The first Artist in Residence of the 2023 summer Cultural Programs season at Crazy Horse Memorial® began work on May 1. The May Artist in Residence, Iris Sully, a Sicangu Lakota wood carver and bead worker, is the first culture bearer in a line-up of over 100 artists scheduled to
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Nóávóse or Bear Butte has always been a priority to the Northern Cheyenne as it is the place where Mahay’o (Creator) bestowed upon the Cheyenne prophet Motsé’eóeve (Sweet Medicine) the Maahótse (sacred arrow bundle). (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) To the Cheyenne people, living in eastern Montana, the protection of
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Born in the 19th Century, Frank Fools Crow was one of the last surviving links to the historic identity of the Lakota people. It has been almost 47 years since Frank Fools Crow sat down before Congress and testified on behalf of the Oceti Sakowin on H.R. Bill 14629. This
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1868 photograph of General William T. Sherman and Commissioners in Council with Indian Chiefs at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. EAGLE BUTTE – Harry Little Thunder (Itazipeo) is honoring his ancestors by advocating for the establishment of an office for the Lakota Oyate Tope Treaty Council (LOTTC) in Eagle Butte with funding
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RAPID CITY—On February 21, 2023, the United States Forest Service (USFS) applied for a mineral extraction withdrawal for over 20,000 acres of Black Hills land in the Jenny Gulch area of Pactola Reservoir. This bought those trying to prevent gold mining operations in that area two years to rally opposition
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Brandon Sprague Band, April 25 at Sheridan College, Photo Courtesy SHERIDAN, Wyo. – How good of a guitarist must you be to open for BB King, the legendary king of the blues? That is how good Brandon Lakota Sprague, enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, is. He toured
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Cheyenne River elders Renee and Manny Iron Hawk (center and right) of Red Scaffold traveled to Costa Rica in February at the invitation of Dr. Brian Ely (left). They met with representatives of 6 Indigenous tribes to discuss possible trade agreements. Two Cheyenne River Lakota elders from Red Scaffold, SD,
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RAPID CITY —At approximately 1:34 pm on March 26 of last year, Rapid City police were called to an abandoned house at 720 James Warren Drive after reports of a possible burglary. The police released a dog on a Lakota man, Barney Peoples, and when Peoples stood up, the police
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Front Row: Ending the Silence Executive Director Brandon Ferguson, Legendary Actress Elaine Miles, Professional Horse Jockey Fred Ecoffey, Ending the Silence President Chance Miner Lakota Living Legend Phyllis Swift Hawk doing storytelling and sharing her life experiences Back Row: Actor/Model Chris Pena, BMX Pro Cody Jackson and World
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Eva Flying, President of Chief Dull Knife College, Northern Cheyenne and Donavin Sprague, Cheyenne River Sioux, Instructor at Sheridan Community College, Courtesy SC. By Clara Caufield, Northern Cheyenne Correspondent SHERIDAN, Wyo. — At the end of November 2022, Sheridan College (SC) staff and the Native American Students Association concluded the
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