The Dupree Tiger Volleyball team won four matches, of seven, while competing in the LNI Volleyball Tournament in Rapid City. The Tigers beat Crazy Horse, Lower Brule, Takini, and Marty Indian School. Front (L-R): Jaycee Eaton-Student Manager, Teagan Longbrake, Samara Ward Martel, Maddlyn Red Bear, Kyler Hunt, and Kross McLellan-helper. Back (L-R): Head Coach Chelsey Kelly, Jaycee Boomer, Kami McLellan, Marleigh Gunville, Pace Maynard, Tess Schrempp, Asst. Coach Kennedy McLellan, Bessie...
It is a very cold evening and Unci is sitting at her sewing machine making thick quilts. Lala is sitting by the fireplace rocking Tiny Feet and Sica Girl to sleep. There is a knock at the door and Unci goes to answer the door. It is Mr. Fixit and he tells Lala that there is a missing little boy in the area. Lala hands Tiny Feet to Unci to put him in his bed and then he lays Sica Girl in her bed. Unci calls down the older takoja boys and tells them that she and Lala are going
Sina Sa Win (Red Shawl Woman) Marlene Little Star, 76, of Red Scaffold, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at Cheyenne River Health Center, Eagle Butte. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. MDT, Friday, October 23, 2026, at the Red Scaffold Gym. Burial will follow in the UCC Congregational Cemetery, Bridger. Wake services will be 7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 22, 2026, at the gym with a procession from the hill west of Red Scaffold at 4:00 p.m. Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has bee...
Ballots statewide for the Nov. 3 South Dakota general election include candidates for governor, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, several executive offices and four ballot measures. There are also a number of notable local and legislative elections. Here are some of them to watch. Schools: Bonds, dissolution on the ballot In Rapid City, the Rapid City Area School District is seeking $107 million for a variety of projects that district CFO Coy Sasse called u201cfundamental building infrastructur...
When an Indigenous person goes missing, a familyu2019s world changes in an instant. Every unanswered question, every passing hour, and every uncertainty becomes part of a reality that families should never have to face alone. The search for Jory Low Dog is a reminder that behind every missing-person report is a human being whose life, relationships, memories, and future matter. As his family has shared, Jory is more than someone who is missing. He is a son, a brother, a nephew, a cousi...
The Standing Rock Lady Warriors showed up for a Saturday matinee of volleyball against the Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Lady Braves on Oct. 17. Like the Braves, the Warriors have not been having their best season, so winning this match would mean a lot to either team. Starting quickly to put the Warriors on notice that they were now in the Big Blue House, Cloey Big Eagle blasted the first kill of the match, and Kinley Diver nailed one right after that to put the Braves up 2-0. Once their jitte...
When Indigenous children enter foster care, the expectation is that they will receive safety, stability, medical care, education, and the support necessary to maintain their connections to family, culture, and tribe. But what happens when the systems responsible for protecting them fail to communicate, coordinate, and take responsibility? What happens when children remain in placement for years while enrollment applications go unresolved, placement and guardianship documentation is unc...
Quality students are the beginning of quality citizens. Each year, schools across the nation are invited to select a Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen. At Dupree School, each staff member gets a list of the schoolu2019s seniors and is asked to pick two who meet the awardu2019s qualifications: Dependability: truthfulness, loyalty and punctuality Service: cooperation, courtesy and consideration of others Leadership: personality, self-control and the ability to take ...
Irma Takes The Gun, 74, of Eagle Butte, SD entered the spirit world, Thursday, October 15, 2026, at Cheyenne River Health Center, Eagle Butte. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. MDT, Monday, October 26, 2026, at St. Johnu2019s Episcopal Church, Eagle Butte. Burial will follow in St. Peteru2019s Episcopal Cemetery, Thunderbutte. Wake services will be 6:00 p.m., Sunday, October 25, 2026, at the church with a procession from the 4-Mile at 4:00 p.m. Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has bee...
Dupree School is focused on helping students succeed, and to do that, students need to be in school. The school has always encouraged attendance. This year, it has stricter attendance guidelines with more consequences, and it has also added celebrations for students who come to school on time and regularly. Junior high and high school attendance is averaging 94%. At the end of the first quarter, the school held an event to recognize the classes and students with the best attendance. Th...
Ilyana Teresa Perez was Hills, CA at the Saddleback member of The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and her matrilineal lineage comes Horn Tiospaye. As a small child, her father was in the places such as California, New Jersey, South Dakota, Virginia, and Maryland. Ilyana attended elementary schools in Maryland, Virginia, South Dakota, Pennsylvania and graduated from High School at William Tenant High School on June 20th, 2013, in Pennsylvania. Ilyana enriched everyoneu2019s life in some way...
The Dupree Tigers finished an undefeated regular season with a 62-0 win over Marty Indian School, leaving them 8-0. Dupree plays next on Oct. 30 in the All Nations 9B semifinals. The opponent hasnu2019t been decided yet.
Cheyenne-Eagle Butte captured the boys team championship behind four top-eight finishes at the SDHSAA Region 4A Cross Country Meet on Oct. 15 at Chamberlain Country Club. Senior Jackson Taken Alive led the way for Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, winning the boys 5,000-meter varsity race with a time of 17 minutes, 5.4 seconds. The Braves finished with 19 points to claim the Region 4A team title, 19 points ahead of runner-up Chamberlain, which finished with 38. Platte-Geddes was third with 51, fol...
Long before Indigenous Peoples Day became a national movement, two South Dakotans sat on opposite sides of a historical divide and decided they could do something meaningful together. One was Tim Giago, an Oglala Lakota newspaperman from the Pine Ridge Reservation. The other was George S. Mickelson, a Republican governor from one of South Dakotau2019s best-known political families. Their partnership helped make South Dakota the first state to replace Columbus Day with Native American D...
Three Dupree cross country runners earned trips to the state meet after qualifying at the SDHSAA Region 5B Cross Country Meet on Oct. 14 at Lake Waggoner Golf Course. Jaeshawnia Iron Hawk qualified in the girls varsity race, while Rowdy Schrempp and Walker Farlee punched their tickets to state in the boys varsity race. Iron Hawk, a junior, placed 12th […]
