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Why is the term “Native American Flute maker” and “Native American Flute player” so important?
Why is the term “Native American Flute maker” and “Native American Flute player” so important? That is a difficult question to answer if a person doesn’t understand the importance of our “Cultural Identity” as Lakota. Simply put, our Cultural Identity is... (Continue reading)
Who owns the right to our ways?
Written on 9 Mar, 2010 at 11:49 in Featured Voices, Stories of Healing | viewed 59 times | 0 Comments
Who owns the right to our ways? How does one measure what Native means? The 1978 American Indian Religious Freedom Act decriminalized the practice of our Lifeways. During this same era of re-awakening among our People, a man name Richard... (Continue reading)
Mary Louise Defender Wilson – 13th Annual Evening of American Indian Storytelling
Written on 23 Feb, 2010 at 11:23 in Featured, Featured Voices, Stories of Life, Videos | viewed 113 times | 0 Comments
Mary Louise Defender-Wilson is from the Dakota and Hidatsa tribes. She was raised speaking Dakotah, the language of the Standing Rock Sioux. Wilson began telling stories at the age of 11. In 1999, she was honored with a National Heritage... (Continue reading)
A Young Man
Written on 25 Jan, 2010 at 11:13 in Featured, Featured Voices, Stories of Healing, Stories of Life, Voices of the Youth | viewed 189 times | 2 Comments
A Young Man A young man stands alone But is not alone. A young man stands firm in his resolve For the People and the Land A young man stands alone For the women and children. A young man stands alone Tired of seeing his Dakotah Tiyospaye suffer... (Continue reading)
Moon of Popping Trees
Written on 19 Jan, 2010 at 9:08 in Featured, Featured Voices, Stories of Life | viewed 182 times | 1 Comment
Moon of Popping Trees 2009 Standing alone in the muffled silence of a billion swirling snowflakes, I know no fear in my heart or thought filled mind. For I have been born and bred to this northern land. A harsh beautiful environment of wind, snow... (Continue reading)
Support CRST Boycott (of Dale’s Sinclair)
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 8:56 in Featured, Featured Voices, Stories of Life, Videos | viewed 341 times | 0 Comments
PLEASE SUPPORT THE CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBAL COUNCIL CRST voted to boycott Dale’s Sinclair after hearing of the many incidences of abuse and discrimination against CRST members by its owner, Dale Lesmeister. Among the allegations that led to this resolution are: *Lesmeister beat... (Continue reading)
Native American Burial Mounds: Living Landscapes at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum
Written on 2 Nov, 2009 at 17:20 in Featured Voices | viewed 521 times | 0 Comments
Native American Burial Mounds: Living Landscapes at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum Fawn. L. YoungBear-Tibbetts (University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum youngbeartib@wisc.edu) Wisconsin has one of the richest histories of Native American burial and effigy mounds in the United States. At the time of... (Continue reading)
A Call to Young Warriors, to all Young People
Written on 25 Oct, 2009 at 16:10 in Featured Voices, Stories of Life | viewed 374 times | 0 Comments
A Call to Young Warriors, to all Young People Lakota Spiritual Leader and Head Man, David Swallow, Speaks to Lakota Youthby David Swallow, Edited and Published by Stephanie M. Schwartz, Member, Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) David Swallow Young American Indians today suffer... (Continue reading)
Makoce de unkitawa
Written on 9 Oct, 2009 at 13:43 in Featured Voices, Stories of Healing, Voices of the Youth | viewed 362 times | 0 Comments
Hau hihanni waste, Each day we are tossing our children into war, these schools that are set up are the front lines. The youth is forced to prove ourselves, defend the people, defend the lifeways. This has never been a problem;... (Continue reading)
Aint Crying For Them On 9/11
Written on 11 Sep, 2009 at 11:54 in Featured Voices, Stories of Healing, Stories of Life | viewed 547 times | 4 Comments
I remember walking in Rapid City the day those planes hit THEIR towers. There was a sense of optimism in the air. It seemed someone poked the Rapist in the eye and got away clean. On this Day, I will recall... (Continue reading)
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