The Commissioners are well known to the public--the former for his energy and bravery in expeditions against the hostile tribes of the Northwest, and the latter (a full-blood Indian)as a prominent ...

Gov. Kristi Noem appointed a former Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety chief to a post in the state’s Department of Tribal Relations on Tuesday, alleging he “found himself without ...

Dennis Zotigh Ramey Growing Thunder (Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes), Chief John Spotted Tail (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), Carolyn Brugh (Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes), and Tamara ...

the AP previously reported. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chairwoman Janet Alkire added: "Governor Kristi Noem's wild and ...

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The department said "this incident is being taken very seriously" and investigators are working to identify and locate three ...

Alkire is one of the nominees for USA TODAY's Women of the Year program, which recognizes women who have made a significant impact in their community.

Of all the Plains tribes, Pawnee Indians had the greatest presence on the line. Friendly to the American government and bitter enemies of the Sioux, the tribe welcomed the Union Pacific to their ...