Pine Ridge Reservation

'Beer Sniffing' Reporters Invade Pine Ridge

Tim Giago | Posted 05.13.2012

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Tim Giago

How did Ms. Sawyer report this comment? She said that 80 percent of the people living on the Pine Ridge Reservation were alcoholics. Say what? Didn't she hear what he really said or was she seeking some sort of sensationalism at the expense of the Lakota people of Pine Ridge?

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Looking in the Mirror With No Reflection

Tim Giago | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Pine Ridge Reservation, Lakota Indian Culture, Lakota Indians, Catholicism Indians Lakota, Lakota Pine Ridge, Lakota Culture, Tiospaye Lakota, Culture News
Tim Giago

The tiospaye was once the heart of family life amongst the Lakota. It instilled all of the virtues such as honesty, courage and generosity in its members.

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Tribe Sues Major Beer Companies Over Alcoholism On Reservation

AP | By GRANT SCHULTE | Posted 04.10.2012

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LINCOLN, Neb. -- An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating al...

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The Second Poorest County in America

Tim Giago | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Native American Reservations, Poverty, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Marshall Plan, Native Americans, Native American Poverty, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, Politics News
Tim Giago

There are still those who believe that the 30-year lapse to improve a grave situation rests not only with the federal government, but also with the failed leadership of the Pine Ridge Reservation.

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SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On

Tim Giago | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Native Americans, Pine Ridge Reservation, Native Americans in the Media, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Boys and Girls Club, Suanne Big Crow Boys and Girls Club, Impact News
Tim Giago

After her death, her mother, Chick Big Crow, decided to make the dream of her daughter a reality. She contacted the corporate executives of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and made them a pitch.

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ABC News: Reflecting on the Obvious at Pine Ridge

Tim Giago | Posted 12.19.2011

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Tim Giago

Whenever I hear of any major television station wanting to do a show on Pine Ridge in hopes of winning another award, I cringe. In the more than 30 years I have been in the media, I have seen them come and go and nothing has changed.

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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

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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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Election 2010 Images from Pine Ridge & Rosebud Reservations

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephanie Woodard

Here a few photographs I shot during the 2010 election on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations. To find out why I was there and how the Oglala Lako...

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A Victory for Democracy on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kevin Killer, South Dakota Election Results 2010, Voting Problems, 2010 Elections, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Voting, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Pine Ridge Reservation, Zodiac Signs, Politics News
Stephanie Woodard

After months of continual efforts to repress and even shut down Oglala participation in the national election, the simple fact that tribe members were able to fill out ballots on November 2 was a victory for equal rights.

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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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Teen Suicide and Infant Mortality in Indian Country Rising

Tim Giago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Native Americans, Pine Ridge Reservation, Indian Country, Infant Mortality Rate, Alcoholism, Teen Suicides, Politics News
Tim Giago

The Indian nations are struggling to solve the problems of teen suicide and infant mortality, but the system of care provided by the United States government leaves much to be desired.

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Haiti, Katrina and America's Poorest Community

Richard Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Indian Movement, Preston Randolph, Katrina, Pine Ridge Reservation, Operation USA, Poverty in America, Haiti, Peter Coyote, Impact News
Richard Walden

Most Americans are completely oblivious to the abstract and harsh poverty right here at home. This is proven by American ignorance of the horrors occurring at Indian Reservations across the Dakotas.

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Emergency Help Desperately Needed to Heat Homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation

Chris Rodda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Rodda

People on the Pine Ridge Reservation, particularly the elderly, are literally in danger of freezing to death this winter because they can't pay their heating bills.

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Chocolate Spray Paint and Hollywood Indians

Tim Giago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indian Movies, Lakota Tribe, Indian Reservations, Pine Ridge Reservation, Media News
Tim Giago

One year, I believe it was 1951; my brother and my cousins, "Red Tapio" and Sonny Torres were cast in a movie called "Tomahawk," and it starred Van Heflin, Rock Hudson, and Susan Ball. Of course Tony, Red and Sonny were the Indians.

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