Bev Warne was honored for her contributions to nursing during the SDSU powwow in 2023. (Photo Courtesy of Jim Warne)
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Beverly “Bev” Stabber Warne often reflected on memories of her grandfather drumming and singing at the crack of dawn and at sunset. She was born in a traditional way, beside a creek surrounded by her Lakota culture, and despite living ... Read More
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On Tuesday, April 16, the casket of Cole Brings Plenty rests before three tipis representing his family tiospayes. All photos reprinted with permission of Brings Plenty family. Photo Credit/Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
On Tuesday, April 16, the casket of Cole Brings Plenty rests before three tipis representing his family tiospayes. All photos reprinted with permission of Brings Plenty family. Photo Credit/Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
On Tuesday, April 16, the casket of Cole Brings Plenty rests before three tipis representing his family tiospayes. All photos reprinted with permission of Brings Plenty family. Photo Credit/Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Editor’s Note: Joe Brings Plenty Sr. approved use of photos prior to publication. In death, ... Read More
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Mona Susan Power said she hopes A Council of Dolls inspires Indigenous readers to begin healing from the past. Photo Credit/Ted Hall, courtesy of Mona Susan Power
Mona Susan Power said she hopes A Council of Dolls inspires Indigenous readers to begin healing from the past. Photo Credit/Ted Hall, courtesy of Mona Susan Power
Mona Susan Power said she hopes A Council of Dolls inspires Indigenous readers to begin healing from the past. Photo Credit/Ted Hall, courtesy of Mona Susan Power
Mona Susan Power reveals an ancestral story of healing and strength in her latest novel ... Read More
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Bear Butte is one place in the Black Hills where “many of our important ceremonies happen.” Photo credit/ Talli Nauman
Bear Butte is one place in the Black Hills where “many of our important ceremonies happen.” Photo credit/ Talli Nauman
Bear Butte is one place in the Black Hills where “many of our important ceremonies happen.” Photo credit/ Talli Nauman
A 35-year-old, Native-led nonprofit organization is taking steps toward reuniting youth with sacred sites. On ... Read More
Sitting in a photography course at Black Hills State University, Eunice Straight Head was the only Indigenous person in the room. Being the only Indigenous student was intimidating, but Black Hills State University photography professor Steve Babbitt sat the Cheyenne River ... Read More
Eunice Straight Head sits for a photo inside their apartment in Rapid City with a variety of artwork pieces they've created. (photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal)
With decades of experience, Reno Red Cloud knows more than anyone about water on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. As climate change makes fire season on the reservation — which covers more than 2 million acres — more ... Read More
A sign entering Pine Ridge reservation. (Photo by Mary Annette Pember)
This piece was first printed Nov. 30, 2023 in The Objective as part of the Civic Media Series: A project of The Objective and Free Press, with members of the Future of Local News Collective. You can read the series ... Read More
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear featured in The Objective article
This article was first published Feb. 7, 2024 in the City Bureau. Over the past eight years, the Documenters Network has grown from free, accessible trainings at public library branches in Chicago to a movement for participatory civic media spanning fifteen ... Read More
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The Rosebud Sioux Tribe announced it joined four other Lakota tribes in banning South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. Noem’s banishment was announced through a statement from the tribal council on April 11 in response to a string of allegations made by ... Read More
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is the fourth tribe to ban South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. (Photo by Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)
The third annual Native Storytelling Workshop will take place June 9-12 at the University of Kansas (KU) campus in Lawrence, Kan. in partnership with the Indigenous Journalists Association. The workshop will bring Indigenous high school students from across the country to ... Read More
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Turtle Island, as most Indigenous peoples of North America call it, will witness another solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, of more totality than the previous annular one of October 2023. While many Americans are finalizing their plans to be in the path of ... Read More
Roger Amos, author and Neshoba County native, writes about his Indigenous ancestors’ solar eclipse tales as the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse event approaches. Photo by Bryan Goff on Unsplash
A federal judge in North Dakota dismissed Sophia Wilansky’s claims that law enforcement used excessive force when targeting her with a grenade during the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict. Wilansky vowed she would fight the recent ruling on the police action ... Read More
Sophia Wilansky stands near the Cannonball River during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests on the Standing Rock Reservation in 2016. Photo Courtesy/Facebook
The Spirit Lake Nation is on lockdown following an ongoing manhunt in Fort Totten, North Dakota, days after the announcement of a State of Emergency. On April 4 at noon central time, the tribe initiated a lockdown across the 405 square ... Read More
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