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Oglala Lakota Nation

Indian Country Looks to Tom Daschle for Help

Tim Giago | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Diabetes in Indian Country, Diabetes, Oglala Lakota Nation, Health Problems, Infant Mortality, Tom Daschle, Politics News
Tim Giago

Daschle, probably above all others, is highly qualified to know and understand the health problems prevalent amongst the Native people of his state.

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The Revival of the Lakota Language

Tim Giago | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

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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Disenfranchising the Oglala Lakota People

Tim Giago | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oglala Lakota, Native Americans, Pine Ridge Reservation, Oglala Lakota Nation, Politics News
Tim Giago

There are many Oglala Lakota people that are not living on the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota that are under the false impression that they are still citizens. Wrong!

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The Education of Jerry Reynolds

Tim Giago | Posted 02.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Oglala Lakota Nation, Pine Ridge Reservation, Cherokee Nation, Indian Country Today, Lakota Times, Living News
Tim Giago

Teaching Jerry to write about Indians so that his stories would not be filled with the tired clichés' used by most white writers when they write about Indians was a real chore, but he learned.

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The Lakota will Never Forget Wounded Knee 1890

Tim Giago | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Oglala Lakota Nation, Wounded Knee, Lakota Wounded Knee, Politics News
Tim Giago

Many Lakota still living today had grandmothers and grandfathers that were either killed or survived the Wounded Knee massacre. It is not ancient history to the Lakota.

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The Lakota Couple Stopped Drinking "For the Children's Sake"

Tim Giago | Posted 12.11.2007 | Living

Read More: American Indians, Oglala Lakota Nation, Holiday Season, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Lakota Times, Christmas, Native Americans, Christmas Stories, Living News
Tim Giago

Christmas is a holiday that cuts across all races. It is a day to pause and to reflect on the past. It is a day to carry on the traditions that have always been a part of our Sioux heritage.

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Three Courageous Native Women Newspaper Publishers

Tim Giago | Posted 12.05.2007 | Media

Read More: Native American Newspapers, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Oneida Nation, Oglala Lakota Nation, Native American Journalists Association, Teton Times, Indian Journalism, Fake Medicine, Native American Times, Elizabeth Gray, Lakota Times, Native Americans, Government and Native Americans, Native American Journalists, Media News
Tim Giago

These three strong Indian women have made a difference. Their newspapers, unlike newspapers owned by the tribal governments, have an open-mindedness that allows dissenters to publish letters and articles critical of tribal government.

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Bringing a Dark Chapter in Oglala History to an End

Tim Giago | Posted 09.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Bill Means, American Indian Movement, Arlo Looking Cloud, Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Oglala Lakota Nation, Anna Mae, Living News
Tim Giago

I hope that the trial of John "Boy" Graham will bring further closure to the family of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, and that a dark chapter in the history of the Oglala Lakota Nation will come to an end.

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