Most of them are members of the Lakota or Dakota Nation, the two main subcultures of the Očéti Šakówiŋ — a name few Americans know, long ago replaced by “Sioux.” ...

All over the US, at the 357 Indian boarding schools in places like Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, and dozens more, Native kids were beaten black and blue for the smallest infractions.

They were corrupted by the reservations, the boarding schools for Indian children where false histories were taught, the loss of Lakota language and the disrespect of elders.A monument to Lakota ...

EXCLUSIVE: “The Lakota Sioux still believe that it belongs to them, and they want it back.” “It” is the Black Hills, site of Mount Rushmore — which sits on what had been their most ...

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has declared a Public Safety State of Emergency due to what they say is an increase in violence ...

The Ghost dance by the Ogallala [sic] Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency, Frederic Remington, Pine Ridge, S. Dakota, 1890. Library of Congress For Americans, then, the challenge of assimilation was the ...

Documentary studio XTR is in production on “Lakota Nation vs. United States,” the first film to chronicle the Lakota Indians’ fight to reclaim control of the Black Hills. Oglala Sioux Jesse ...

The return of the items is a chance to "begin that process of healing," Kevin Killer, president of the Oglala Sioux tribe said. The items being returned are just a tiny fraction of an estimated ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (FSST) is moving to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from their land, according to a statement released by President Tony Reider.

Marty Two Bulls Jr., an artist laureate of the Oglala Sioux Nation, with the sculpture he designed with other artists in the sculpture garden at the Oglala Lakota Artspace in Kyle, S.D., on Oct ...