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• Zephier, a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, said drug use has been plaguing the tribe for the past 20 years. Charles Mix County encompasses all of the Yankton Indian Reservation, which is home to the Yankton Sioux Tribe.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A United Nations fact finder is urging the federal government and local and state officials in South Dakota to consult with Native Americans ahead of a planned auction of land in the Black Hills.
• James Anaya says he is aware of concerns about the auctioning of nearly 2,000 acres of privately owned land in western South Dakota. Tribes making up the Great Sioux nation consider the land sacred and are trying to raise money to purchase it.

• He says the tribes should be consulted before any activity that would disturb the land takes place.
• Anaya has earlier named the Black Hills as an example of land that should be returned to tribes as a way to foster reconciliation.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Six soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard have returned to the United States following a yearlong deployment.
• The Rapid City-based Detachment 48 was deployed last year to Afghanistan to provide aerial surveillance in support of ground forces. They returned to Rapid City on Wednesday with a ceremony featuring Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Maj. Gen Tim Reisch and Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker.
• The unit deployed to Afghanistan for seven months in 2008.
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• HELENA, Montana (AP) -- A woman who challenged a $3.4 billion settlement between the U.S. government and Native American land trust beneficiaries is asking the Supreme Court to take up her case.
• Kimberly Craven's attorney filed a petition with the Supreme Court Monday. Attorney Anand Ramana said Wednesday he does not expect to know for months whether the justices will take up the case.
• Craven says the settlement pits Native American plaintiffs against each other. She says it enriches the attorneys and the named plaintiffs led by Elouise Cobell of

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