Zone1 A South Dakota icon hits his final deadline. Tim Giago, a strong advocate for Native Americans & journalistic integrity, dead@88

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Tim Giago started the paper Indian Country Today 40 years ago.

Tim Giago dies at 88. South Dakota native was fearless champion of Native people and journalism — The South Dakota Standard

“Indian Country lost an icon.” Those are the words Doris Giago used when telling me that Tim Giago died in Rapid City on Sunday morning. Giago was 88. He was a fearless champion for the Lakota people and journalism. For decades, Giago wrote columns, editorials and news stories, founded and publish

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