Pine Ridge

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—An NCAA hockey referee of Erie, Colorado, formerly of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, died Friday after suffering a head injury a week earlier while officiating a hockey game in Grand Rapids, Michigan. According to The Denver Post, Oliver "Butch" Mousseau,...

RAPID CITY (AP) — A man initially accused of being an accessory in the killing of a woman on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation now has been charged with first-degree murder. Twenty-nine-year-old Fred Quiver pleaded not guilty to the upgraded charge in federal court in Rapid City...

RAPID CITY (AP) — A Pine Ridge man has been sentenced to four years in prison for injuring a toddler while fighting with his girlfriend. Authorities allege that 28-year-old Robert Red Shirt kicked the 20-month-old son of Emmy Rouillard in the face while the couple was arguing on...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A South Dakota woman has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from accusations that she caused a fatal crash when she was using her cellphone while driving on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The office of the U.S. Attorney in South...

KYLE (AP) — A company based on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that makes buffalo-meat-and-cranberry bars is expanding its line of products to 16. Native American Natural Foods, headquartered in the reservation community of Kyle, produces Tanka Bars and other buffalo-based snacks....

PINE RIDGE (AP) — The Heritage Center at Red Cloud Indian School on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation is getting $75,000 in grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for an arts project. The grants will fund a visual arts exhibit exploring the cultural and spiritual significance...

RAPID CITY (AP) — A man and a woman have pleaded not guilty to federal charges in the death of a woman on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Elizabeth LeBeau is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Emily Blue Bird, whose body was found Jan. 21 in a creek near Pine...

PINE RIDGE (AP) — Federal officials have arrested two people in the death of a woman found dead on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The body of 24-year-old Emily Blue Bird was found last Thursday in a creek near Pine Ridge. The mother of two had been missing for nearly three weeks....

PIERRE (AP) — People who lost jobs or became unable to do business because of severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding that hit the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in May have until Wednesday to file for disaster unemployment assistance. The state Department of Labor and...

PINE RIDGE (AP) — A Pine Ridge woman accused of running over and killing a man with her truck while drunk has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph Seiler says 57-year-old Sarah Brown Eyes was sentenced earlier this month to 37 months...

RAPID CITY (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Pine Ridge man of child abuse and assault charges. Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph Seiler says 36-year-old Timothy Kenneth White Plume was found guilty after a seven-day trial. White Plume was indicted in 2013 on charges of...

PINE RIDGE (AP) — Two South Dakota men convicted of assaulting another man on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation have been sentenced in federal court. Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken has sentenced 28-year-old Wesley Running Shield and 33-year-old Michael Alford to 15...

PINE RIDGE (AP) — The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is among eight communities that the Obama administration has designated as a Promise Zone under a program that seeks to revitalize high-poverty areas. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the reservation's...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Janay Jumping Eagle is on a mission to curb teen suicide in her hometown on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Dahkota Brown of the Wilton Band of Miwok Indians in California wants to keep American Indian and Alaska Native students on track...