Wagner, South Dakota (AP)
Leaders from the Yankton Sioux Tribe went to Washington recently to try and keep the emergency room at the Indian Health Services clinic in Wagner open for 24 hours.
A federal judge in August reversed an earlier decision and ruled that it should be allowed to reduce its hours.
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By Carson Walker
Rosebud, South Dakota (AP)
An air ambulance program aimed at serving isolated Indian reservations has been approved by the Indian Health Service in Aberdeen to serve Rosebud and other reservations in four states, according to the project’s backer.
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Wagner, South Dakota (AP)
The state’s congressional delegation and tribal officials were pressuring the Indian Health Service to postpone a planned reduction in hours at the IHS clinic in Wagner.
A judge in August reversed an earlier decision and ruled the clinic should...03-10-2008, 01:59 PM -
By Wayne Ortman
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (AP)
A boy’s guardian has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the federal government alleging the child was branded with a hot nail and sexually assaulted by another boy while being held at a tribal detention center.
Staff...09-06-2010, 04:04 PM -
Agency Village, South Dakota (AP)
Former Sisseton Wahpeton College President William Lone Fight is scheduled to stand trial April 21 after being indicted on federal embezzlement charges.
Pam Wynia, the school’s development director, said the Sisseton Wahpeton Tribe put...03-10-2008, 03:27 PM -
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (AP)
The federal Justice Department says it has reached an agreement with South Dakota’s Shannon County to help American Indian voters.
The agreement requires the county to provide election materials and information in Lakota for voters who...05-04-2010, 04:20 PM