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03/18/2026

With electronic ci******es, also known as e-ci******es or vapes, now the most commonly used to***co product among youth in the United States, health officials are raising concerns about reports of fentanyl-laced va**ng devices.

03/17/2026

Our ECHO Study got some great press last week in West River Eagle (Official) and Timber Lake Topic & Isabel Dakotan. Read all about it!

By joining long term research on how early life affects kids, ECHO participants help us learn more about children’s growth and health. With ECHO research we can improve care for future generations. PHOTO PROVIDED BY JILL KESSLER The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) has approved participation in t...

03/13/2026

03/12/2026

Tune in today on KIPI Radio 935 at noon to hear more about recent finding from the Strong Heart Study. To read the article go to https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12159259/

03/09/2026

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03/09/2026

Good luck to all of the CRST and OST teams that made it to the . 🏀 Watching these teams play has been a great workout for our hearts! ❤️😅

03/09/2026

Missouri Breaks has been doing pediatric asthma research with CRST for almost 20 years now! Watch this video to hear about what we're learning. If you have a child with asthma, reach out for more information on our FIPA2 study that we're currently recruiting for (605-964-1260)!

Our asthma research partners, Dr. Lyle Best and Dr. Dara Torgerson, explain what they learned from the Factors Influencing Pediatric Asthma (FIPA) Study and ...

03/08/2026

Celebrating today the strength of the Winyan Oyate (women nation) and resilience of Unci Maka (Grandmother Earth) 🥰

“The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to touch the earth and the old people liked to remove their moccasins and walk with bare feet on the sacred earth. . . . The soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing, and healing. . . . Wherever the Lakota went, he was with Mother Earth. No matter where he roamed by day or slept by night he was safe with her.” - Luther Standing Bear, Land of the Spotted Eagle

03/07/2026

Missouri Breaks hopes, through its continuous work in tribal communities, to create more opportunities for working professionals to stay on the reservation.

“They can’t invest in our banks. They can’t sit on the school board. They don’t hire the next door neighbor’s kid to mow their lawn,” O’Leary said. “So consequently, that opportunity for exchange – cultural, economic, all of those things that change environments and communities – doesn’t take place. Our hope is, is that if we can grow capacity, if we can grow the professionals here, that they will come and they will stay and that there will be opportunities for them to be here. That they will come to love this community as much as we all do.” -Marcia O’Leary

On reservations in South Dakota and North Dakota, medical research led by tribal members is leading the way in filling health care gaps among some of the country’s most vulnerable populations…