Mendoza, of Rapid City, is one of 24 people from South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and 23 Native nations who was granted ...

Although most Pine Ridge traditions ... The Oglala Lakota and other Sioux tribes have refused a monetary settlement for the U.S.’s illegal seizure of the Black Hills, their spiritual home.

The Ghost Dance was adopted by the Lakota in early 1890, and became central to their resistance movement. It was also used as ...

In Lakota thought, winyan represents the concept of woman as the first spirit of creation and the ... female form to the ancient Yupik and Inupiaq traditions of ivory carving.

The Cheyenne River Youth Project is welcoming teens to its Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) for fall internship programming.

As part of the events surrounding the Black Hills Powwow, the annual Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota Language Summit was held at ...

The law legalized traditional spirituality and ceremonies in the ... His family has been charged with protecting the sacred Lakota traditions for 19 generations. He said the elders decided long ...

Their beliefs do not worship the butte itself ... The Great Mystery was the basis of Lakota spirituality. Healing ceremonies were also held there. One of the most intense and significant experiences a ...

The Seventh Direction highlights a central Lakota belief that each being—human, animal, plant, or stone—had its own purpose to fulfill. The Lakota believe that everything has a spirit. In Locke’s ...

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