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SD tribes get federal funding to combat crime
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says several tribes and tribal organizations in South Dakota have received grants from the Department of Justice.
• The grant money will be used to enhance law enforcement operations, assist with violence against women issues and provide funding for tribal youth programs.
• Tribes and tribal programs in South Dakota are getting more than $4.3 million in grant money. The recipients are the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety.
• Also, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Reservation, the Wiconi Wawokiya Inc., and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe were named as recipients.
SDSU investigating racial harassment incident
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota State University says it is investigating an incident of racial harassment at a residence hall on campus.
• The university in a statement says the campus police and school officials are looking into who wrote on the stall of a bathroom at a campus residence hall last week.
• The graffiti on the stall made disparaging comments toward Native American students at SDSU. It listed two room numbers, a racial epithet and told them to "go back to the rez," which is short for reservation.
• Pictures of the graffiti have been making the rounds on social media networks.
• The university says it does not condone the incident.
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SD reservation sees barrage of media attention
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
• PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) -- The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota has for years attracted journalists and activists eager to tell the stories and share the plight of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
• The allure for journalists, community activists and gawkers is simple: The Connecticut-sized reservation is home to some of the poorest counties in America, one in four children born on the reservation suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and the average life expectancy for tribal members is es (Continued on page 26)
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