Cheyenne River is waking to the announcement of a new Chairman. The unofficial general election results show that Ryman Lebeau beat Harold Frazier 1273 to 781 votes…Kevin Keckler took the win over Kenita Counting for tribal treasurer. And here is how the community districts shake out..In District one, Daniel James Marshall beat Bernita In the Woods. District three, Kenric Dupris beat Michell White Wolf …in District 5, Thad Rose and Kelsie Haskell take the number one and two spots out of all 4 vying for the spot…in district five Joe Brings Plenty and Bob Walters are the top two vote getters… and in district six, Tuffy Thompson beat Dixie LeCompte. Again…these are unofficial results. Statewide…Kristi Noem will stay in the Governor’s mansion…John Thune will keep his seat in the U.S. Senate and Dusty Johnson has won the South Dakota U.S. House seat…
Today is the day that The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the most significant challenge to a law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children. The outcome could undercut the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act. It was enacted in response to the alarming rate at which Native American and Alaska Native children were taken from their homes by public and private entities. Tribal leaders have long championed the law as a way to preserve Native families, traditions and cultures. Three white families, Texas and a small number of states claim the law is race-based and unconstitutional.
