LastRealIndians is collaborating with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to Centralize Funding Efforts to save one our our most precious sacred sites (Pe Sla) in the middle of the Black Hills. Donate online by following Indiegogo link at the lastrealindians.com website. Wopila Tanka Ic'ic'iyapelo! http://www.indiegogo.com/PeSla-LakotaHeartland Or you could send check or money order to: Rosebud Sioux Tribe/Pesla 11 Legion Ave. PO Box 430 Rosebud, South Dakota 57570 Update: 8.28.12 Tuesday The Land Auction which was scheduled for Saturday August 24, 2012 at the Rapid City Ramkota Inn was cancelled at the request of the Reynolds Family (owners). Reasons were not given. The efforts to get funding to purchase this land continued. It has just been announced that tribes have made an offer to secure lands in Pe Sla. The Reynolds estate counter offered and tribal councils are scheduled to have a telephone "conference call" today to decide the next steps to take.

CRAZY HORSE ADVOCATE summer 2010 Paha Sapa: To Accept is to Deny "Thieves Road Leads to Black Hills Settlement Discussions" Amongst tribal leaders and members of the Great Sioux Nation comes a formulated opinion that tribes need to cash in on the Black Hills Claim of more than one (1) billion dollars. Since the United States of America has now seated a minority as President, many tribal leaders now feel that his administration would not be opposed to opening up the discussions to settle the long standing opposition of the Black Hills monetary awards. Barack Obama claims to be a strong believer of tribal sovereignty and believes that tribes are better suited in deciding the outcome of the settlement monies for themselves. Of course, it would be government to IRA government deciding the best options for traditional Lakotas. Those tribal members running for tribal government positions as well as newspaper editors are quick to influence our poverty stricken tribal communiti...

The Crazy Horse Advocate newsletter, Summer 2010 issue, is now available. This newsletter is currently not available online. If anyone wishes to recieve a print copy, please send self addressed stamped envelope to: Lakota Student Alliance PO Box 349 Porcupine SD 57772 The Crazy Horse Advocate is a newsletter maintained by sons of Nebraska AIM coordinator Bob Yellow Bird and members of the Lakota Student Alliance. A publication on the Oglala Lakota Nation since 1972 following the Fort Robinson Nebraska Occupation by the Nebraska Chapter of the American Indian Movement. Crazy Horse Advocate was founded by Bob Yellow Bird and William Cross.

By Barbara Soderlin Journal staff | Posted: Saturday, May 15, 2010 Rapid City Journal Charmaine White Face, known as an environmental and Native American activist, organized a protest Friday that was more personal than usual. Her son, Marc Wisecarver, 40, has been incarcerated for more than 15 months. Now, he is being held in Pennington County Jail, awaiting trial Tuesday on charges of depredation of government property. She said he is being held unlawfully and that the charges should not have been filed. The charges stem from an April 29, 2008, incident in which a Bureau of Indian Affairs soil conservationist drove a government pickup truck onto Wisecarver's land near Manderson on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. After an argument, in which Wisecarver told the agent to leave his property, Wisecarver fired a rifle round into the grille of the truck, because he heard the agent rev the engine and was afraid he would be run over, he testified in a January 2009 federal court trial presid...

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