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Photographer Paul Horsted and retired journalist Ernie Grafe followed the path of Gen. George Custer’s 1874 exploration of the Black Hills in their book “Exploring with Custer: The 1874 Black

How the 'critical race theory' debate is crashing headlong into efforts to update social studies standards.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Urla Marcus has hoped for a long time to preserve the voices of...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Urla Marcus has hoped for a long time to preserve the voices of...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Urla Marcus has hoped for a long time to preserve the voices of...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem’s successful $900,000 push for educators to...

Educators and historians want politics kept out of new history and civics initiative In the months since Noem announced her civics and history proposal, the volatility of proposing a new statewide initiative was made clear as criticism arose on several fronts. Written By: Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch | 2:51 pm, Apr. 15, 2021 × The burial of Native Americans killed by U.S. troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1890 is one of the events that some state historia...

Educators, historians and some elected officials are urging South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and the state Department of Education to keep politics and personal bias out of the process to develop a new and enhanced civics and history education program for public K-12 schools across the state. In her State of the State speech in January, the governor proposed one-time funding to enhance and expand teaching of civics and history in public schools, and the state Legislature approved her $900,000 requ...