I drove through Redfield on my way home Saturday. West of town, I saw a field flagged. In town, the rail yard near the kink in US 212 was piled with…
Tag: American Indians
Oglala Lakota tribal members were supposed to vote Tuesday on legalizing alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation. But on Monday, protestors convinced the Oglala Sioux Tribal council…
At its April meeting, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names put off making a decision on changing the name of Harney Peak. The main alternative name under consideration…
In the “White Men Speaking with Forked Tongues” Department, the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have charged Internet porn payment mogul Jason Galanis and six…
Four tribes—the Shakopee Mdewankanton, Crow Creek, Rosebud, and Standing Rock—worked for three years to purchase Pe’ Sla, the sacred grassland in the middle of the…
When they weren’t using GEAR UP as a money laundry, Stacy Phelps and his American Indian Institute for Innovation focused their educational efforts for American Indian kids…
Do you remember that cultural awareness training those two AAU wrestling tournament volunteers were ordered to do as punishment for their racist remarks about a six-year-old…
American Indian activist James Cadwell submits this essay on the decline of white Chamberlain and that border town’s opportunity to recover by embracing its only growing…
Suppose you were a Republican Senator who wanted to make it look as if you respected American Indians Suppose you wanted to push a bill…
The Woonsocket school district has finally eliminated the last vestige of its “Redmen” team nickname from its books… but don’t think Woonsocket is giving in…