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Raymond Yellow Thunder (January 1, 1921 – February 13, 1972) was an Oglala Lakota man, born in Kyle, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was killed in Gordon, Nebraska. His death became notable as an example of a racially motivated assault against a Native American, as he was murdered by four white men who had bragged ...
On April 25, 2017, descendant of Sitting Bull, Standing Rock Lakota Reserve member and Indigenous Environmental Network delegate, Brenda White Bull, spoke at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She specifically addressed Indigenous resistance against Dakota Access and the state's unwarranted use of violence.
Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
A police investigation is underway after the family of a Lakota man said staff members at a Colorado hospital cut the 65-year-old’s hair without permission.
Lakota activists such as Madonna Thunder Hawk and Chase Iron Eyes, along with the Lakota People's Law Project, have alleged that Lakota grandmothers are illegally denied the right to foster their own grandchildren. They are working to redirect federal funding away from the state of South Dakota's D.S.S. to new tribal foster care programs.
Leonard Crow Dog was born on August 18, 1942, into a Sicangu Lakota family on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. [1] [3]: 19 He was a descendant of a traditional family of medicine men and leaders. The name Crow Dog is a poor translation of Kȟaŋǧí Šuŋkmánitu (lit. ' 'crow-coyote' '). His parents believed he would be a healer ...
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse (born April 28, 1976), also known as Nathan Chasing Horse and Nathan Chases His Horse, is a Sicangu Lakota actor. Born on the Rosebud Indian Reservation and enrolled in the tribe, [citation needed] he has spent most of his adult life in California. As of 2023, he had resided for 10 years in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chase Iron Eyes (born March 6, 1978) [2] [3] is a Native American activist, attorney, politician, and a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.He is a member of the Lakota People's Law Project and a co-founder of the Native American news website Last Real Indians. [4]