via CNN George Stanley McGovern, a staunch liberal who served South Dakota in the U.S. Senate and House for more than two decades and who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1972, died Sunday at the age of 90, his family said. “Our wonderful father, George McGovern, passed away peacefully […]

Vern Traversie, a 69-year-old blind American Indian tribal elder who lives on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, says that a doctor carved the…

via BBC News A UN special rapporteur has called for the US to restore tribal lands, including the Black Hills of South Dakota, site of Mount Rushmore. James Anaya announced the recommendation at the end of a 12-day tour, during which he met tribal leaders and government officials. “The sense of loss, alienation and indignity […]