Earth Day 2016: What has changed?
On April 22, 2016, we will celebrate Earth Day with all the inhabitants of Mother Earth. We only have one Earth and we need to take good care of her or we will suffer the consequences.Earth Day first…
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Change Is Good
Here at Prairie Edge and the Sioux Trading Post we strive to change, to keep things fresh and to offer old and new customers an experience that is beyond "just another retail shop."Recently, we looked…
Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo 2016!
This incredible event, the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo, is the second largest in the state of South Dakota, it is only rivaled by the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.The Stock Show has been around for 5…
Monday Morning Book Review
Every Monday Morning our in-house historian and author reviews a book from our book and music store, this week Donovin reviewed the book "Black Elk Lives – Conversations with the Black Elk Family."The…
January 2016: Fresh Start
It feels like a "fresh start" every January 1, we get the whole year to see what new things we can bring to the store, we prepare ourselves for up-coming events and take one moment to reflect on the p…
125 Years Later, Wounded Knee
125 Years Later: Wounded Knee. Today marks the 125th Anniversary of the Wounded Knee massacre (December 29, 1890). Old and young, men, women and children were killed without mercy. Some say it was rev…
Welcome Lakota Nation Invitational Participants
Every year I think this out loud "Let's get ready to rumble!", which is a bit much for a kids tournament event but the excitement is still the same, good games, great sportsmanship, the best competiti…
Sioux Trading Post Holiday Deals
Aww December, for retailers (and that includes the Sioux Trading Post) it is the big event of the season, for the rest of us it is about planning for family and friends to visit and gift giving, meal…
25th Anniversary of Dances With Wolves
Who could have predicted that 25 years later, folks would still have fond memories of their participation in the making of the movie Dances With Wolves.Produced, directed and starring Kevin Costner, i…
Happy Birthday to the Marine Corps
240 Years and counting!On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia passed a resolution stating that "two Battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing force…
Farewell Michael
It is with a real mixture of sadness and joy for the Sioux Trading Post and Prairie Edge that we have to say farewell to a long-time employee and friend Michael Lekberg. Michael has decided that…
National American Indian Heritage Month
November has been named "National American Indian Heritage Month" since 1990 and has been renewed every year since 1994 by a presidential proclamation. Our country has come together to recognize the F…