March 19, 2026
Supporting Fathers Through Each Other
RAPID CITY — The Great Plains Tribal Health Board’s Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program is strengthening families through a new initiative focused on supporting fathers. The program recently launched a weekly fathers support group in partnership ...
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March 19, 2026
Great Plains Tribal Health Partners in Chronic Disease Prevention Symposium
RAPID CITY – Chronic diseases remain one of the most significant health challenges facing Tribal communities across the Great Plains. Conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer continue to affect Native populations at higher rates than the national average, ...
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December 15, 2025
Great Plains Tribal Health Hires Mascot: Chip is Coming Home
RAPID CITY – You will see a friendly new face at the Lakota Nation Invitational helping Great Plains Tribal Health connect with the community. On December 1, 2025, Chip officially joined Great Plains Tribal Health as the organization’s mascot—a joyful, silly buffalo ...
October 17, 2025
Owaŋg Wašteya Waȟwayela Mani Fashion Show Highlights Native Talent and Community
The Great Plains Tribal Health partnered
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October 16, 2025
Great Plains Tribal Health Celebrates Huge Turnout at Indigenous Peoples’ Day Parade
Close to 5,000 people lined the route and nearly 100 floats showcased schools, health organizations and community groups as the parade strengthens its place in the region’s calendar. The parade hosted by the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board drew ...
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March 21, 2025
A Groundbreaking Indigenous Doula Workshop in Rapid City
On March 28, 2025, the DoubleTree Hotel in Rapid City, SD, became the venue for a historic event – the first Indigenous Doula Workshop held in South Dakota. Organized by the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board, the Great Plains ...
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March 21, 2025
Collaboration Brings Testing to the People
Approximately 140 community members participated in a testing event that celebrated National Native American HIV Awareness Day yesterday at the Oyate Center in Rapid City’s Lakota Homes neighborhood. “The community really shows up for these events and each year that ...
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August 8, 2024
Tatanka Means to Perform at Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck
BISMARCK, ND – Nationally renowned comedian and actor Tatanka Means is set to perform at this year’s Tribal Leaders Summit, hosted by United Tribes Technical College and the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board, on September 4-5, 2024, in Bismarck, ...
June 7, 2024
Health Board Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling in San Carlos Apache Tribe Case
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA —Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision in San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Becerra that Indian Health Service must pay tribes for overhead expenses associated with revenues earned from Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers for health ...
May 2, 2023
RAPID CITY – On March 8, 2023, the Oyate Health Center (OHC) was made aware of a potential breach ofpatient health information. Subsequent investigation revealed an unintended breach of patient information related to pharmacy visits made between August 31, 2021 ...
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