Lise Balk King

August 24, 2012
BY:
Lise Balk King
The highly publicized auction of 1,940 acres in the Black Hills of South Dakota known to the Oceti Sakowin as Pe’ Sla, The Heart of Everything that Is, has been cancelled.
May 31, 2012
BY:
Lise Balk King
In western South Dakota, it’s all about perception. If you are Indian, or appear to be Indian, you are routinely judged by the color of your skin regarding the content of your character. If you are white, there is also a set of assumptions made by...
April 24, 2012
BY:
Lise Balk King
An oft-heard criticism of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is that it’s an “aspirational” document, one with no teeth, enforceability or bearing in la
December 03, 2011
BY:
Lise Balk King
On Wednesday June 11, 2008, all of Canada was asked to take pause to participate in an unprecedented national event.
May 03, 2011
BY:
Lise Balk King
The US government may have captured and killed Osama Bin Laden with a surgical strike, but it also dropped a bombshell on Native America in the process. “We’ve ID’d Geronimo,” said the voice of the Navy SEAL who reported the hunt for Osama bin Laden...