indian Education. But he also knows its flaws and limitations. Growing up on the Rosebud ...

(South Dakota News Watch) - An organization that 15 years ago helped to open the first federally insured bank on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation now offers several programs that teach young people ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. An organization that 15 years ago helped to open the first ...

An organization that 15 years ago helped to open the first federally insured bank on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation now offers several programs that teach young people how to manage money. Lack of ...

A four-pack of rez dogs trotted toward the lone grocery store, greeting and tailing human companions in hopes of a spare scrap. But food isn’t the easiest to come by for many residents here. This ...

The situation is ‘catastrophic’: Tribe seeks a court order to fully fund and staff law enforcement The Oglala Sioux Tribe filed a federal lawsuit Oct. 17 in the U.S. District Court for the District of ...

PINE RIDGE, S.D. — Kiya Twobulls' life took a dramatic turn in October 2021 when an evening of drinking with friends led to a life-threatening situation. Living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in ...

Leonard Peltier, 80, sits in his bedroom on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Reservation in North Dakota on June 18. A campaign poster for Deb Haaland’s 2026 New Mexico gubernatorial run hangs ...

The federal government paid millions to the survivors of a serial rapist who abused children as a pediatrician at Indian Health Service hospitals in Montana and South Dakota. The settlement, which was ...

The federal government paid millions to the survivors of a serial rapist who abused children as a pediatrician at Indian Health Service hospitals in Montana and South Dakota.

It’s been 21 years, but I still remember the bleak Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

Lisa Iron Cloud grew up poor. The Oglala Lakota woman's family moved frequently, sometimes living on the Pine Ridge reservation, other times in nearby Rapid City, South Dakota. Family meals came from ...