South Dakota

$10 Tuesdays

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  Sometimes all it takes is a little grassroots organizing to make a difference. On $10 Tuesday our collective support can go a long, long way. Your $10 will go toward new mattresses for the volunteer quarters of Okiciyapi Tipi Housing Partnerships which houses groups of people from around the […]

First American Citizens Living Third World Lives

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Cheyenne River Indians battle staggering unemployment Nomann Merchant, Associated Press ZIEBACH COUNTY, S.D. (AP) — In the barren grasslands of Ziebach County, there’s almost nothing harder to find in winter than a job. This is America’s poorest county, where more than 60 percent of people live at or below the […]