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The Lakota are a Native American people. Also known as the Teton Sioux,they are one of the three prominent subcultures of the Sioux people. Their current lands are in North and South Dakota. They speak Lakȟótiyapi—the Lakota language,the westernmost of three closely related languages that belong to the Siouan language family.
The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations peoples in North America. The modern Sioux consist of two major divisions based on language divisions:the Dakota and Lakota;collectively they are known as the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. The term "Sioux" is an exonym created from a French transcription ("Nadouessioux") of the Ojibwe term "Nadowessi",and can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects.
Pine Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) and the most populous community in Oglala Lakota County,South Dakota,United States. The population was 3,138 at the 2020 census. It is the tribal headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Red Cloud was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1868 to 1909. He was one of the most capable Native American opponents whom the United States Army faced in the western territories. He defeated the United States during Red Cloud's War,which was a fight over control of the Powder River Country in northeastern Wyoming and southern Montana. The largest action of the war was the Fetterman Fight,with 81 US soldiers killed;it was the worst military defeat suffered by the US Army on the Great Plains until the Battle of the Little Bighorn 10 years later.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,also called Pine Ridge Agency,is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located almost entirely within the U.S. state of South Dakota,with a small portion in Nebraska. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation,Pine Ridge was created by the Act of March 2,1889,25 Stat. 888. in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. Today it consists of 3,468.85 sq mi (8,984 km2) of land area and is one of the largest reservations in the United States.
Whiteclay is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Sheridan County,Nebraska,United States. The population was 10 at the 2010 census.
The Brulé are one of the seven branches or bands of the Teton (Titonwan) Lakota American Indian people. They are known as Sičhą́ǧu Oyáte —Sicangu Oyate—,Sicangu Lakota,or "Burnt Thighs Nation". Learning the meaning of their name,the French called them the Brûlé. The name may have derived from an incident where they were fleeing through a grass fire on the plains.
The Rosebud Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in South Dakota,United States. It is the home of the federally recognized Rosebud Sioux Tribe,who are Sicangu,a band of Lakota people. The Lakota name Sicangu Oyate translates as the "Burnt Thigh Nation," also known by the French term,the BruléSioux.
Mary Brave Bird,also known as Mary Brave Woman Olguin and Mary Crow Dog was a Sicangu Lakota writer and activist who was a member of the American Indian Movement during the 1970s and participated in some of their most publicized events,including the Wounded Knee Incident when she was 18 years old.
Cecilia Fire Thunder is a nurse,community health planner and tribal leader of the Oglala Sioux. On November 2,2004,she was the first woman elected as president of the Tribe. She served until being impeached on June 29,2006,several months short of the two-year term. The major controversy was over her effort to build a Planned Parenthood clinic on the reservation after the South Dakota legislature banned most abortions throughout the state. The tribal council impeached her for proceeding without gaining their consensus.
The Wounded Knee Occupation,also known as Second Wounded Knee,began on February 27,1973,when approximately 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee,South Dakota,United States,on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The protest followed the failure of an effort of the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization (OSCRO) to use impeachment to remove tribal president Richard Wilson,whom they accused of corruption and abuse of opponents. Additionally,protesters criticized the United States government's failure to fulfill treaties with Native American people and demanded the reopening of treaty negotiations to hopefully arrive at fair and equitable treatment of Native Americans.
The Oglala are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who,along with the Dakota,make up the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota,the eighth-largest Native American reservation in the United States.
Timothy Antoine Giago Jr.,also known as Nanwica Kciji,was an American Oglala Lakota journalist and publisher. In 1981,he founded the Lakota Times with Doris Giago at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,where he was born and grew up. It was the first independently owned Native American newspaper in the United States. In 1991 Giago was selected as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. In 1992 he changed his paper's name to Indian Country Today,to reflect its national coverage of Indian news and issues.
Theresa B. "Huck" Two Bulls was an attorney,prosecutor and politician in the United States and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. In 2004 she was elected as Democratic member of the South Dakota Senate,representing the 27th district,the first American Indian woman to be elected to the state legislature. She served until 2008. That year Two Bulls was elected as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,the second woman to serve in this position. She served one term,which was two years.
Oglala Lakota College (OLC) is a public tribal land-grant community college in Kyle,South Dakota. It enrolls 1,456 students enrolled part- and full-time. OLC serves the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,which has a population of about 26,000 and covers 3,468 square miles in southwestern South Dakota.
Kevin Killer is an activist,Native American politician,and former president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. He previously served as a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017 and the South Dakota Senate from 2017 to 2019,representing the 27th district. He lives in Pine Ridge,South Dakota. In November 2020,he was elected tribal president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. He was defeated during his 2022 re-election bid by Frank Star Comes Out.
Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 (OLCSD) is a public school district headquartered in the Batesland School in Batesland,South Dakota. It is in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Sarah Eagle Heart is an acclaimed Indigenous storyteller,Emmy Award-winning producer,writer,and activist. She also serves as the CEO of Return to the Heart Foundation. Through her work,Sarah serves as an advocate and educator for the needs and perspectives of Indigenous groups throughout the United States.
Alicia Mousseau is the Vice President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe,whose lands include the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This is her second term in this position. She is reportedly the first lesbian to hold a position on her tribe's executive council.