"Because you know most babies don't cry ..." "In South Dakota, Native American children make up only 15 percent of the child population, yet they make up more than half the children in foster care. An NPR News investigation has found that the state is removing 700 native children every year, sometimes in questionable circumstances. "
posted by HuronBob
on Oct 25, 2011 -
95 comments
South Dakota Rep. Hal Wick (R-Sioux Falls),
is sponsoring a bill [
text] which would require all citizens to buy a firearm “sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defense” within six months of turning age 21. Rep. Wick said he is introducing the bill to prove a point that the federal health care reform mandate passed last year is
unconstitutional. [
previously]
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posted by T.D. Strange
on Feb 1, 2011 -
146 comments
"The Cheyenne River Reservation located in the State of South Dakota , homeland of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, is currently facing an emergency situation due to an ice storm that crippled the electrical and water infrastructure. Though the ice storm has passed, the water and power system remains challenged and several Reservation communities have been without power for over ten (10) days. Moreover, a bitterly cold weather system is expected to come in by Sunday evening."
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posted by FunkyHelix
on Feb 10, 2010 -
11 comments
Newsfilter: On Wednesday, the
South Dakota state Senate voted, 23 to 12, to
criminalize abortion. The new law makes it a felony for doctors to perform the procedure, except to save the life of a woman.
"'The momentum for a change in the national policy on abortion is going to come in the not-too-distant future,' said Rep. Roger W. Hunt, a Republican who sponsored the bill. To his delight, abortion opponents succeeded in defeating all amendments designed to mitigate the ban, including exceptions in the case of rape or incest or the health of the woman. Hunt said that such "special circumstances" would have diluted the bill and its impact on the national scene."
posted by milquetoast
on Feb 23, 2006 -
184 comments
It's the Law in South Dakota: Convert to Islam, Lose Your Child Citing a woman's conversion to Islam as a sign of "bizarre behavior" that made her unfit to be a mother, a South Dakota judge removed her 5-year old son Trevor and gave temporary custody of him to his grandparents. "My wife and I are very concerned about Trevor's safety," explained Conrad Rederth, the child's grandfather. "Trevor's mother has engaged in some bizarre behavior, including wearing Muslim garb and declaring herself a Muslim." (Via
alt.muslim)
posted by laz-e-boy
on Jul 12, 2002 -
63 comments
At Si Tanka Huron University, a school of 400 in South Dakota, as many as 50 people may have been exposed to HIV by having sex with an HIV-positive basketball player or two of the women he slept with, according to today's
New York Times.
posted by rcade
on May 1, 2002 -
22 comments
Drug War Roundup II. An Indian in South Dakota tried to grow hemp on the rez for the last two years. The DEA comes around harvest time with the
weed whackers. He’s going to try again. A Colorado Supreme Court
ruling issued Monday gives booksellers the toughest First Amendment rights in the country. The case started when
Tattered Cover fliers were found at a meth lab. Also on Monday, the San Francisco appeals court heard a government lawyer argue that "
there’s no way of knowing" if someone can get high eating foods containg hemp oil, like potato chips and soda. NORML is using a Mike Bloomberg quote about smoking marijuana, "
You bet I did. And I enjoyed it," in a campaign to legalize the weed, man.
posted by raaka
on Apr 9, 2002 -
24 comments
