Native Americans

RAPID CITY - The president of a South Dakota tribe suing the state's Department of Social Services says Native American children suffer trauma and depression when they are wrongly removed from their homes.

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SIOUX FALLS - Two Native American tribes in South Dakota are expected to file a class action lawsuit Thursday alleging that the state's Department of Social Services has violated the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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LOWER BRULE - Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan is touring a Native American-owned and operated business and meeting with tribal leaders on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation on Thursday.

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PINE RIDGE - The Oglala Sioux Tribe is seeking design ideas from the public for a new Sioux Nation dollar coin.

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SIOUX FALLS - South Dakota corrections officials are appealing a federal judge's decision to reverse its policy banning the use of tobacco in Native American religious ceremonies.

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SIOUX FALLS - Brendan Johnson, U.S. attorney for South Dakota, has completed his term as chairman of a Justice Department panel dealing with Native American Issues.

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There is a nine line proposed law in Pierre, SB 205, which, if approved, will allow for the slaughter of any wolf seen anywhere, doing anything, or nothing. Allowing the wholesale slaughter of the wolf, makes us the same as what we accuse them to be, "predators and varmints."

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OACOMA - The Lower Brule Sioux tribe is pursuing a $34 million casino along Interstate 90 just west of the southeastern South Dakota town of Oacoma.

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SIOUX FALLS - Dental care specialists hope a $3.3 million federal grant will help improve oral health on the American Indian reservations in South Dakota.

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SIOUX FALLS - A collection of Native American artwork seized by the Internal Revenue Service will remain at the Washington Pavilion's Visual Arts Center.

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