a candlelight remembrance for suicide victims.

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survivors.

An overnight house fire broke out last month killing four residents. I met up with the survivors the next morning at a motel where they were all relocated. Ryan Eagle Bull, pictured on top, holds his son Ryland, 2, after Ryland was given a Mickey Mouse toy. Ryan Eagle Bull was unable to get any of Ryland's clothes out of the building other than the pajamas he had on. Ricky Eagle Bull, bottom, was upstairs knocking of the door of the victims' apartment door. "You could just see all of it burning inside," Eagle Bull said. "I didn't think anyone was home. I didn't hear any kids screaming."

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the next reality star?

A production company in Los Angeles is considering Seth Thomsen for a South Dakota-based reality show. Thomsen is a rancher from Long Valley with three kids. He made his money by winning poker tournaments.

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making it in whiteclay.








life and other details on pine ridge.





the last commercial dairy farm in the black hills.

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america/south dakota votes 2012.

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the travails of a ski swap.

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r.i.p. russell means.

Russell Means, former American Indian Movement activist, passed away last week at his ranch in Porcupine, S.D. Means helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee, ran as a Libertarian for U.S. president in 1988 and appeared in the film "The Last of the Mohicans." His honoring service included a five mile horse ride to Little Wound High School in Kyle, S.D.

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