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Kyle Mesteth teaches skateboarding on the Pine Ridge Reservation through his organization Ground Control and now the Pine Ridge Thorpes new skateboarding team. (Photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal)
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Bringing skateboarding to school

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Acres of pines cover hills in this aerial shot of the Black Hills National Forest. (Photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal)
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Oglala Sioux Tribe takes steps to protect Black Hills

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
A couple stands overlooking NDN Collective's Wičaktepi Remembrance Garden in Rapid City. The garden was created to remember community members who died in fatal police-involved shootings in the city. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Oglala Sioux Tribe asks feds to investigate law enforcement

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
A group of protestors outside the Pennington County Administration Building on Nov. 21, 2023 called for the resignation of Pennington County State's Attorney Lara Roetzel, citing injustice towards Native Americans. (Photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal)
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County passes infant death case to other state’s attorney after protest

By Amelia Schafer and Madison Willis
Mountain Bureau
Donald Warne, co-director of the Center for Indigenous Health, cuts the ribbon on the new Great Plains Hub at the Mandalay Plaza in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Center for Indigenous Research launches Great Plains Hub

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Pipestone National Monument is a sacred site for over 23 tribes across the Midwest. A reroute of the formerly decommissioned Magellan petroleum pipeline inside the monument is causing concern for tribes and locals. (AP Photos/Kristi Eaton)
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Tribes raise concern over pipeline near Pipestone National Monument

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
The Oglala Sioux Tribe has been operating under a shelter at home ordinance since March 2020. (Photo by Mary Annette Pember)
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Trial begins for former Oglala Sioux Tribe council member

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Arthur "Art" Zimiga, 84, spoke at Prairie Edge in Rapid City on August 28 at the Wilderness Congress reception. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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World Wilderness Congress gives Indigenous leaders the microphone

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Bonnie LeBeau has opened up her new Bonnie LeBeaux Quilts store at 1575 N. LaCrosse St. Suite J in Rapid City. (Photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal)
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Award-winning Native star quilt maker opens storefront

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Children and Ursuline nuns stand in front of a church at St. Labre Indian School, a pre-K through 12th-grade school in Ashland, near the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. (Photo courtesy The History Museum in Great Falls, Montana)
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Catholic boarding school documents staying in Montana

By Renata Birkenbuel
Mountain Bureau
Head dancer Monte Muggins, who is Two-Spirit, danced jingle and fancy shawl during the 2024 He Sapa Nagi Nunpa Wacipi in Rapid City on June 28. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Black Hills events embrace Two-Spirit community

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
American Indian Movement supporters and NDN Collective officials gathered outside of the Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building in Rapid City to show support for Leonard Peltier's freedom on June 27. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Leonard Peltier attorneys shift gears following parole denial

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
A model walks the runway wearing designs by Eunice Straight Head, Ryia LeBeau, Caitlin Hein and Emily Little Hoop during the 2024 Native POP in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Native POP celebrates 12 years of art

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
RCAS Superintendent Nicole Swigart has been placed on a 30 day leave and must undergo cultural competency training per the Rapid City Area School Board. (Photo by Catherine Maher, Rapid City Journal)
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Superintendent placed on leave following offensive comments

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
American Indian Movement supporters and NDN Collective officials gathered outside of the Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building in Rapid City to show support for Leonard Peltier's freedom on June 27. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Photos: NDN Collective hosts rally for Leonard Peltier

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
A teacher passes out papers at the Oceti Sakowin Community Academy in Rapid City, where students learn in both Lakota and English. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Educational support goes a long way with Native students

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
A federal investigation found that Rapid City Area Schools ‘discriminated” against Native students. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Civil rights investigation finds Rapid City Area Schools ‘discriminated' against Native students

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Marcus Palmier walked 22 miles during the Oglala Sioux Tribe Veterans Powwow to raise awareness for the 22 veterans who die by suicide every day. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Oglala Lakota veteran walks 22 miles to raise awareness for veteran suicide

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Veterans were honored during the 2024 Oglala Lakota Veterans Wacipi in Pine Ridge, South Dakota from June 7-9. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Powwow celebrates veterans

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Gov. Kristi Noem speaks on May 17 in Pierre, South Dakota during a press conference on cartel presence on tribal land. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Tribe will not attend governor’s public safety summit

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
A group of red dresses hang from the trees outside the Journey Museum in Rapid City. The Red Ribbon Skirt Society, founded by Lily Mendoza, has put up this display every year since 2016 to honor missing and murdered Indigenous women. (Photo by Darsha Dodge, Rapid City Journal)
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Search for Native woman’s identity reignites

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Tracelyn Strand has achieved 13 years of perfect attendance. The Central High School Student and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe citizen will graduate on May 26. (Photo courtesy Tracelyn Strand)
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Native graduate kept her promise

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
A record number of Native American students will graduate from the Rapid City area over Memorial Day weekend. 106 of the Native 150 graduates were honored at a feather-tying ceremony on May 22 at Central High School in Rapid City. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Rapid City schools see record number of Native graduates

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau
Gov. Kristi Noem speaks on May 17 in Pierre, South Dakota, during a press conference regarding cartel presence on tribal land and her being banned from eight reservations. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
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Final South Dakota tribe bans governor

By Amelia Schafer
Mountain Bureau