Native Americans

Cinema- tographer Adam Greenberg and actress Irene Bedard will be among those appearing at the fifth annual South Dakota Film Festival, which starts Thursday at the Capitol Theatre. Greenberg was nominated for an Academy Award in 1991 for “Terminator 2....

Just as the weather turns a little cooler, the Aberdeen cinema scene starts warming up. The South Dakota Film Festival runs Thursday through Sunday in Aberdeen, showcasing dozens of films from the Great Plains and beyond. The festival is one of the...

Hundreds fell silent and took pictures as the American flag was hoisted into the sky. Sunday afternoon Cathedral Square in Grand Rapids instantly transformed into crowded place of prayer, peace, and healing for the September 11th Community Day of...

Shepherd University’s Office of Multicultural Student Affairs recently received two grants from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission totaling $9,500. The first grant, totaling $5,000, was part of the commission’s Social...

Sister Mary Ruth Gerlach, a Sister of Mercy and an educator who later was supervisor of the Mercy Medical Center Chapel, died Sept. 4 of lung cancer at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. She was 94. The daughter of a real estate broker and a homemaker,...

The Board of Regents announced two more stops on the fall town-hall tour. The regents plan to be in Aberdeen on the night of Wednesday, Sept. 21, starting at 7 p.m. in Room D of the Ramkota convention center. Then they move on to Webster for a public...

The Legislature’s committee on redistricting agreed on plans Tuesday intended to preserve or increase opportunities for American Indian people to be elected as state senators and representatives. The recommendations would reshape three...

I enjoy the serenity of Descanso Gardens. I go there often and sit on the ground, usually in the oak forest. It puts me closer to the earth. I like to feel the decayed leaves and smell the ancient earth, whose remnants of humus and mold are products of...

Archaeologists in Southern Maryland say they have solved a mystery that has baffled historians since at least the 1930s. They say they have found Zekiah Fort. The fort was established in 1680 by Gov. Charles Calvert, the third Lord Baltimore, for the...

Bobbi Piasecki, Stella Nagel and Janet Seurer are among 12 women nominated for the 2011 Spirit of Dakota Award. Piasecki, from Aberdeen, is vice president of the Northeastern South Dakota Head Start Board of directors. In 2007, she represented South...

Why does the South Dakota Film Festival choose the winners before the festival even begins? One reason is that awards helps filmmakers decide whether to attend the festival, said Tom Black, one of the producers of the Aberdeen-based festival. The system...

The Daniel Boone National Forest is once again hosting the Living Archaeology Weekend. Conducted annually since 1989, this event illustrates the cultural practices and skills of Native Americans and early pioneers in Kentucky. Specialists demonstrate...