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

Ghost Nation Responds to Governor Kristi Noem: “She Must Apologize”

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s recent remarks resulted in the Oglala Sioux Tribe banishing her immediately from tribal lands, and now the Ghost Nation has issued a public response regarding her false allegations.

My Journey, My Story by Tipiziwin Tolman

This man continues to bully and terrorize those who do not align themselves with his agenda,
and he has been quite successful in doing so, especially among his following online, those who
have information gaps, those who just like drama, those who are so loyal to him.

Current affairsLast Real IndiansOctober 25, 2023Lakota, Thipiziwin

Why I’m Thankful for 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance by Matt Remle

Despite colonial efforts to exterminate, terminate, relocate, and assimilate Indigenous populations, Native communities continue to resist efforts to both desecrate Unci Maka and strip Native peoples of their languages, spirituality and communities.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Call to Higher Consciousness by Wakinyan LaPointe & Thorne LaPointe

Indigenous movements carry the generational dreams and fire of their predecessors and ancestors needed to ignite, and spark transformation across the world. Indigenous narratives and storytellers are perhaps among our best hopes in breaking through settler-colonial narratives aimed at widespread capitalist environmental degradation that threaten all life.

Towards Healing a Message from Chief Arvol Looking Horse

I continue to remind everyone to stay in prayer for the many issues we are facing as an Oyate in your own communities that seem to pull and divide our Oyate.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansAugust 21, 2022Last Real Indians, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Unity, Lakota, prayer, Oyate

All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer: Chief Arvol Looking Horse calls for Unity to Protect Earth

Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, calls on people from around the globe to gather at sacred places on June 21 and join in prayer for the healing and protection of Grandmother Earth.

Events, Featured, HistoryLast Real IndiansApril 22, 2022Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Lakota, ceremony, sacred sites

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Dakota Access Pipeline

The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will not take up a case brought by Energy Transfer, operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline operator sought to challenge a legal victory won by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, invalidating a key federal permit and requiring a complete environmental review.

Tatanka Iyotake (Sitting Bull) Wokiksuye Dec 15 1890 and the Myth of Freedom by Matt Remle

On December 15th, 1890 at 5:30 AM roughly 40 Indian officers descended on Sitting Bull’s home with orders to arrest him. After a brief scuffle with the Indian officers, one of history’s greatest resisters of colonialism and staunch fighter for the traditional ways of the Lakota would lay dead.

Niagara Falls, NY Inaugurates First Annual Indigenous People's Weekend

The city of Niagara Falls, NY has officially inaugurated Indigenous People’s Weekend as an annual holiday celebration.

To the president from the Oceti Sakowin Oyate

It’s time to revisit the relationship between the United States of America and the Oceti Sakowin Oyate

Last Real IndiansAugust 31, 2021Lakota, Dakota, Oceti Sakowin, President, Biden

What does Indigenous reclamation mean? Three Native voices discuss by Manola Secaira

The concept of taking back Native land isn’t new. But it encapsulates more than most realize. In the past year alone, the movement led by Native communities to reclaim lands and spaces — sometimes called the “Land Back” movement — saw huge gains in mainstream momentum.

Water Protectors Speak Out by Rae Rose

This is not a Native issue, it is a world issue, the outcome of this fight will affect all life on our beautiful planet.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansFebruary 24, 2021Rae Rose, Last Real Indians, Water rights, Lakota

Hope in the Time of Stress by Linda Black Elk

I often say that food does not just feed us through physical calories. It also nourishes us mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. When I am hunting, fishing, foraging, or gardening, I am in touch with the land, our mother, and I am also witness to the hearts, minds and voices of my ancestors. I am participating in ceremony.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: A Call to Higher Consciousness by Wakinyan LaPointe

Indigenous Peoples’ Day amplifies the profound and powerful call to a higher consciousness by Indigenous Peoples and youth who continue to be the first line of defense for Unci Maka (Grandmother Earth).

California Governor Commutes Sentence of Murderer of an Indigenous Woman, Family Demands Justice by Rae Rose

On March 10th, 1997 Shantel Haynes, her sister, and two younger brothers lost their loving mother in the most brutal and cruelest way possible. Debra Marie Blackcrow and her unborn daughter Samara were murdered.

FeaturedLast Real IndiansSeptember 28, 2020Rae Rose, Last Real Indians, California, Shantel Haynes, Debra Marie Blackcrow, MMIW, Lakota

Eviction Notice: DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE & KXL by Mark K. Tilsen

We evict KXL and DAPL from our lands, we stand on our treaty rights to do so. We also stand on our inherent rights as Indigenous people that are ours under Natural Law. We invoke our ancestors to stand with us now, for our water, for our land, and the generations yet unborn.

Dealing with Stress and Anxiety in 2020 by Linda Black Elk

It is more important than ever that we break free of this corrupt system and the corrupt people who run it...and that we move forward with open hearts and open minds...but what do we do about all of this pent up rage? What do we do when we are too sad or too anxious to get up in the morning? How do we fight the depression that threatens to consume us?