Ryia LeBeau and Shane Bad Warrior are part of a local team of BIA firefighters patroling the Cheyenne River Reservation this summer.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs Fire Management has teams actively patrolling Dewey and Ziebach counties as part of an ongoing effort to spot fires and respond quickly when needed. Tony Kennedy of BIA Fire Management at Eagle Butte reports his three crews with brush fire trucks were recently joined by four units sent by BIA — three smaller brush trucks from Wyoming and a larger one from Durango, CO. …
