Delta David Gier lifts South Dakota Symphony Orchestra to national stage
Maestro with New York City cred redefines the role: ‘When I first picked up the stick, it was like the heavens opened and said, ‘You will now do this.’
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Sioux Falls starts homeless outreach effort that was used in Rapid City
Sioux Falls could see its first “street outreach” teams working with the city’s homeless population as early as May, with a local organization following an intervention model being used in Rapid City and larger metro areas nationally.
The street outreach strategy uses teams of trained individuals to identify and
Push for greater Native American voting access could impact South Dakota race for governor
A recent court ruling that found South Dakota violated federal voting registration laws has reignited the long-standing concern over Native American ballot access as the state braces for a 2022 gubernatorial election that could hinge on Indian Country precincts.
In a state with nearly 78,000 Indigenous residents, comprising 8.
Overturn of Roe would place greater hardships on Native American women seeking to terminate a pregnancy
Pro-choice advocates say overturning Roe v. Wade would place greater strain and hardship on Native American women in South Dakota, who are twice as likely as other races to be the victims of sexual assault, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Overturning the landmark abortion decision — as leaked
Pending closure and poor care at Ipswich nursing home latest outcomes of staffing crisis
IPSWICH, S.D. – A crisis at the nursing home in Ipswich illustrates the two worst potential outcomes of staffing shortages affecting long-term care facilities across the state: possible nursing home closures and troubling incidents of inadequate resident care.
A shortage of staff was given as one reason that officials for
Despite legislative defeat, backers of Native education reform in SD will press forward
The latest setback in a bid to create state-funded Lakota immersion schools in South Dakota will not deter Native American educators from pursuing that vision in the future, according to one of the proposal’s key supporters.
State Sen. Troy Heinert, D-Mission, expressed disappointment after the March 2 failure of
As Native students struggle in SD schools, a Lakota-immersion model emerges
For the third time in five years, Native American legislators and supporters of improving Native education in South Dakota have proposed legislation that would allow for creation of state-funded charter schools aimed at immersing students in Lakota Indian language, culture and history.
And once again, the measure has failed in