Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s a place in South Dakota, about 25 miles north of Wall Drug, that some locals still call “Jew Flats.” More than 100 years ago, the United States gave ...

When Coleman Eagle Elk first met a boy he expects to mentor from youth to adulthood, he used an ancient indigenous instrument to find common ground through song. Eagle Elk met the 5-year-old boy and ...

All nine South Dakota tribes have officially endorsed the banishment of Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe’s executive council voted Tuesday in favor of banishing the ...

The Indian Child Welfare Act passed in 1978. ICWA mandates the best interest of the child be prioritized. That includes keeping the child near the family and culture and prioritizing family ...

Savannah Standing Bear’s family and friends have plenty of rumors, but not many answers. It’s been eight months since she ...

Editor's note: This is the first in a six-installment series about Native American children in South Dakota's foster care system, produced in partnership between the Argus Leader and South Dakota ...

Scientists working to protect the waters of South Dakota from invasive species are calling for people to help out by catching and eating invasive carp—"America's most unwanted fish." Once established ...

AGENCY VILLAGE, S.D. – The South Dakota Native Tourism Alliance became a nonprofit this year and is entering the next phase of its work, five years after it was started by the state's nine Native ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Although President Donald Trump on Thursday proclaimed Oct. 13 as Columbus Day, it is still officially Native Americans’ Day in South Dakota. Then Gov. George Mickelson led ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. SOUTH DAKOTA (SDNW) –When Coleman Eagle Elk first met a boy he ...