Oglala Lakota Nation

Why Native American Truths Can Heal The World

Joseph M. Marshall III | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Native Americans, Native American Culture, Wisdom, Oglala Lakota Nation, Green Faith, Spirituality, Lakota, Religion News
Joseph M. Marshall III

There are wise people in the world from all walks of life, from many nations and cultures. It is our hope that one day wisdom -- rather than might, arrogance and bluster -- will rule the world.

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Lakotas Launch Hunger Strike Against Tar Sands Pipelines

Rocky Kistner | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Oil, Tar Sands, Oglala Lakota Nation, Keystone XL Pipeline, Keystone Xl Project, Lakota Hunger Strike, Lakota, Keystone Hunger Strike, Green News
Rocky Kistner

In the Dakotas, members of the proud Lakota Nation rose in protest this week to join a 48-hour hunger strike in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline -- and all tar sands pipelines -- they say will destroy precious water resources and ancestral lands in the U.S and in Canada.

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The Irony of the Black Hills Buffalo Roundup

Tim Giago | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: The Sioux and the Buffalo, Oglala Lakota Nation, Lakota, Buffalo Roundup, Culture News
Tim Giago

What started out as a small roundup attended mainly by ranchers has expanded into a spectacle that includes a Buffalo Roundup Arts Festival, exhibits of Native American and Western arts, crafts, musicians, dancers and poets, and educational programs.

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Pine Ridge Rising: Community-Based Development Project Gets Underway

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Oglala Lakota Nation, South Dakota, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Economic Development, Impact News
Stephanie Woodard

Oglala Lakota community leader, Nick Tilsen, envisions a vibrant future for his people. He sees elements of that transformation already in place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

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The Holiest Place: A Prose Poem for the Christmas Season

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liquor, Nebraska, Oglala Lakota Nation, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, Crime, Alcoholism, Politics News
Stephanie Woodard

Frank LaMere, human-rights advocate, executive director of Four Directions Community Center, in Sioux City, Iowa, and member of the Winnebago Tribe...

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Adventure Shopping Alert: Pine Ridge Shop Offers Fine Lakota Crafts

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Dakota Travel, Oglala Lakota Nation, Crafts, Shopping, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Reservation, Adventure Travel, Gifts, Style News
Stephanie Woodard

"Visitors always ask, 'where's the turquoise?' " said Myrtle Cedar Face, the manager of a Pine Ridge Indian Reservation gift shop. You won't find Navajo rugs or Pueblo pottery either.

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Operations Analysis: The Battle of Fall River

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oglala Lakota Nation, South Dakota, Voting Problems, 2010 Elections, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Voting, Elections 2010, Politics News
Stephanie Woodard

During a recent special session of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation's Shannon County Commission, images of another encounter slipped across the action. B...

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South Dakota Election Scandal: Are Oglala Sioux Voting Rights Doomed?

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oglala Lakota Nation, South Dakota Elections, Chris Nelson, Maria Cantwell, Pine Ridge Reservation, Native Americans, Erin Mccarrick, Shannon County, South Dakota, Politics News
Stephanie Woodard

Native Americans have long faced police harassment and illegal voter challenges in South Dakota. Those problems may soon be over because South Dakota has no plan to provide any voting at all in this fall's election.

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The Revival of the Lakota Language

Tim Giago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lakota Language, Todd County, Todd County Tribune, Oglala Lakota Nation, Lakota in Schools, Lakota, Politics News
Tim Giago

There has been a big push of late to re-awaken the language, and it has been a fight for the Lakota instructors to get the young people to respond to their message.

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