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Native American people. Iron Eyes declined to comment about the lawsuit.
• While Traversie's story spurred the protest, many Native Americans who attended referred to broken treaties, unsolved murders and incarceration rates among Native Americans as their reasons for showing up. They included Dennis Banks, who helped found the American Indian Movement in the late 1960s to protest the U.S. government's treatment of Indians and demand the government honor its treaties with Indian tribes.
• South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday that his office would release information in the "near future" about its investigation.

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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- The University of South Dakota women's basketball team has finished fourth in the nation in grade point average for the 2011-12 academic year.
• The Women's Basketball Coaches Association said Tuesday that the Coyote women finished with a GPA of 3.595 for the squad's highest ever finish in the WBCA Honor Roll.
• It's the fourth consecutive year that USD has qualified for the WBCA Honor Roll.
• The WBCA Academic Top 25 annually recognizes NCAA Divisions I, II and III, the NAIA and junior college and community college teams across the nation.
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• Rapid City arena expansion takes step forward
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The Rapid City Council has voted to explore funding options to design an expansion of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center.
• The proposed expansion that could cost as much as $150 million would include two parking garages with 3,500 spots and an arena with up to 20,000 seats to host concerts, conventions and sporting events. The existing 9,400-seat arena would be used for other purposes.
• A possible source of funding is the city's sales tax-supported economic development fund. But some in the community say the city is moving too fast and not following the proper process used to select Vision Fund projects.
• Mayor Sam Kooiker (KWAY'-kur) says any Civic Center expansion project should go before voters.
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