• CUSTER, S.D. (AP) -- The hills of Custer State Park are set to rumble as the hooves of about 1,300 buffalo thunder across the prairieland during the 47th annual Buffalo Roundup.
• Thousands of spectators were set to begin clogging the park's entrance at about 7 a.m. Monday in anticipation of the morning event. Entrance to the park is free for the day, during which cowboys and cowgirls will herd the buffalo into corrals.
• About 300 buffalo will be up for auction Nov. 17, including 85 bull calves, 32 mature cows, 17 yearling bulls and 47 2-year-old Bred Heifers. The buffalo are bought to supplement or start herds or to be eaten.
• More than 10,000 people are expected to watch this year's roundup, which promises a glimpse into wild and wooly west of the past.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota teachers and education officials are meeting in Oacoma for this year's annual Indian Education Summit.
• The event, which runs through Tuesday, is aimed at providing solutions to challenges faced by American Indian students. It also includes presentations on programs that have been successful.
• Keynote speakers include Eastern Washington University professor Raphael Guillory, Bemidji State University professor Anton Treuer and Sitting Bull College President Laurel Vermillion from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- A University of South Dakota biology professor will present the university's 60th annual Harrington Lecture on Tuesday.
• Karen Koster's talk entitled "Connections, Conundrums, and the Meaning of Life" will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Farber Hall.
• Koster teaches courses on plant physiology, cellular physiology, cell biology and biology. Her research interests include understanding mechanisms of cellular dehydration tolerance, using seeds and moss to study how water loss affects cell structure.
• She also performs research on seed longevity and the physical and chemical changes that occur in dehydrated cells.
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