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[29] [30] However, even with these roles, both men and women held power in decision-making tasks and sexual preferences were flexible and allowed. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The term wíŋtke refers to men who partook in traditional feminine duties while the term witkówiŋ ("crazy woman") was used for women who rejected their roles as either mother or wife ...
Oceti Sakowin encampment at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests camps in North Dakota Water protectors marching in Seattle Members of the "Light Brigade" asserting their role as "Protectors" of the waters, during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests
In 2018, Young became one of six people to be selected for the 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Solve Fellowship [6] with the Oceti Sakowin. As a Fellow, she was granted $10,000 in funding to put toward her efforts to bring renewable energy to the Standing Rock Reservation.
Oceti Sakowin means “Seven Council Fires” and refers collectively to the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people, according to the proposed standard document.
Only 45% of teachers are teaching required standards on Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings, according to a new survey by the DOE.
NDN Collective is an indigenous-led activist and advocacy organization based in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. [1] Founded in 2018, NDN Collective works with more than 200 Indigenous-led groups in the U.S. [2] NDN Collective's mission is "Build the collective power of Indigenous Peoples, communities, and Nations to exercise our inherent right to self-determination, while fostering a ...
On September 22, 2016, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, a United Nations expert on the rights of Indigenous peoples, admonished the U.S., saying, "the tribe was denied access to information and excluded from consultations at the planning stage of the project, and environmental assessments failed to disclose the presence and proximity of the Standing Rock ...
Dallas Goldtooth’s article, “Keystone XL would destroy our native lands. This is why we fight [136] ” further explains the relationship with the Oceti Sakowin Tribe by referring to the environment as “Mother Earth” when resisting the Keystone Pipeline. In this article he speaks on the dangers that could inevitably occur via the pipeline.