Cows and calves stand in a pasture south of Fort Pierre, S.D., on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Recent rains have helped start grass growing after a year-long drought that hit much of South Dakota.
Examples of Woodcarver Roy Pilcher's work sit in the back of his truck on Bitterroot Drive in Billings Mont., Wednesday, May 21, 2013. After spending 20 years as a logger in Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, Pilcher has spent the past eight selling and commissioning his carvings.
Rep. Kevin Killer listens to testimony during the Indian Child Welfare Act summit Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel in Rapid City, S.D. The summit was called in response to charges that South Dakota breaks the Indian Child Welfare Act, which requires that Native American children removed from homes must be placed with relatives or put in foster care with other Native American families except in unusual circumstances.
Sheris Red Feather of the Oglala Sioux Tribe shares the story of the government taking her son and putting him in a foster home during the Indian Child Welfare Act summit Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel in Rapid City, S.D. Authorities later put him on medication that led to his suicide, Red Feather said. The summit was called in response to charges that South Dakota breaks the Indian Child Welfare Act, which requires that Native American children removed from homes must be placed with relatives or put in foster care with other Native American families except in unusual circumstances.
In this May 9, 2013 photo, soon-to-be-retiring South Dakota School of Mines and Technology professor Marion Hansen explains the mechanics of an airplane made with high performance concrete in Rapid City, S.D. Marion R. Hansen is donating his accrued sick leave to create an endowment that will continue to fund research he has been conducting on concrete.
Arvid Buseman clears snow off his car Wednesday morning, May 1, 2013 in central Sioux Falls, S.D. Sioux Falls, South Dakota's largest city, got its first May snowfall in 37 years Wednesday and its largest May amount since 1944.
