Whoopti Do Hair Salon

Amy McComsey-Nelson, owner of Amy’s Whoopti Do Hair Salon in Vermillion, S.D., has been practicing the beauty of art for more than eight years.

Once a Veternarian, He Wants to Practice in America

Though he is no stranger to animals or hard work, Yahya was disappointed that he couldn’t use his education and professional expertise as a doctor of veterinary medicine. He needs to be a U.S. citizen to work as a veterinarian. But citizenship is still three years away.

At This Coffee Shop, Dark Roasts and Memories of Home

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Black Sheep Coffee looks and smells like any other cafe, but many of its customers have known violence, civil wars and suffering in their homelands that normal caffeine addicts could not fathom.

Refugee Children Find America Through School

By Amelia Quiroga
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Imagine if the economy put the nation in an upheaval: Fuel is a luxury, money is hardly attainable, and food is scarce. Anarchy spreads through the nation in militia war over commodities, and you have no choice but to flee with your children to a country abroad. You enroll [...]

CARE Camp

Students in the Sioux Falls Multi-Cultural Center’s summer C.A.R.E. program learn cultural appreciation from renowned Rosebud Sioux hoop dancer Dallas Chief Eagle.

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