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to raise awareness of the role Native veterans have played in the country's history.
• "We're trying to instill pride in our heritage as original inhabitants of this land," Begay said. "We don't want our children to grow up with that concept that we're insignificant. We want to instill in them that they're important members of the American community, and they should be proud of that."
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Federal official to speak at SD health conference
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health will be the keynote speaker at a national conference being held in South Dakota to connect small businesses with federal funding opportunities.
• The state Board of Regents says Lawrence A. Tabak will speak at the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Conference Oct. 28 in Sioux Falls.
• The conference will focus on funding opportunities that help small businesses use health-related technology to bring new products to the commercial market. It also offers researchers in health-related fields a chance to collaborate with federal officials and businesses.
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State biologists beginning white-tailed deer study
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks is conducting a white-tailed deer fawn survival study to learn more about the deer population in southeastern South Dakota.
• Biologist Julie DeJong says the study involves capturing fawns in the spring in Lincoln and Turner counties and attaching radio transmitters. Biologists will use spotlight vehicle searches and daytime ground searches through June 20.
• The radio-collared fawns will be monitored once every ten to 14 days through June 2014 to make sure they're still alive. DeJong says the goal is to quantify annual fawn survival rates and learn more about reproduction and recruitment rates.
• The data will help GF&P form population estimates.
• Anyone who knows of fawn locations in the two counties is asked to call 605-362-2700.
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SDSU scientist studies wetland losses
• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- An expert on soil science at South Dakota State University says wetlands in eastern North Dakota and South Dakota are shrinking at a (Continued on page 24)
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