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Elders want Constitution Revised
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
OGLALA - An overflow elders meeting on Saturday, March 23 at the Prairie Wind Casino hotel conference room brought together...
Happy New Year?
CENTER FOR AMERICAN INDIAN RESEARCH AND NATIVE STUDIES
There never was and still is not a standardized Lakotan calendar that lists days, weeks, months, and years. The closest...
Reanna Ella Gourd Braid Skills
BRITTANY POOR
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Reanna Ella Gourd is one of the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s very own professionally skilled braiders. Gourd has been featured in...
How Wayne Morgan whipped the FSA
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
SPEARFISH— Nearly sixty years ago, down in Oelrichs, Wayne Morgan married his high school sweetheart, Sandy Swallow. Like a good...
Senators urge Peltier Release
VI WALN
LT CONTRIBUTOR
WASHINGTON – A group of Democratic US Senators have sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland urging a...
How people get the 1868 Treaty wrong
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
No treaty document has been more scrutinized, controversial, or misunderstood than the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. To this day signatory...
Tribal Presidents demand Apology
MAKENZIE HUBER
SOUTHDAKOTASEARCHLIGHT
Two tribal leaders in South Dakota are demanding Gov. Kristi Noem apologize for comments she made about tribal governments at...
Little Wound School held annual Transition Forum
BRITTANY POOR BEAR
LT CONTRIBUTOR
This past Wednesday on March 13, 2024, at Little Wound High School, the Special education department put on their annual...
$35M for OST Broadband
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
PINE RIDGE—It looked like the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) was going to be left out of internet broadband fund allocation,...
5th annual Lakota All Star games attract players from across the country
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
RAPID CITY - The fifth annual Lakota All Star games are set for Saturday, March 30 at the Monument’s Summit...
Top LNI teams represent at SD State Tournaments
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
RAPID CITY/ABERDEEN/ BROOKINGS - Wall played Mahpiya Luta for the LNI girls championship, Pine Ridge played RC Christian for the...
Marshall, Steele, Mann honored during state tournaments
TOM CRASH
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Rapid City/Aberdeen - The SD High School Activities Association uses the state basketball tournaments to honor individuals throughout the state...
The Rez of the Story
VINCE TWO EAGLES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where...
Questioning National Self-Determination
JACOB AVERY, PHD
LT CONTRIBUTOR
What is National Self- Determination? It is a Nation’s right to choose the political, economic, social, and cultural systems operating...
Iyeska Journal 23
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Biased whistles have cost many a rez basketball team a playoff game, and a few state championships. You wonder sometimes...
Wo’wi’ca’ke Na Wo’a’sni’ya –Truth and Healing
MATO CAN’LI WINYAN
LT CONTRIBUTOR
The story of Holy Rosary Mission/Red Cloud/Mahpiya Luta School on the Pine Ridge Reservation is well told in many pages...
The Rez of the Story
VINCE TWO EAGLES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently...
Iyeska Journal 16
JAMES GIAGO DAVIES
LT CONTRIBUTOR
Time to mix two of my least favorite realities together—activism and tribal corruption. On the face of it, activism is...
Remembering Betty O’Rourke
Betty O’Rourke (Black Elk), a Lakota elder, longtime advisor, and dear friend of Re-Member made her journey to the Spirit...
JOEY CLAYTON GARNETTE
March 27, 2024
DEC 29,1976-MAR 17,2024 Joey Clayton Garnette II was born on December 29, 1976 in Gordon, NE to Joey, Sr. and...
SHERIDAN SIOUX SHOTT
March 27, 2024
OCT 12,1990-MAR 17,2024 Sheridan Sioux Shott was born on October 12, 1990 in Pine Ridge, SD to Lawrence Shott, Sr....
SHANNON LEE PALMIER
March 27, 2024
AUG 17,1960-MAR 20,2024 Shannon Lee Palmier was born on August 17, 1960 in Pine Ridge, SD to Jacklyn Rose Palmier...
JEFFERSON STUWERT EAGLE BULL
March 20, 2024
SEPT 4,1981 – MAR 3.2024 Jefferson Stuwert Eagle Bull was born on September 4, 1981 in Aurora, CO to John...
DONNY DEAN MERRIVAL
March 20, 2024
APR 12,2005 – MAR 3,2024 Donny Dean Merrival, Jr. was born on April 12, 2005 in Pine Ridge, SD to...