1910 Pendleton, Oregon Round Up Pow Wow (Photo courtesy pininterest.com) History wastes little time distorting who people were, why they did the things they did, and unless a given piece of history was lucky enough to have a skilled, principled scholar on hand to jot down every important particular, perhaps
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Imitating a Kimimila (butterfly) Sophia Benally gave a stunning exhibition of the women’s fancy dance to those who gathered at Prairie Edge as a preview of the upcoming powwow. (Photo by Ernestine Anunkasan Hupa) RAPID CITY – Once again, the heartbeat of Ina Maka will reverberate throughout the foothills of
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Sacheen Littlefeather in 1973 when she took the stage on behalf of Marlon Brando, to decline his Academy Award for Best Actor. LOS ANGELES—Almost fifty years after Sacheen Littlefeather took the stage on behalf of Marlon Brando, to decline his Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy of Motion Picture
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No more iconic and disturbing photo of Wounded Knee exists than this tragic death photo of Chief Big Foot. WOUNDED KNEE—A recent resolution from the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) announced that the tribe had entered into a “real estate purchase and sales agreement for the Czywczynski property at Wounded Knee.”
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Ghost Dance of the Sioux, print from a wood engraving, 1891. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C WOUNDED KNEE – For more than a century, there have been misconceptions about the identity of the victims of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre. Because the site is within the boundaries of the Oglala
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A Lakota tipi stood as the main focal point at the 19th Annual Indian Education Summit. (Photo by Estella Claymore) RAPID CITY– Okolakicize! Okolakiciyapi! “Working together as one, for the betterment of all!” This was the theme for this year’s 19th annual South Dakota Indian Education Summit held September 8-9,
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Part 2 of a two part series POP Fest brought to the Main Street Square stage their finale performance, the phenomenal Navajo Bluesman, Levi Platero, who literally rocked the spires surrounding Main Street Square, with flurries of guitar riffs the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Hendrix. (Photo by
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Sequoia Crosswhite performing in downtown Rapid City at Main Street Square. (Courtesy photo) RAPID CITY – Some people are born into a dissonant reality, where all the critically important aspects and distinctions of identity run counter to the accepted norm. These people are often marginalized, often begin life in poverty,
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NDN Collective staff showcasing backpacks being given away at 2021 event. (Photo courtesy NDN Collective) RAPID CITY – Today, Wednesday, September 7, NDN Collective officially opened Oceti Sakowin Community Academy, the first Indigenous-led school designed specifically for students in the Mni Luzahan (Rapid City) area. A community grand opening occurred
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Students line up on the campus of the Rapid City Indian Boarding School in this undated photo. The school operated from 1898-1933 in Rapid City, South Dakota, and was part of a federal initiative to crush Indigenous cultures and assimilate Native youth into the Western world. The children attending the
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