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.

Sitting Bull Sitting Bull is known as one of the bravest Native American chiefs, leading the Lakota Sioux Nation during the period of U.S. government encroachment across Native lands.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, the protesters, who have been here for over a year, are determined to stay until the land is returned to the tribe. Ernie Two Bulls leans against the hood of his pickup: “We’re here ...

This May 15, 2011 photo provided by the South Dakota National Guard shows Kodreis Herman, 6, from the Oglala Sioux Tribe, during a ceremony at the Crazy Horse Memorial in Custer, in Custer, S.D.

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