When It Comes to the Black Hills, Sacred Pipe Must Be Honored, Elder Says

Sarah Sunshine Manning
8/10/16
On March 14, John Steele, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, sent a letter to U.S...
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The Battle of the Greasy Grass 140 Years Later: The Complete Story in 18 Drawings

ICTMN Staff
6/24/16
June 25th marks the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn, or the Battle of the Greasy Grass, as it’s known to the Lakota...

The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country, May 29, 2016

ICTMN Staff
5/29/16
A tragic end to a frantic search, an 8-year-old walks on, and the Bering Strait land bridge theory gets busted open once again...

All-Lakota Youth Archery Team Advances to National Tournament

Sarah Sunshine Manning
5/5/16
After winning the South Dakota state archery championship for the second year in a row, the Cheyenne Eagle Butte Elementary School archery team will be advancing to the 7th Annual ...

Field Trip to a Sacred Realm: Astronomy Program Takes Native Kids on a Cosmic Ride

Konnie LeMay
3/11/16
The elders call the stars “distant campfires,” akin to the hearths of a beloved auntie or uncle. “We have relatives around those campfires,” said Jim Rock, Sisseton Dakota...

When Is it Right to Disenroll Indians?

Chase Iron Eyes
2/10/16

Our D/Lakota ancestors Vine Deloria, Jr., and Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman warned us of culture vultures. As Westerman sang:

And the anthros keep on digging our sacred ceremonial sites...

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Native American Gulag: The Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery

Laura Waterman Wittstock
2/3/16

The perverse history of governmental-Lakota/Dakota relations took a more sinister turn when the Hiawatha Insane Asylum was built 10 years after Wounded Knee, December 29, 1890. It operated for over 30 years before it was torn down....

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The Truth About the Wounded Knee Massacre

Patti Jo King
1/1/16
In 1889, the pronouncements of Paiute mystic Wovoka sparked hope of the dawning of a new age among Western tribes; an age that promised an end to Euro-American oppression and a ret...

Manning: Healing Continues 125 Years After Wounded Knee Massacre

Sarah Sunshine Manning
12/28/15
This year marks the 125 th anniversary of the Wounded Knee massacre...

'Dances With Wolves' 25 Years Later: Has Hollywood Improved on Its Portrayal of Indians?

Angela Aleiss
11/30/15
Twenty-five years ago, Dances with Wolves created a watershed...

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