Wounded Knee Medal of Honor Soldiers Will Keep Them Says Defense Secretary Hegseth

Efforts to rescind the medals given to soldiers from the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre were halted this evening when Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth announced that they would keep them. The Wounded Knee Massacre is arguably one of the most brutal and traumatic acts of violence documented against American Indian people, where more than 250 Lakota—majority of them women and children—were gunned down and killed after rumors a shot was fired from a Lakota person after they volunteered to surrender their weapons on December 30, 1890.

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Prohibits SD Governor from Reservation, Joining Oglala Sioux Tribe in Ban

Last Real IndiansApril 4, 2024Governor Kristi Noem, Cheyenne River Sioux, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Lakota, Racism

South Dakota to Remove Curriculum on Indigenous Peoples in Schools by Harold Frazier

Our children were stolen from us in past generation, forcefully assimilated or secretly buried in boarding schools under the “kill the Indian and save the Man” ideologies, and it would seem that the task to erase them has not ended under Governor Kristi Noem’s administration and leadership.

Frontline South Dakota Indigenous Groups Shut Down Illegal KXL Man Camp Construction

On November 10, the Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective, 2KC Media and 7th Defenders shut down an illegal KXL Man Camp for the day to remind Joe Biden and Kamala Harris of their promise to stop the KXL pipeline.

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Child Welfare in the Time of COVID-19 by Hallie Riggs

The duration and wake of this worldwide pandemic brings uncertainty for all of us – especially for children. History teaches us that during a global crisis, children experience greater suffering. For caregivers, loss of jobs and suspension of wages means stress. Stress means a limited bandwidth for caring for children.

Chairman Harold Frazier statement on Governor Kristi Noem letter regarding Health Checkpoints on reservation.

The English definition of consultation is “a meeting with an expert or professional, such as a medical doctor, in order to seek advice.” In the Lakota language, wóglakA means “to speak about something.” In meeting with county commissioners, municipal, South Dakota Department of Transportation, Public schools and Federal agencies we have met the definition of consultation in both of our languages.

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Sets up Check Points on Highway to Protect Citizens from Covid19

As COVID-19 began to spread across the country in late March, the tribal chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe ordered checkpoints on that would limit non-reservation travelers into the Cheyenne River Indian Reservations.

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June 12 2019 - Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Removes TransCanada Employees from the Reservation

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