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DEC 29,1976-MAR 17,2024 Joey Clayton Garnette II was born on December 29, 1976 in Gordon, NE to Joey, Sr. and Shirley (Glade) Garnette. Joey II made his journey to the Spirit World on March 17, 2024 at the Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, SD. Clay is survived by his father, Joey C. Garnette, Sr. of Rapid City, SD; brother, Joel “Shawn” Garnette (Tada) of Denver, CO; his three children, Jordan A.D. Shott, Joey “Chance” Garnette III, and Precious “Grace” Garnette all of Rapid City, SD; and many loved nieces, nephews, and numerous cousins. Clay was preceded in death by... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/joey-clayton-garnette/
No treaty document has been more scrutinized, controversial, or misunderstood than the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. To this day signatory tribes cite it as if it were binding as written, ignoring the subsequent history and the alterations to the original agreement. The government openly acknowledges the repeated violations and underhand- ed historical alterations of the original treaty but refuses to void and renegotiate the treaty. There are three major misunderstandings about the 1868 Treaty. First, the treaty is seldom identified as a peace treaty by either white historians or signatory tribes. The Wikipedia article does not even mention the words... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/how-people-get-the-1868-treaty-wrong/
What is National Self- Determination? It is a Nation’s right to choose the political, economic, social, and cultural systems operating within its borders. As a political philosophy, National Self-determination says Nations can exercise the full extent of sovereignty to follow their destiny. As both academic concept and social movement, National Self-Determination has strong resonance in Indian Country. Indian Tribes, Chief Justice John Marshall said nearly 200 years ago, possess nationhood status and retain inherent powers of [National] Self-Determination. These self-governing powers are rooted in the fact that Indian Tribes already governed themselves before European colonizers set foot on Turtle Island’s... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/questioning-national-self-determination/
RAPID CITY/ABERDEEN/ BROOKINGS - Wall played Mahpiya Luta for the LNI girls championship, Pine Ridge played RC Christian for the LNI boys championship, all four teams played in this year’s State tournaments; Mahpiya Luta in the. state A girls in Brookings and Wall in the State B girls in Rapid City while Pine Ridge boys and RC Christian both played in the State A in Rapid City while LNI third place finisher White River played in the State B boys tournament in Aberdeen. “Really proud of our LNI teams, it’s really great to see LNI teams at State tournaments,” said... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/top-lni-teams-represent-at-sd-state-tournaments/
Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star’s son, Charles, is sent to the school, where he is brutalized by the man who was once his father’s jailer. Under Pratt’s harsh treatment, Charles clings to moments he shares with a young fellow student, Opal... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/wandering-stars-a-novel/
OCT 12,1990-MAR 17,2024 Sheridan Sioux Shott was born on October 12, 1990 in Pine Ridge, SD to Lawrence Shott, Sr. and Marlita Running Bear. Sheridan made his journey to the Spirit World on March 17, 2024 at the Pine Ridge I.H.S. Hospital in Pine Ridge, SD. Sheridan is survived by his daughter, Shalaya Shott; son, Uriah Shott; mother, Marlita (Morrison) Running Bear, stepfather Roger Running Bear sisters, Jolita (Myron) Morrison, Lynette Little Moon, Jennifer Rowland, Nicole, Audrey, and Crystal Lakota, Clarissa Lone Wolf, Anna Lara, and Amy & Leslie Cortier; brothers, Lawrence Shott, Jr., Ethan Cortier, Shawn (Megan) Cortier, Stacy... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/sheridan-sioux-shott/
Biased whistles have cost many a rez basketball team a playoff game, and a few state championships. You wonder sometimes if the officials feel any guilt. There is no understating the longterm emotional damage to Native players cheated by racist whistles. But this column is not about that injustice, just framing it to place what follows in proper perspective. Every rez community, every school, every fan, every parent, every coach, every player, every cheerleader, every student manager, water boy, and bus driver, they all know what can happen when three white refs officiate a game with a rez team. Knowing... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/iyeska-journal-23/
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly.” Attributed to Teddy Roosevelt, who was “quoted in Policy (Canada)” according to the Wit and Wisdom section of THE WEEK. There are many of you in this world who are doers. Kudos to you for stepping up when no one else seemingly will. It takes courage... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/the-rez-of-the-story-373/
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AUG 17,1960-MAR 20,2024 Shannon Lee Palmier was born on August 17, 1960 in Pine Ridge, SD to Jacklyn Rose Palmier and Robert Palmier. Shannon made her journey to the spirit world on March 20, 2024 at her home in Pine Ridge, SD. Shannon is survived by her children, Melanie Waters, Lester Waters, Jr., Cass Waters, Sr., Cole Waters, and Lucy Real Bird; hunka son, Zack Janis; grandchildren, Jayden Brewer, Timothy Waters, Shayonna Waters, Joseph Long Soldier, Alias Waters, Cass Delane Waters, Jr., Cassandra Waters, Cole Cash Waters, River Ray Waters, Sierra Waters, Misty Waters, Cheyenne Waters, Aria Hawk, Hank Real... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/shannon-lee-palmier/
Lathan LuceroJun 5,2001-Mar 19,2024 Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/pending-107/
RAPID CITY - The fifth annual Lakota All Star games are set for Saturday, March 30 at the Monument’s Summit Arena in Rapid City; action starts at 11:00 am with a girls high school all star game and wraps up with a 5:00pm college men’s all star game, players from as far away as Alaska and the southwestern United States are participating. Dale Pine Jr. started the Lakota All Star games back in 2019 at Loneman School in Oglala, Red Cloud had sponsored a high school all star game in 2017 but didn’t continue it so Pine just felt it... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/5th-annual-lakota-all-star-games-attract-players-from-across-the-country/
OGLALA - An overflow elders meeting on Saturday, March 23 at the Prairie Wind Casino hotel conference room brought together elders from across the reservation , elders interested in talking about issues so that communities in every district are dealing with and issues involving a tribal government that seems unresponsive to tribal members. “We’ve been struggling for the past several years, an Elderly Advisory Council was proposed by council representative Ron Duke during the Kevin Killer administration but there wasn’t a lot of follow through then COVID hit and a lot of things seemed to happen without the peoples knowledge,... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/elders-want-constitution-revised/
There never was and still is not a standardized Lakotan calendar that lists days, weeks, months, and years. The closest was a “waniyetu wiyawapi,” a winter count. The earliest winter count was a hide drawing of a single event to represent the name of a year. But there were multiple winter counts and winter count keepers, and often each depicted a different event for a given year. This makes sense, because each winter count depicted events that were experienced by one or more members of a tiyoshpaye. There were several tiyoshpayes in every Lakotan tribe, and each moved independently within... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/happy-new-year-2/
WASHINGTON – A group of Democratic US Senators have sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland urging a compassionate release for political prisoner Leonard Peltier. The Senators urged US Attorney General Garland “to allow for the compassionate release of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier pursuant to the Bureau of Prison’s procedures. Mr. Peltier, who has been imprisoned for the past 49 years and is suffering from severe health conditions, should be able to return home and live out his remaining days among his own people.” The March 15 letter was signed by US Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i),... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/senators-urge-peltier-release/
SPEARFISH— Nearly sixty years ago, down in Oelrichs, Wayne Morgan married his high school sweetheart, Sandy Swallow. Like a good many West River cowboys, Wayne knew ranching and farming, but the 1980’s Farm Crisis cost him his operation, and he felt lost: “I didn’t know what I was going to do.” So, Wayne went to work for the Farm Service Administration (FSA), and because he was married to an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST), Wayne was the ideal guy to serve as the FSA liaison to the nine federally recognized tribes in his service area. Sandy Swallow... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/how-wayne-morgan-whipped-the-fsa/
Reanna Ella Gourd is one of the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s very own professionally skilled braiders. Gourd has been featured in Vogue Magazine 2 times. The most recent time was this year in March 2024, this story covered her and her skill of braiding. Gourd has been professionally braiding hair since 2021 but has had her love of braiding since she was a child. “Growing up when it came to braiding, I wanted to stand out and be different. So, I began braiding and practicing different designs. Originally, I wanted to become a barber at this barber shop, I got the... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/reanna-ella-gourd-braid-skills/
This past Wednesday on March 13, 2024, at Little Wound High School, the Special education department put on their annual Transition Forum. It began at 10 am and they had over 36 students in attendance and 22 booths were set up. Little Wound High School, Pine Ridge High School, and St. Francis High school had students that participated. Some of the presenters and booths that were in attendance were: Independent Living, South Dakota Transition, Social Security, South Dakota Vocational Rehab, South Dakota Benefit Specialist Network, Thunder Valley CDC, OST Corrections, OST Police department, Parent Connections, Oglala Lakota College, OST Vocational... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/little-wound-school-held-annual-transition-forum/
For more than a decade, nine sisters battled the South Dakota legislature for the right to sue the Catholic Church for sexual abuses they endured during the 1950s and ‘60s at an Indian boarding school the church operated. State lawmakers have denied these women and hundreds of other Native survivors of sexual abuses the right to sue, and some have died without receiving justice. *TRIGGER WARNING* This story includes accounts of physical, mental, sexual and emotional abuse that survivors experienced in Indian boarding schools. If you do not have the capacity to engage with these stories right now, we encourage... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/nine-little-girls/
On February 25th, 2024, in Canton, South Dakota, Evelyn Two Eagle was crowned the new Miss Midwest U.S.A. Ambassador Teen. Prior to this title, Two Eagle was the Miss Black Hills U.S.A. Ambassador Teen. She also received an award for Community Service in the teen division as well. Evelyn has helped out her community by volunteering and helping with the Elderly meals, the district service centers with food drives, Vitalant blood drives and helps out with different veteran societies such as the Black Hills Veteran Society. Two Eagle is a junior in high school and is from the Porcupine District... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/two-eagle-wins-teen-title/
MAY 30,1998-FEB 21,2024 Esther Marie Wolfe was born on May 30, 1998 in Rapid City, SD to John A. Wolfe and Delores Red Nest. Esther made her journey to the Spirit World on February 21, 2024 in Rapid City, SD. Esther is survived by her mother, Delores Red Nest; father, John A. Wolfe; siblings, Linda Hawk Wing, Misty (Ross Segura) Red Nest, Jake (Sheri) Wolfe Justine (Cory Fallis) Wolfe, Jennifer (Jeremy Red Cloud) Wolfe, Wyatt Wolfe, Krystal (Josey) Eagle Bull, Juanita Wolfe, John (Corrieann DeLeon) Wolfe, Jr., Shaylee Hendrickson, and Inez Hendrickson; aunts, Linda Rivera, Cindy Haws, and Kristi Hendrickson;... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/esther-marie-wolfe/
DEC 3,1971-FEB 21,2024 Romaine Sitting Bear was born on December 3, 1971 in Kyle, SD to Eugene Sitting Bear and Mary (Jealous of Him) Sitting Bear. Romaine made her journey to the Spirit World on February 21, 2024 at her home in Kyle, SD. Romaine is survived by her children, Oliver (Tami) Brown Bull, Scott (Nadene) Brown Bull, Ralph Sitting Bear, Jessica Sitting Bear, and Keith Kelly; grandchildren, Carolann, Cienna, and Scarlett Brown Bull, Tryone Yellow Wolf, and Takoma Shae; brothers, Jeffrey Sitting Bear, Sr., Chris Sitting Bear, and Chester Sitting Bear; sisters, Velnita (Cleveland) Shot With arrow, Marlene (Louis)... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/romaine-sitting-bear/
RAPID CITY—Horses not only empower entire nations, like the Comanche and the Titonwan, they have the power to heal individual people. Understanding this, Delaney Apple saw the horse as a healing tool for troubled and traumatized youth, beginning with the North Rapid Indian Community where he grew up. Three years ago, he got the first horse healing camp organized, and has since organized two more, each camp doubling in size and scope from the previous camp. “I was born in Pine Ridge,” Apple told LT. “I grew up in Manderson until I was about ten, and I’ve been in Rapid... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/horse-camp-healing-lakota-youth/
SEP 30,1938-FEB 25,2024 Russell Joseph Whirlwind Horse was born on September 30, 1938 in Allen, SD to John Whirlwind Horse and Ida Six Feathers. Russell made his journey to the Spirit World on February 25, 2024 at the Gordon Memorial Hospital in Gordon, NE. Russell is survived by numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Russell was preceded in death by his father, John Whirlwind Horse; mother, Ida Six Feathers-Whirlwind Horse; brothers, Raymond Whirlwind Horse and William Whirlwind Horse; nephews, John Bad Wound, Marvin Bad Wound, Louis Means, Philip Waters, Raymond Whirlwind Horse, Paul Whirlwind Horse, and Moses Red Bear;... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/russell-joseph-whirlwind-horse/
FEB 9,1984-FEB 26,2024 Jeffrey Charles Hard Heart was born on February 9, 1984 in Pine Ridge, SD to Stanley Little Hawk, Jr. and Sharlene Hard Heart. Jeffrey made his journey to the Spirit World on February 26, 2024 in Kyle, SD. Jeff is survived by his mother, Sharlene Hard Heart; children, Braydon Hard Heart, Julius Hard Heart, Hailee Hard Heart, Wakiyan Hard Heart, Isabella Hard Heart, and Delphia Hard Heart; sisters, Sarah (Wade) Good Voice Flute, Elauria Roan Eagle, and Monica Anderson; brothers, Michael Hard Heart and Joshua Little Hawk, Sr.; aunts, Carol Hard Heart, Roselda Nelson, Sharon Hard Heart,... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/jeffrey-charles-hard-heart/
NOV 16,1978-FEB 24, 2024 Lyle Theodore Mousseau, “Wanbli Unkokasapi” (Eagle That Circles Above Us), was born on November 16, 1978 in Pine Ridge, SD to John Theodore Mousseau and Vera Jane (Reynolds) Mousseau. Lyle made his journey to the Spirit World on February 24, 2024. Lyle is survived by his son, Chaske Black Bear. His children, Jacinda, Isabella, Addison, and Winston Mousseau; and their mother, Lisa Titus. He is also survived by his sister, Alicia (Tasha) Mousseau; his brothers, John & Elijah Jackson; and numerous relatives and friends. Lyle was preceded in death by his parents, John and Vera (Reynolds)... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/lyle-theodore-mousseau/
Violet Rose Yankton July 29,1983-Feb 29,2024 Mareno Jason Eder July 3,1974-Feb 27,2024 Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/pending-105/
MAR 22,1937-FEB 27,2024 Florida Helen (Young Bull Bear) Jealous of Him was born on March 22, 1937 in Kyle, SD to Paul Young Bull Bear and Rosa (Morrison) Young Bull Bear. Florida made her journey to the Spirit World on February 27, 2024 at her home in Kyle, SD. Florida is survived by her children, Sharon (Reginald) Little Killer, Flora (Rick) Puckett, Lori (Bryan) Cuny, April (Neil) Adams, Edwin Waters, Denise Wounded, and Denver Wounded; grandchildren, Samantha (Jace Alex) Puckett, Regaleen Little Killer, Liliyah Arredondo, Logan McCloskey, Cole (Shikayla) Puckett, Tonya Cuny, Rylan Cuny, Kanyon Cuny, Karter Cuny, Paul (Candida)... Article Link https://www.lakotatimes.com/articles/florida-helen-young-bull-bearjealous-of-him/
