Health, public safety, foster care can improve with collaboration, tribal leader tells lawmakers • South Dakota Searchlight PIERRE — South Dakota and tribal nations in the state can make improvements for health care and public safety in 2026, a tribal leader said.

South Dakota and the tribal nations in the state can make improvements for health care and public safety during the 2026 legislative session, #RosebudSiouxTribe President Kathleen Wooden Knife said.

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Rosebud Tribe gets $12 million from Interior Department to electrify and upgrade homes • South Dakota Searchlight The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has been awarded nearly $12 million from the federal government to electrify homes across the reservation.

Less than a month after an $8 million federal award for electric transportation, the #RosebudSiouxTribe has been awarded nearly $12 million to electrify homes across the reservation.

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Tribe gets nearly $8 million from federal program that state shunned • South Dakota Searchlight A Native American tribe in South Dakota will receive a nearly $8 million grant from a federal program that the state declined to apply for.

A Native American tribe in South Dakota will receive a nearly $8 million grant from a federal program that state government declined to apply for.

More about the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant awarded to the #RosebudSiouxTribe:

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Rosebud Sioux Tribe elects its first female president • South Dakota Searchlight The voters of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe elected their first female president, according to unofficial results from the election office.

The voters of the #RosebudSiouxTribe have elected their first female president, according to unofficial election results.

More about Kathleen Wooden Knife:

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Gov. Kristi Noem banned from fourth South Dakota reservation • South Dakota Searchlight The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in south-central South Dakota is the fourth tribal nation to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from tribal lands this year.

And then there were four: Gov. #KristiNoem has been banned from another tribal reservation. Citing numerous reasons, the #RosebudSiouxTribe said, "Moving forward, we will only acknowledge Governor Noem after she issues a public apology.

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Native nations with scarce internet are building their own broadband networks • South Dakota Searchlight On the Hopi Reservation’s more than 1.5 million acres of desert landscape in northeast Arizona, most residents live in villages atop arid mesas. Below ground, there’s a network of copper wires that provides telephone and internet service. Hopi Telecommunications in 2004 bought the company that had installed them, but has been struggling ever since to upgrade the […]

Native nations historically have lagged in access to #HighSpeedInternet, and the inequity became more apparent during the pandemic. Some Native nations, including the #RosebudSiouxTribe, are building their own networks.

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