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.

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 ...

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 ...

So in 2011 the tribe created Ordinance 11-23 requiring non-profits and charities claiming to serve the Oglala Lakota Nation to register with the tribe, provide information about finances mission and ...

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 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has declared a Public Safety State of Emergency due to what they say is an increase in violence and drug use on the reservation.

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 ...