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,with the Eastern Dakota (Santee) and Western Dakota (Wičhíyena). 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 from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions:the Dakota and Lakota peoples. Collectively,they are the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ,or "Seven Council Fires". The term "Sioux",an exonym from a French transcription ("Nadouessioux") of the Ojibwe term "Nadowessi",can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or to any of the nation's many language dialects.
Red Cloud was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1865 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 1866 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.
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.
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.
Alex White Plume is the former vice president and president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,located on South Dakota of the United States. He served as president from June 30,2006 to November 2006 after Cecilia Fire Thunder was impeached.
Richard A. Wilson was elected chairman of the Oglala Lakota of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota,where he served from 1972–1976,following re-election in 1974.
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.
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.
The United States government illegally seized the Black Hills –a mountain range in the US states of South Dakota and Wyoming –from the Sioux Nation in 1876. The land was pledged to the Sioux Nation in the Treaty of Fort Laramie,but a few years later the United States illegally seized the land and nullified the treaty with the Indian Appropriations Bill of 1876,without the tribe's consent. That bill "denied the Sioux all further appropriation and treaty-guaranteed annuities" until they gave up the Black Hills. A Supreme Court case was ruled in favor of the Sioux in 1980. As of 2011,the court's award was worth over $1 billion,but the Sioux have outstanding issues with the ruling and have not collected the funds.
The Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOON) was an American paramilitary group established in 1972 by Oglala tribal chairman Dick Wilson under authority of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council. It operated on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during the early 1970's,and was disbanded after a new chairman was elected in 1976.
Kevin Killer is a Native American activist and politician. He served as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (2020-2022). He 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.
Edward Iron Cloud III is an American politician in the state of South Dakota. He served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from his election in November 2008 to November 2012. He is Native American and a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe.
The Wounded Knee 4-Directions Toby Eagle Bull Memorial Skatepark,also known as the Toby Eagle Bull Memorial Wounded Knee Four Directions Skate Park &the WK4-Directions TEB Memorial Skatepark,is a concrete skatepark located in Pine Ridge,South Dakota,United States,on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Completed in 2011 by the local community with help from skateboarding organizations,the skatepark features a spectrum of skate obstacles and is dedicated to a young Lakota skater who died in a car accident:Toby Eagle Bull. The WK4D TOB Memorial Skatepark is located in the Youth Opportunity,or "YO," park,adjacent to the Oglala Lakota Nation powwow grounds,a picnic area,a playground,a basketball court as well as a baseball field.
Bryan V. Brewer was president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe from 2012 to 2014.
Troy "Scott" Weston was president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe from 2016 to 2018.
Julian R. Bear Runner was president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe from 2018 to 2020. When elected,Bear Runner was the second-youngest person ever elected as president of the tribe.
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.
