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• The Oglala Sioux has called upon the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, signed by President Barack Obama, to support their cause. The tribe has also invoked treaties from the mid-1800s.
• A declaration issued by the tribe says the mine would taint water and desecrate the land.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A 20-year-old Lantry man has pleaded guilty to causing an accident that killed his passenger.
• Court documents indicate Charg Hebb pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, which has a maximum punishment of a year in custody.
• Prosecutors say he was speeding and driving recklessly on the wrong side of the road and collided head-on with another vehicle. The accident killed his passenger, Arleigh McLellan.
• It happened Oct. 12, 2012, near Lantry on the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation.
• Hebb is free until sentencing.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's state epidemiologist recommends that residents use repellent and frequent checks to prevent tick-borne illnesses such as tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
• Dr. Lon Kightlinger says ticks need to be attached for several hours to spread infection so people can reduce their risk by checking for and removing ticks right away. Residents can also tuck pants into socks and spray clothes and exposed skin with tick repellent to further reduce risk.
• The department in 2013 investigated four cases of Lyme disease, seven cases of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, seven cases of tularemia and one case each of ehrlichiosis and babesiosis.
• The Ioxdes deer tick that carries Lyme disease prefers heavily forested areas in Wisconsin and Minnesota, so most areas of South Dakota are not suitable habitat.
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• BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Six people have pleaded not guilty to federal charges of trafficking methamphetamine from California to the Northern Plains.
• The Billings Gazette reports (http://tinyurl.com/m9cojhr ) the defendants entered

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