Demolition of former Sioux San Hospital building
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Pansy Hawk Wing, center, embraces Pauline Ashley as Alta Hertel, right, greets Hawk Wing while Donna Gilbert, left, is on the phone hopeful of an injunction to stop the demolition of the old Sioux San Hospital which began early Thursday morning on the old Sioux San campus in west Rapid City.
Matt Gade Journal Staff
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Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out talks to construction workers at the Sioux San Hospital on Thursday.
Darsha Dodge, Journal staff
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Donna Gilbert, Pauline Ashley and Alta Hertel look on as crews continue demolition of the Sioux San Hospital on Thursday, April 6.
A.J. Etherington, Journal staff
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An excavator demolishes the wall of the old Sioux San Hospital on Thursday morning.
Matt Gade Journal Staff
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Larry Brewer looks on as construction crews demolish the historic Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City.
Darsha Dodge, Journal staff
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Brother and sister Cekpa and Wohpe Claymore came to see the demolition of Sioux San Hospital on Thursday, April 6.
A.J. Etherington, Journal staff
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Excavators began tearing down the building Thursday morning.
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