Oglala Lakota College Celebrates 50th Graduation Ceremony

Dr. Dawn Tobacco-Frank Oglala Lakota College President KYLE – Oglala Lakota College (OLC) announces its 50th Annual Graduation Ceremony with 151 graduates receiving Masters, Bachelors, Associate Degrees and Certificates. This year the celebration will include a Feather Tying Ceremony and Baccalaureate on Thursday, June 15, 2023, beginning at 5:30 PM.

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today June 15, 2023

Remembering a lost neighborhood

This photo by Keith Johnson shows one of the 770 homes destroyed by the 1972 flood. Photo courtesy of the Rapid City Public Library. Bottom: (Photo courtesy of the State Historical Society) RAPID CITY—Thousands of stories have been and will be written about the June 9, 1972, Rapid City Flood,

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today June 9, 2023

Lakota Oyate Topa Treaty Council from CRST addresses Regional Treaty Summit, receives special recognition

Manny Iron Hawk (Okowozu), Emanuel Red Bear (Oohenumpa), and Harry Little Thunder (seated; Itazipco). They are of the Wakpa Wasté area (Cheyenne River). The Lakota Oyate Topa Treaty Council (LOTTC) from Wakpa Waste’ (Cheyenne River) gathered with Native treaty activists from several states and Canada for a regional Treaty Summit in Rapid

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today June 9, 2023

Lettie Irons Connell, a behind the scenes warrior

John McKendree, Mississippi Chapter of Rolling Thunder, Lettie Irons Connell, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, 2016 Battle of the Little Big Horn Anniversary, (Photo courtesy) Not all military heroes served on the front lines. One such who has served in the background is Lettie Irons Connell, Standing Rock Sioux. Connell, seventy-five

Read More
Shared by Native Sun News Today June 2, 2023