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12.19.2024

Rounds’ Legislation to Improve Homeownership Opportunities for Native American Veterans Headed to President’s Desk

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (SVAC) and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), today announced that his... Continue Reading

09.24.2024

Delegation Urges Biden to Grant Disaster Declaration for Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) and U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to issue a... Continue Reading

08.22.2024

Rounds Presses Interior Secretary to Update Funding Formula for Tribal Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of the Interior Deb Haaland urging her to modernize the funding formula for tribal law... Continue Reading
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10.11.2019

Celebrating Native Americans’ Day in South Dakota

For 29 years, South Dakotans have celebrated Native Americans’ Day instead of Columbus Day. The late Governor George Mickelson, along with the editor of the Native Sun News,... Continue Reading

07.12.2019

Showing RESPECT to Native Americans

During my time working as your governor and now U.S. senator, I’ve had the privilege of establishing friendships with tribal members from all nine reservations in South... Continue Reading

02.15.2019

Indian Health Service Continues to Let Down Tribal Members

Tribal members have been in the midst of a government-induced health care crisis for decades due to poor leadership and mismanagement at the Indian Health Service (IHS). For far... Continue Reading
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