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Charles Fast Horse, Sr.

It is with an extremely sad heart that I have to announce the passing of longtime friend and artist Charles Fast Horse Sr. Charles has been a part of Prairie...

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Native American Day & The 2015 Pow Wow

This month we are excited to celebrate Native American Day here in the great state of South Dakota. In 1989, the South Dakota legislature unanimously passed legislation proposed by Governor...

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Paul Goble: Exhibition and Artist Reception

On October 9th, from 5-7pm, Prairie Edge will be hosting a final artist reception for this well known author and illustrator.Paul Goble has spent his life learning and sharing Native...

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Red Willow Bark: Can'sa'sa is back!

We've searched long and hard to come up with a good source for red willow bark, our local harvest did not pan out as the freeze did not work out...

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Sweet Grass is Back!

Hello everyone: For about 10 days we were without sweetgrass and then our friends from Cree country came through with our yearly shipment.This years harvest was harder than before as...

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New Lakota Artist

Our Lakota artists and crafts people are always creating, going to shows and learning every year better ways to create art and keep their culture alive. It's sometimes hard for...

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Sage is Back!

Prairie Sage (Artemisia spp) is known as a cleansing herb and is harvested in June. Its appearance marks one of the great seasonal ceremonial cycles for Northern Plains Indians.With each...

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Reshaw, the Life & Times of John Baptiste...

This morning, Donovin Sprague reviews a book about one of the largest families here in the Dakota area. So many folks came to the vast prairie to settle down and...

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Sage Harvesting Do's and Don'ts

On May 5, 2015, we had to make South Dakota sage a zero quantity on our web-site. We had a short growing season in 2014 and we knew we would...

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