Allen Benoist, Athletic/Activity Director at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School (C-EBHS) is the 2024 Native American Athletic Director of Year for the South Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Administrators Association (SDIAAA). The award will be presented to Benoist at the SDIAAA annual conference in Sioux Falls on March 25 – 28th, 2024. Chuck Wilson, the Athletic/Activity Director at Todd County High School on […]
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Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School Athletic Director named Native American Athletic Director of the Year
March is Women’s History Month; March is also Social Work Month
I am reflecting on the history of women today. It brings back memories of my uncis sitting around having their tea or coffee, talking in their Lakota language, sharing stories and making bread, getting ready to feed the family in the evenings. Traditionally, our uncis were storytellers. It was their natural way of life. We are narrative-oriented in our approach […]
Braves serve up vengeance in the Big Blue House
The Big Blue House hosted a special party that hadn’t been held in many moons in Eagle Butte. But this year Allen Benoist and his crew decorated it up and put out the Welcome mat because the Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Braves were hosting the Stanley County Buffaloes in a winner take all extravaganza. Yes siree, Bob! It was Class A 6 […]
Austin Sunka Lúta named OLC Student of the Year award
The Leadership and Financial Aid Team at Oglala Lakota College (OLC) chose Austin Sunka Lúta of Eagle Butte to receive the Student of the Year Award for the 2023-2024 academic year. OLC now includes 11 college centers providing classes to students on the Pine Ridge Reservation, the Rapid City area, and the Cheyenne River Reservation. Sunka Lúta is the sole […]
Tiospaye Topa’s Leilani Bowker sinks 1,000th point
Presidents Day, February 19, was the day the first round of the South Dakota Girls Basketball playoffs commenced. And the No. 7 ranked team in Region 8B, our Tiospaye Topa Lady Thunderhawks, hosted the No. 10 ranked team, the Takini Lady Skyhawks, in the Thunder Dome. The Thunderhawks got homecourt advantage since they had the better overall record, 9 and […]
Eagle Butte’s Dale McCrea inducted into Hall of Fame
Cheyenne Eagle Butte High School (CEB-HS) teacher and coach Dale McCrea was inducted into the South Dakota Technical Education Association Hall of Fame at the organization’s annual conference in Pierre on January 26, 2024. Well-known and greatly admired by CEBHS students, faculty and staff for many years, McCrea said he felt “humbled” by the award which was an honor from […]
Prohibition of malt liquor vs. drug task force and enforcing the laws
During the February 7, 2024 session with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe a motion was made to approve by resolution to prohibit the sale of malt liquor beverages. APPROVED It falls under the Ordinance 48, the Alcohol Beverage Commission, to regulate the possession, consumption and importation of alcohol into the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation and surrounding Indian Country. This was […]
Braves Nation salutes Braxton Kennedy
What a night. It was the night Braves Nation paused to celebrate Braxton Kennedy and everything he meant to the team, to the Class of 2024, to C-EB High School, to the community, and most of all, to his family. This young man was indeed worthy of this moment because no one will be any prouder to wear the Columbia […]
An inspiring day of Lakota voices in the legislative body
Toni Handboy, Heather Annis and Joette Lee started out at 5 a.m. on Monday, February 12, to make it to Pierre for Social Work Day at the state capitol. The three social workers from Wakpá Waste Counseling Services in Eagle Butte were headed into a busy day filled with very interesting information. They represented the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe at […]
Governor connects S.D. reservations to southern border crisis
President Star Comes Out banishes Noem from Pine Ridge On Wednesday, January 31, governor Kristi Noem made comments to a joint session of the State Legislature which kicked off a firestorm of local outrage and made national news. In a speech about immigration at the southern border of the United States, Noem drew a connection between Mexican cartels and South […]