Itancan Hehaka Gleska (Chief Spotted Elk) also known as Chief Big Foot whose body lies frozen in the snow. (Courtesy photo) There is an iconic 1890 photo etched deeply in the minds of most people who have ever seen it, a man, Chief Big Foot, body frozen stiff on bloody
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PINE RIDGE—Citing a failure to “provide and adequately equip a sufficient number of law enforcement officers,” the Oglala Sioux Tribe filed suit on October 4 against the United States. The suit levels seven claims against the government, alleging they inadequately funded tribal law enforcement in violation of three treaties and
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Montana State Representative Rynalea Whiteman Pene, Northern Cheyenne. (Courtesy photo) HELENA – State Representatives Sharon Peregoy, (Crow) and Rynalea Whiteman Pena, (Northern (Cheyenne) are working to bring more awareness to Native veterans in Montana and other areas about the passage of the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act sponsored
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The iconic painting of four Indians astride their war ponies in front of Prairie Market titled “Kolas” by Oglala Lakota Artist Keith Braveheart. ( Photo courtesy of Keith Braveheart) The iconic painting of four Indians astride their war ponies in front of Prairie Market titled “Kolas” by Oglala Lakota Artist
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Hand Games at the Oceti Vote Fest (Photo courtesy of Lakota Law Project) RAPID CITY – Hosted by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Lakota People’s Law Project, and Thunder Valley CDC, the event brought hundreds of Native People together to celebrate native culture and register voters People from across
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President Joe Biden at Camp Hale. (Courtesy Photo) CAMP HALE, UT— President Biden designated a new National Monument in the middle of the Ute Indian Tribe’s traditional homelands without tribal consultation and including the Tribe in the management of these lands. The Tribe and its elected leaders were even excluded
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Native Americans performing ritual Ghost Dance. One standing woman is wearing a white dress, a special costume for the ritual dance, 1890. (Photo by James Mooney, an ethnologist with US Dept. of Interior) Teachings about a Messiah that will come to save the human race from inevitable self-destruction and regenerate
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WASHINGTON, DC—Questions abound on how President Biden’s recent marijuana possession pardons will impact Indian Country. Those who were convicted on federal charges, and did not have that conviction coupled with other drug or criminal convictions, are eligible for the pardon. Those who were convicted of state charges, regardless of their
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Billy Mills RAPID CITY—There is an impressive lineup of speakers at the 2022 Lakota Nation Education Conference (LNEC) being held in Rapid City at the Ramkota Inn December 14-17. In its 44th year, the Lakota Nations Education Conference has been offering quality educational training to Teachers, Parents, Paraprofessionals, Administration, School
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An Arapaho buckskin ghost shirt, ca 1890 (Wikipedia) Part two of a series To unravel the history behind the 1890 massacre of more than 300 Mnicoujou and Hunkpapa Lakota men, women and children at Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála (Wounded Knee Creek) and uncover the identity of the victims, one must revisit
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