Judge says US didn't needlessly delay charges Sep 6, 2009
Richard Marshall and John Graham are to stand trial Oct. 6 in Rapid City on charges they committed or aided and abetted the murder of Annie Mae Aquash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Marshall's lawyer earlier asked for a dismissal because of the long delay. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Whiteclay killings not only cold cases with recent developments Aug 31, 2009
The FBI has released new details in hopes of drawing new leads in the 1999 beating deaths of Wilson Black Elk Jr. and Ronald Hard Heart, whose bodies were found between Pine Ridge and Whiteclay, Neb ... John Graham and Richard Marshall are scheduled to stand trial Oct. 6 in Rapid City on charges they committed or aided and abetted the 1975 murder of Annie Mae Aquash, 30, of Nova Scotia on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ... A suspected serial killer already in a Texas prison got two more life... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Rooted in 1970 Rushmore protest, demonstrators renew land claims Aug 30, 2009
The resources here also are honored, and other Native speakers talked about planned uranium mining that threatens Pine Ridge Indian Reservation water supplies. Speakers also explained how tribal people are doing contemporary things organic gardens, using wind power with renewable resources that honor traditional lifestyles. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Adams Homestead's Mary Adams, 84, dies Aug 26, 2009
Her professional achievements also included obtaining federal funding for the Nurse Practitioner Project for nurses on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian reservations in South Dakota. After retirement, she returned to her family's McCook Lake home. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Three indicted in connection with school thefts (1647) Aug 24, 2009
- Timothy George Buckman, 24, of Pine Ridge was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Battey to 12 months and one day in prison, three years of supervised release and fined 500 for assaulting a federal officer. According to court documents, Buckman struck a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer in the head with is fist. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Lawyer wants evidence kept out of AIM trial Aug 23, 2009
Richard Marshall and John Graham are scheduled to stand trial in October on charges they committed or aided and abetted the murder of Annie Mae Aquash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The prosecution theory is that Marshall gave Graham the gun he used to kill Aquash. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
American Indian activist Peltier denied parole Aug 22, 2009
Peltier is serving two life sentences for the execution-style deaths of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams during a June 26, 1975, standoff on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was convicted in Fargo, N.D., in 1977. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Both men set for trial in 1975 Pine Ridge slaying Aug 6, 2009
Richard Marshall and John Graham pleaded not guilty to charges they committed or aided and abetted the December 1975 murder of Annie Mae Aquash (AH'-kwash) on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. An appeals court last week upheld the dismissal of one of the three alternate murder charges against Graham. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Aerosmith show cut short Aug 6, 2009
Danielle Hudspeth of Pine Ridge said the week Aerosmith was announced as part of the Chip s 2009 line-up, she decided to go. I said, I m so going, Hudspeth said as she clutched her brand new Aerosmith T-shirt. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
1975 Pine Ridge reservation slaying trial date set Aug 4, 2009
Marshall and John Graham pleaded not guilty to federal charges they committed or aided and abetted the December 1975 murder of Annie Mae Aquash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Last week, a federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a key charge against Graham, opening the possibility he could be tried in state court if the federal government doesn't prosecute him. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Ride For Hope addresses suicide Aug 4, 2009
On the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, the suicide rate is five times higher than the national average, he said ... Sunday's ride to Pine Ridge from the Black Hills Harley Davidson ended at the basketball camp's closing ceremony luncheon ... PINE RIDGE AND ROSEBUD RESERVATION STATISTICS. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Jury finds Pine Ridge man guilty of rape Aug 3, 2009
A federal jury has found a Pine Ridge man guilty of sexually abusing a minor child. Roman White Calf, 20, was accused of engaging in a sexual act with a child older than 12 but younger than 16 last June in Pine Ridge ... - James Smallwood, aka James Left Hand, 47, Pine Ridge, pleaded guilty to a charge of abusive sexual contact for incidents that occurred between March 2002 and March 2003 in Pine Ridge and involved a girl younger than 16. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The Fives: Shootings, standoffs and stabbings, a week of mayhem in the Hills and beyond Aug 1, 2009
For the second time in about a week's time, a law enforcement officer shot a suspect on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The news came to us in a haunting fashion through Rapid Reply as a reader shared the horror of first learning that a young man had been shot and later that he died after an incident in Allen. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Sen. Johnson says committee backs $400,000 for Sanford Lab Jul 31, 2009
500,000 to the Oglala Sioux Tribe for lighting and new construction on Oglala Trail and Bike Path and Sue Ann Big Crow Trail on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. 550,000 to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, for a 350,000 community center repair project and a 200,000 upgrade at the tribally-operated day care center. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Peltier supporters rally near prison Jul 30, 2009
The agents were killed during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. A parole hearing for Peltier, the first in 15 years, was held Tuesday inside the prison. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
'Shovel ready' projects moving into production Jul 30, 2009
A 15-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 18 near Pine Ridge did not, however ... Few places in the nation are more economically distressed than the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ... And while the Highway 18 project between Pine Ridge and Oglala easily passed the distressed test, it failed the shovel-ready test. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Leonard Peltier seeks parole Jul 29, 2009
Peltier murdered the agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. His trial was held in Fargo, North Dakota, after his attorneys convinced a federal judge to move the trial out of South Dakota. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Rare parole hearing for American Indian activist Jul 29, 2009
Peltier is serving two life sentences for the execution-style deaths of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams during a June 26, 1975, standoff on South Dakota s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was convicted in Fargo, N.D., in 1977. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Feds scour reservation in search of suspect in Whiteclay shooting Jul 28, 2009
-- Federal authorities are searching Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota for a person of interest in connection with a shooting outside a bar in Whiteclay. Sheridan County Deputy Sheriff Richard Anderson said a man in his 30s was shot in the back of his left knee early Monday. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Little League: Setting the bar even higher Jul 22, 2009
Rushmore made a strong run two years ago for area Little League programs which includes Canyon Lake, Harney, Rushmore and Timberline in Rapid City along with Spearfish, Sturgis, Box Elder and Pine Ridge advancing to the regional title game two years ago before Canyon Lake took the final step last year. We have very successful Legion teams in the city and I think that is trickling down to Little League, McGough said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Peltier to get full parole hearing Jul 22, 2009
Peltier is serving two life sentences for the deaths of two FBI agents during a 1975 standoff on South Dakota s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He has claimed the FBI framed him, which the agency denies. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Basketball: Warriors on the court Jul 20, 2009
The sign on the side of the road outside of Pine Ridge on Highway 18 that reads, The Highlite of your Vacation, seems to either be a sly joke or incredible optimism ... Nobody s heading to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for vacation ... Pine Ridge is what would be described by most economic measures as a depressing place, but that s before you experience the infectious energy radiating off the pavement at Hedlunds Court on a summer night. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
German filmmakers complete documentary in Hills, on reservation Jul 18, 2009
Producer and co-directors Tim Gruenewald and Ludwig Schmidtpeter, who also handled visuals, camera and sound, had arrived in western South Dakota nearly three weeks ago to begin filming at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Crazy Horse Memorial and the Wounded Knee monument on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. "Everyone adds a little something in the relationship to the places," Gruenwald said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Driver sentenced for child's death Jul 13, 2009
Carl Gerald Cortier, 35, Pine Ridge, pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a girl younger than 12 ... A federal grand jury has indicted John Caldwell, aka Jon Caldwell Jr., 21, Pine Ridge for larceny for stealing a car. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Wanblee woman gets 3 years for drunk-driving death Jul 12, 2009
The accident happened Oct. 22 near Wanblee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Court documents do not include the name of the baby or the relationship to Chief Bear. (Sioux City Journal)
Paulson set for new duties Jul 7, 2009
Paulson was introduced last month during a South Dakota High School Activities Association meeting in Pine Ridge as one of two newly elected members of the organization s board of directors ... Paulson takes over one of two seats vacated by Pine Ridge s Bryan Brewer and Jones County s Larry Ball. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Today in History Jul 7, 2009
President Bill Clinton became the first chief executive since Franklin D. Roosevelt to visit an Indian reservation as he toured the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Five years ago: Former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay was indicted on criminal charges related to the energy company's collapse. (Yahoo News)
S.D. group recruiting American Indians as referees Jul 4, 2009
The reservation, which covers much of an area from Highway 83 west to the Wyoming border and from Interstate 90 south to Nebraska, did not have any basketball or football officials until last year, said Wayne Carney, executive director of the South Dakota High School Activities Association. Then Mary Tobacco, a former high school coach at Red Cloud and Little Wound on the reservation, recruited 16 men and women to become basketball officials. (Sioux City Journal)
Treasury official announces money for Indian County Jul 2, 2009
A federal Treasury Department official was in Kyle on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Wednesday to announce 11 ... They are in Rapid City, Kyle, Pine Ridge, Eagle Butte and Fort Thompson. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Blockade seeks to stop drinking on reservation Jul 2, 2009
- Activists plan a blockade on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation north of Whiteclay, Neb. home to several outlets that sell beer to residents of the dry reservation. (Fremont Tribune, NE)
Pine Ridge man gets 3 years for suffocating baby Jun 28, 2009
RAPID CITY, S.D. -- A 24-year-old Pine Ridge man will serve three years in prison for passing out on top of an infant who later died from brain damage ... According to a factual basis statement that Brings Plenty signed, he was drunk on Sept. 11 at a relative's home in Pine Ridge and laid down on a couch where Daitan Quiver already was lying. (Sioux City Journal)
State high school activities association announces award recipients Jun 25, 2009
Coaches and directors Bill Evans, Rapid City Stevens High School, orchestra director, State All-State Orchestra chair & All-State Orchestra site host; Dave Michaud, Pine Ridge High School, wrestling coach; Mike Olson, Bennett County High School, former wrestling coach & advisory committee member; Mark Upward, Vermillion High School, gymnastics coach & advisory committee member ... Contributors Bryan Brewer, Pine Ridge, former member of the SDHSAA Board of Directors & Lakota Nation Invitational... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Episcopal Diocese prepares to transfer titles on Pine Ridge churches Jun 25, 2009
A committee of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota will meet Friday in Mission during the diocese's Niobrara Convocation to review the proposed transfer of titles of several Pine Ridge Indian Reservation church properties and take public comments on the transfers ... The committee will review the last draft of the proposed deeds of the affected Pine Ridge mission locations ... The diocese closed nine small churches on the Pine Ridge reservation late last year and said it would return the... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Oglala Lakota College graduation this weekend Jun 19, 2009
The school serves more than 1,500 students at nine college centers on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, one on the Cheyenne River reservation and one in Rapid City. Rapid Reply. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Area Scene: Vinatieri's kick lives on in exhibit Jun 18, 2009
RED CLOUD HOSTS CAMP: Alumni from the Red Cloud Indian School Crusaders winning basketball teams are joining up with current players to host the Seventh Annual Red Cloud Summer Basketball Camp, happening now on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The camp attracts more than 70 students, which emphasizes the importance of a healthy lifestyle. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Two local Native American colleges get money for education Jun 18, 2009
Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, on the Pine Ridge reservation, will receive 358,264 and Sinte Gleska University, in Mission on the Rosebud reservation, will get 355,832, officials said in a news release. Rapid Reply. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Local bank finds use for federal funds, with strings attached Jun 17, 2009
Along with banks across Nebraska and in Rapid City and Martin in South Dakota, Security First also has a 27-foot mobile "Badlands Express" bank that serves Pine Ridge, Kyle, Wanblee, Oglala and Manderson on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ... - Badlands Express: First Security also serves Pine Ridge, Kyle, Wanblee, Manderson and Oglala on the Pine Ridge Reservation with a mobile bank. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Mail carrier admits stealing mail (5015) Jun 16, 2009
A federal grand jury has indicted Irvin Salway, 36, Martin, on charges alleging he assaulted a woman at LaCreek North Housing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in February. According to federal court documents, Jennifer Yellow Bird was seriously injured when Salway allegedly attacked her with a knife. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Terry Woster: Track meet more entertaining than Super Bowl, Final Four (21) Jun 16, 2009
I've been driving to and through Kadoka most of my adult life, using its Highway 73 access to reach news stories on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and stopping downtown to see a most unusual hardware store owner named Marvis Hogen ... I slowed on I-90 at the east exit to Kadoka, then decided I'd be smarter to go to the second exit, the one I knew from traveling Highway 73 south toward Martin and Pine Ridge. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Reservations lacking basic health care Jun 16, 2009
While campaigning on Indian reservations, presidential candidate Barack Obama cited this statistic: After Haiti, men on the impoverished Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations in South Dakota have the lowest life expectancy in the Western Hemisphere. Those on reservations qualify for Medicare and Medicaid coverage. (MSNBC -- Health)
Weekend hoops tournament to benefit man critically injured by huffing driver Jun 5, 2009
Chapter members have taught hands-on science to middle-school students, held regular family nights involving science activities, helped with school carnivals and conducted a creek cleanup on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. For more information on the tournament or AISES, call Misty Brave at 685-4098, Dave Herman at 441-6305, Helene Gaddie at 454-8425 or Rich White at 454-7523. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Remmers has book published9:54 am | (No comments posted.) Jun 2, 2009
He began writing the book in the mid 1990s after meeting President Clinton at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He completed his book - a fictional work set in 2013 originating on the Pine Ridge resevation - in the fall of 2008. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Recruiting Native American officers a challenge (907) Jun 1, 2009
He said his police department can use at least 30 more officers to effectively patrol the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ... The Pine Ridge police department sends its trainees to the South Dakota Law Enforcement Academy in Pierre, where the program's academic and physical regimens frequently prove too difficult for some trainees. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Poor Bear still waiting for justice (1243) Jun 1, 2009
Ten years after his brother and cousin were found beaten to death on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Tom Poor Bear is once again preparing to march in their memory ... and Pine Ridge on June 8, 1999. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Grant will help Lakota artist reach global audience Jun 1, 2009
For a Pine Ridge native, it is one more step toward becoming this century's Andy Warhol, M.C. Escher or Pablo Picasso ... Swallow and Arthur Short Bull, originally from Pine Ridge and now of Alma, Kan. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Volunteers undertake preservation of cemeteries May 25, 2009
The Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota closed nine small parishes on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in December; many of them have some form of cemetery associated with the church. If the diocese transfers those properties to the tribe, as is hoped, that transfer of title would be subject to "the rights of interested parties to have access to the cemetery for the same purpose as was the case when we did own the property," diocesan chancellor Steven Sanford said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Former Pine Ridge tribal councilman arrested again on drug charges May 25, 2009
A former Pine Ridge tribal councilman awaiting sentencing in New Mexico on a drug charge was arrested after testing positive for cocaine. According to court documents, a South Dakota probation officer said Don Garnier submitted the positive drug test earlier this month, which violated his release conditions. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Area students earn scholarships9:51 am | (No comments posted.) May 19, 2009
Hagen was a legislator from Pine Ridge who served in the state House and Senate. Article Rating. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Program to discuss services for disabled May 18, 2009
People with disabilities, their supporters and professionals who work with them will discuss how to improve services at a meeting Thursday, May 21, on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The South Dakota Advocacy Services will host the 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. session at the tribally-owned Prairie Winds Casino Conference Center, 30 miles west of Pine Ridge. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Girl Scouts honor role models May 17, 2009
She has served as the executive director of the Lakota Fund on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and more recently as the president and chief executive officer of First Nations Oweesta Corp., a national Native community economic-development fund. In February, she was nominated by Sen. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Tribes look to $3B share of stimulus funds May 13, 2009
Naomi Sitting Bear, 29, hopes federal stimulus funding will pay for new housing so she can move out of 30-year-old trailer where she lives with her two children, sister-in-law and nephew on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. By Marisol Bello, USA TODAY PINE RIDGE RESERVATION, S.D. The 30-year-old trailer that Naomi Sitting Bear shares with her two children, her sister-in-law and her nephew has a broken furnace, broken water pipes and holes in the walls and floor that let in daylight and cold... (USA Today -- News)
New Episcopal bishop says he'll make visiting reservations a priority May 12, 2009
Robertson, who suffered health problems during his 15-year tenure as bishop, including a kidney transplant in 2005, was criticized by some Native American Episcopalians for a lack of visits to their parishes over the years, as well as his recent decision to close nine small churches on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ... Although defending the closure decisions as not taken by Bishop Robertson alone, Tarrant promised a ministry of presence to the people of Pine Ridge and elsewhere ... Lorrie... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Another sentenced for selling Denver cocaine on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation May 9, 2009
One of eight people charged with selling cocaine from Denver on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was sentenced late Thursday in federal court in Rapid City ... Five pleaded guilty to at least one count and signed a factual basis statement indicating that Vigil and other people brought at least 11 pounds of cocaine from Denver suppliers for distribution throughout the Pine Ridge area ... Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of the leader of another drug operation on the... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Week away, Aquash trial stalled by appeal May 7, 2009
John Graham and Richard Dickie Marshall were to go on trial May 12 in Rapid City for the December 1975 slaying of Aquash, whose body was found on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in February 1976 ... Marshall, a Lakota from Pine Ridge, was indicted last August. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Concord storeowner launches drive to aid Sioux reservation May 7, 2009
Pine Ridge is the eighth largest reservation in the country and the poorest, with high unemployment and nearly 50 percent of the population living below the federal poverty level ... The Sioux, the people of the Pine Ridge Reservation, make baskets, war bonnets, drums, bone chest plates and shields, peace pipes, stonework and carvings ... Monetary donations for the Pine Ridge Reservation may be mailed to Baer at 15 Partridge Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776. (Concord Journal, MA)
Delay possible in 1975 Pine Ridge AIM slaying May 5, 2009
John Graham and Richard Marshall are scheduled to stand trial May 12 in Rapid City on federal charges they killed or aided and abetted the murder of Annie Mae Aquash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ... Marshall, a Lakota from Pine Ridge, was indicted in August, five years after Graham and Arlo Looking Cloud were charged. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Pine Ridge AIM slaying defendant wants to proceed May 2, 2009
Posted: Saturday, May 02, 2009 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The judge handling the case of two men charged with killing a fellow American Indian Movement member in 1975 wants feedback from the lawyers before a hearing on Tuesday. John Graham and Richard Marshall are scheduled to stand trial May 12 in Rapid City on charges they committed or aided and abetted the murder of Annie Mae Aquash (AH'-kwash). (Sioux City Journal)
Aiding murder charged dropped in 1975 AIM slaying May 1, 2009
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol filed an order dismissing one count of aiding and abetting murder against John Graham, who faces federal murder charges along with Richard Marshall in the slaying of Annie Mae Aquash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The two men had faced murder charges in 2003, but Piersol threw out the original indictment because it didn't show that either Graham or Aquash belonged to a federally recognized American Indian tribe. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Key charge dismissed in 1975 Pine Ridge AIM case May 1, 2009
John Graham and Richard Marshall are scheduled to stand trial starting May 12 in Rapid City on federal charges they killed or aided and abetted the murder of Annie Mae Aquash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Marshall, a Lakota from Pine Ridge, was indicted in August, five years after Graham and Arlo Looking Cloud were charged. (Sioux City Journal)
Judge says 1868 Sioux treaty requires damages Apr 30, 2009
When Kopf was supposedly taking Elk to a military entrance processing center in January 2003, he instead stopped in a remote area of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and kissed her and touched her breasts against her will. A military proceeding found that Kopf had committed an indecent assault on Elk, and he was reduced in rank and removed from recruiting duties, according to court records. (Sioux City Journal)
Lawsuit would let Sioux take money for Black Hills Apr 28, 2009
"To take the money would bless the theft," said Black Elk, who lives on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. "This is obviously a move by people who just want a check," Black Elk said of the lawsuit. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
USD presents 'We Shall Remain' Apr 28, 2009
Part of PBS' acclaimed history series "American Experience, We Shall Remain: Episode 5 Wounded Knee" features the story of the 1973 standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that captivated a nation for more than two months. For more information contact the Department of American Indian Studies at USD, (605) 677-5209 (e-mail ); or contact Erin Thin Elk Contreras, Office of Institutional Diversity, at (605) 677-6497 or via e-mail at. (Sioux City Journal)
4/16/2009, 12:46am Arrows' McClemans honored Apr 17, 2009
Other nominees for the award included Mark Amdahl of Summit; Dusty LeBeaux of Pine Ridge; Jeff Dvorak of Dell Rapids; Steve Krause of Elkton-Lake Benton and Brad Poppe of Avon. Nate Malchow of Sioux Falls Washington won the award last year. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Sitting Bull and the Lakota Culture Comes to Bell County Apr 15, 2009
Ernie was born in 1948 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota. He attended public school in Rapid City. (KWTX.com, TX)
Defendant in AIM slaying will stay in jail pending trial Apr 14, 2009
Marshall also was arrested in July 2007 on a drunken driving charge on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, but that charge was dropped. Marshall is now on lifelong parole. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
