SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Yankton Sioux Tribe has announced a state of emergency as a loss of funding for several programs endangers access to food, energy and tribal revenue. The Yankton Sioux ...

Issue: The court of appeals held in this case that land transfers by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to the State of South Dakota pursuant to the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 did ...

PIERRE — South Dakota's nine tribes are projecting a message of "unity" going into the 2025 state legislative session. Part of the change necessary to bridge state and tribal relations will come from ...

Issue: Whether Congress disestablished the Yankton Sioux Reservation with the Act of 1894. Certiorari-stage documents Opinion below (8th Circuit) Brief of respondent Yankton Sioux Tribe in opposition ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. Nearly a year after a Yankton Sioux man was killed in a tribal ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The Yankton Sioux Tribe has lost a lawsuit that sought to prevent the transfer of two federal recreation areas along the Missouri River to the state. U.S. District Judge Lawrence ...

WAGNER | The vice chairwoman and five other members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe's business committee have been suspended without pay for 30 days for alleged misconduct. Tribal Chairman Thurman ...

On Nov. 14, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs finalized the acquisition of title to ...

Reverse Image: A variation of the buffalo skull painted in honor of Yankton Sioux Tribe veterans. https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-9c81-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa ...

Even though SNAP benefits have been restored, those who were waiting for the funds may have used their cash on hand to buy food, rather than pay their bills, and now they’re trying to catch up.

The Santee Sioux Nation announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, has finalized the ...