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. Alamy On the morning of December 15, 1890, Lakota Medicine man Tatá.ka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) was shot
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Miniconjou Chief Spotted Elk (aka Big Foot) lies dead in the snow after the massacre at Wounded Knee, January 1, 1891. (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration/ unknown photographer) The U.S. Army’s 1890 massacre of an encircled group of Natives has been brought to light again, after Defense Secretary Pete
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OSWS Vice President Patty Bordeaux Nelson reading at the 2025 retreat. (Photo by Marnie Cook) EAGLE BUTTE – The Oceti Sakowin Writers Society (OSWS) announced at their Thirty-Second Annual OSWS Tribal Writers Retreat that they have received a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to co-edit The Oceti Sakowin
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Ernie Stevens Jr., 66, JULY 5, 1959 ~ September 26, 2025 Ernest L. “Ernie” Stevens Jr. — who led the powerful Indian Gaming Association for more than 20 years while working to help others through community activism — died suddenly on Friday, Sept. 26. He was 66. His family issued
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AI-generated image depicting standoff between tribal and state police officers. In the endless debates about tribal sovereignty, most Native leaders frame the conflict as tribe versus federal government. The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Supreme Court, Congress—these are seen as the forces impinging on Indigenous self-rule. And in many respects,
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CRST Chairman Ryman LeBeau (left) welcomed Mark Cruz, (right), the Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, along with other dignitaries, officials, guests, and the public to an August 28th groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Warren LeBeau) EAGLE BUTTE – On August 28th, the Cheyenne River
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On September 18, 2025, at 9:00 AM. The temporarily appointed council was officially sworn in. The council members include JC Bement, Daryl Medicine Bull, Thomas Shoulderblade, Leon Seminole, John Threefingers, Mark Roundstone, Otto Braided Hair, and Hugh Clubfoot. Tribal Secretary Sharlene Evans will also play a vital role in this
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Taylor Gunhammer speaking recently at a roundtable discussion about critical mining issues in the Black Hills. (Photo by Marnie Coo) RAPID CITY – The United States Forest Service has received more than a million comments on its proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule. The Center for Western Priorities noted that
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Ben Reifel BROOKINGS, S.D. — Sept. 19, 2025 — South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections has announced a new effort to preserve and share a powerful piece of South Dakota’s history. Thanks to a grant from the Mary Chilton Daughters of the American Revolution Foundation, SDSU Archives will
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Two regular security guards on duty at the Cheyenne protest camp. (Photo by Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – Revolutions tend to take on a life of their own. That is the case at Northern Cheyenne where the traditional Chiefs and IRA Tribal Council are standing-off. The primary issue revolves
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