SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — When Peter Hill’s daughter was born two years ago, he made a conscious decision to only speak Lakota to her. Hill, who is fluent in Lakota after learning it as a second language, ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Members and friends of the Oglala Lakota Sioux want Denver-area students to know more about the tribe than its battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

For three days, people ate, drank and reminisced alongside the body of Bernard Ice Jr. His spirit was there, no doubt. Sometimes, it was hard to tell this was a solemn event.The dozens of people who ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 12-mile ride celebrating the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe Saturday took place on Feb. 18, 2017 along the East/West Regional Trail in Lone Tree. “I believe ...

FORT POLK, La. (Army News Service, Sept. 23, 2008) -- Fort Polk's 5th Aviation Battalion has been flying the Army's new utility helicopter for a year, and Monday pilots had a chance to meet the ...

A dispute over exploratory drilling in the Black Hills has come to an end in federal court.

KEARNEY, Nebraska — Father Art Faesser considers his living room his sanctuary. A small crucifix hangs on the wall. So, too, does an elaborate Sioux dress, a cradle board, drums, a buffalo head and ...

Native American languages are part of the daily lexicon for South Dakotans, but few know what those words mean and take their origin for granted. Even after being marginalized and repressed for ...

Born on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Kathy Janis was taught to revere the elders in her Oglala Sioux Tribe. “I was raised to consider every one of them to be a relative. Respect ...