Sioux

Photo courtesy of Chuck Banner at the Lakota People’s Law Project As president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, I write today with a message of … Continued

Between a $50M Google lawsuit and this handsome ride to the best party around Tulsi had a fun week! The Standing Rock Sioux tribe of … Continued

Lakota leaders including (clockwise from top left) Standing Rock’s Phyllis Young, Oglala Sioux Tribe President Julian Bear Runner, Cheyenne River Chairman Harold Frazier, and Rosebud … Continued

Following the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn in which the American 7th Cavalry under the command of Lt. Col. George Custer attacked a peaceful … Continued

Chase Iron Eyes interviews Felipa De Leon (left) and Monique “Muffie” Mousseau about their efforts toward equality at Pine Ridge. (Crossposted from our blog.) Pine … Continued

The designation “Sioux” is used to describe many different tribes who are divided into three linguistic divisions: Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota. While relative late-comers to … Continued

The westward expansion of the United States during the nineteenth century was guided by a quasi-religious philosophy of Manifest Destiny: America had been ordained by … Continued

In the 1840s a massive migration of non-Indians began in which long wagon trains would cross the Great Plains bringing new settlers into Utah, Oregon, … Continued

Following World War II, the United States was faced with the problem of paying for the war and rebuilding the shattered economies of Germany and … Continued

In 1851, the United States called a treaty council at Fort Laramie, Wyoming which was attended by 8,000 – 12,000 Indians from the Cheyenne, Arapaho, … Continued