Tim Giago, pioneering Native American journalist, dies

Tim Giago, the founder of the first independent Native American newspaper in the United States, has died at 88, his ex-wife has said.

Giago, who died Sunday at Monument Health in Rapid City, created a lasting legacy during his more than four decades of work in South Dakota journalism, his colleagues said.

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