Oldest Oglala Lakota passes on Wanblee SD--Grandma Sophia Romero just celebrated her 100th birthday in Wanblee at the Crazy Horse School this past October. Her birthday fell on the 31st. This past Friday afternoon, Jan 14, Grandma Sophia went peacefully to the spirit world from her home on the farm in Wanblee, SD. There Grandma Sophia shared her birthday with so many relatives and friends, including former OST President Theresa Two Bulls and current chairman John Yellow Bird Steele, as well as local Council representatives Ruth Brown, and OST Vice chair Tom Poor Bear. Grandma Sophia went to the spirit world to join her children there: Robert Quiver Sr, Grace Quiver, Alma Hamilton. Five months ago, (July 2010) we buried my dad Robert out on the farm. Grandma Sophia is survived by her Children: Geneva Janis, Gerald Quiver Sr, and Lewis Quiver. Her grandchildren who were by her side: Tiffany Yellow Cloud, Tammi Yellow Cloud, Russchelle Quiver, Helene Gaddie, Baby Jerry Quiver, Sophia Q...

By Journal staff Posted: Friday, May 14, 2010 3:24 pm Rapid City Journal Article The murder trial of John Graham and Thelma Rios has been moved to Nov. 29. Graham, 54, and Rios, 64, are charged in connection with the 1975 slaying of American Indian Movement activist Annie Mae Aquash. The state charges involve incidents that allegedly took place in Rapid City shortly before Aquash was killed on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The trial, which is expected to last three weeks, had been scheduled for July. During a Friday hearing, 7th Circuit Judge Jack Delaney also granted a request to remove defense attorney Matt Stephens from Rios' case. Rios' other attorney, Matt Kinney, said he would ask Delaney to appoint new co-counsel. Rios' attorneys have asked that her trial be severed from Graham's, but Delaney has not ruled on that motion. Two other men have already been tried in federal court for Aquash's murder. Arlo Looking Cloud was convicted in 2004 and is serving a sen...

U.S. Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS, 448 U.S. 371 (1980) 448 U.S. 371 UNITED STATES v. SIOUX NATION OF INDIANS ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS. No. 79-639. Argued March 24, 1980. Decided June 30, 1980. Link to Opinion http://laws.findlaw.com/us/448/371.html