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.

South Dakota's Electoral Leaders Advocate for Proposed National Garden of Heroes in the Black Hills

A piece of legislation titled the “Big Beautiful Bill" passed the House last month, and has a provision that would appropriate $40 million to celebrate America’s 250th birthday in 2026 with the construction of a National Garden of Heroes that would feature 250 statues of “America's Heroes”. Some statues would be dedicated to Indigenous leaders, according to a previous Trump executive order, including Sitting Bull, Ira Hayes, Jim Thorpe and others. The Senate’s version was introduced today and includes language that would permanently sell 250 million acres of public lands.

Tiwahe Pays Tribute to Children Who Died While Attending Rapid City Boarding School 100 Years Ago

On Saturday, May 31, The Children’s Memorial hosted hundreds of community members in a dedication ceremony for a sculpture that honors the nearly 50 Indigenous children who died while attending the Rapid City Indian School a hundred years ago. Community and local leaders spoke of the memorial’s significance to the local community and that it pays respects to children lost in the boarding school era.

Sioux Falls Police Recorded Beating Oglala Lakota Man During Arrest, Internal Investigation Underway

Last Real IndiansApril 1, 2024Racism, police violence, police brutality, South Dakota

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.

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.

South Dakota Governor Drops Anti-Protest Laws in Settlement Agreement with ACLU

FeaturedLast Real IndiansOctober 25, 2019South Dakota, Protest, free speech, Last Real Indians, ACLU, Kristi Noem, keystone xl pipeline

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