Unequal pay, retaliation alleged in Lakota woman's lawsuit against Crescent Electric Supply Company. March 22, 2014 - A Rapid City woman is claiming a local company, including several of its top administrators, sexually discriminated against her by paying her less than her male co-workers, for performing commensurate sales duties, and then denying her any sales commissions for the contracts she won. She was then, allegedly, retaliated against by company officials when she complained. Lisa Davis is seeking actual and punitive damages from Crescent Electric Supply Company for what she calls the company's "reckless disregard" of her federally protected rights, under the. Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. Davis, who had worked at the electric supply company since 2005, filed the lawsuit in February, 2012 in the United States District Court. In the petition, Davis claims that after successfully working in a clerical position for ...

Science Meets Tradition and Benefits Culture by Christina Rose Students gather around a homemade river and banks to see the effects damming has on land at a program organized by Misty Brave. Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/01/17/science-meets-tradition-and-benefits-culture-153077 1/17/14  |  Ellsworth Chytka, Ihanktowan, is an elderly man from Yankton, South Dakota. When asked about technology, he told a story about a woman he knew who was driving and told her children, “Look at the sunset!” The children looked up, admired it briefly, and went back to their iPads and smart phones. The mother sighed and said again, “Look at the sunset!” They looked up again, took pictures of it with their devices, and went back to their games. The woman stopped the car and made the children get out, and said, “Look at the sunset!” “When you look at it, it goes inside you. People hardly go outside anymore, it is part of becoming emotionless; and th...

Honor The Treaties video from Youtube   HONOR THE TREATIES by Eric Becker (2012) Honor the Treaties is a short film that captures the journey of photographer Aaron Huey as he explores and reveals the struggles of the Native Lakota people of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Follow us @ https://www.facebook.com/iloveancestry https://www.youtube.com/iloveancestry https://twitter.com/LovingAncestry http://iloveancestry.tumblr.com http://pinterest.com/iloveancestry For those who don't know and still believe that it is OK to pretend that the U.S is the greatest country on earth. REALTY CHECK! Watch this video NOW. This is how The First People of This Land are treated TODAY. Spread the word and Share this video now! It began as just a project to capture poverty across the country, but turned into something much more meaningful than that. This is a truly compelling story that deserves to be shared. Doesn't hurt to have Shepard Fai...

From Law Professor Frank Pommersheim's article: "LAND INTO TRUST: AN INQUIRY INTO LAW, POLICY, AND HISTORY" in Idaho Law Review vol 49. View the Article Online PDF file .

Press Release: Treaty Meeting, Wounded Knee Site, Saturday July 13, 4:44 p.m. Contact: Scott Barta (1851 Treaty) 218-204-1384 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE There will be a Treaty Meeting at the Wounded Knee Massacre site on Saturday afternoon at 4:44 p.m. Families, women, and men are invited to participate in this spiritual Treaty Talking Circle to discuss strategies for getting the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie honored and respected. Currently, nine (9) trillion dollars in Black Hills gold sits as stolen property in Fort Knox, Kentucky, while millions of dollars a day is spirited off of Treaty Lands from Wyoming in train cars to supply the electricity needs (coal gasification plants) for millions of americans - without one (1) cent going to the Treaty Signatory Nations and the N/DN/D/Lakota people for their Treaty Resource. There will be a Canunpa Circle Ceremony as well as discussion about utilizing Treaty Land for a spiritual encampment/Treat...

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Informal Science Seminar and Youth Concert: Summary and Report 40th Anniversary of Wounded Knee 1973 Liberation Day.   February 27 2013 Annual 4 Directions Walk to Wounded Knee commemorating Liberation Day: February 27, 1973.   Mato Najin of Indigenous performs Tuesday night. Michael Bucher Margo Thunderbird, Shinnecock Nation of New York. Milo Yellowhair and Dennis Banks, Concert MCs Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Porcupine SD: “Empowering the Youth of the Lakota Nation,” was the theme for an Informal Science Seminar and Concert that took place Tuesday February 26th, 2013.  Over 300 people gathered in the community of Porcupine, SD to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Wounded Knee 1973.  It was a day to look forward from the outcomes of the Wounded Knee Occupation that took place in 1973.  40 years after the occupation the Lakota Oyate and Indigenous Nations from across the North American Continent as well as Europe gathered to ...

Agenda for Tuesday. February 26 Informal Science Seminar @ Porcupine College Center 1:00-1:30pm: Opening prayer-TBA Welcome- Dr. Hannan LaGarry, Math and Science Chair & Clyde Bellecourt, AIM Grand Governing Council 2:00pm: Math and Science Intern Research: 1. GIS and LIDAR - Willis Zephier; 2. Uranium Research - Elisha Yellow Thunder; 3. Fluoride additive to Water-LaDonna No Neck; 4. Electromagnetic Radiation-Ika Werner 3:00-3:10 pm: Break 3:10-3:40pm: The Tar Sands - Aaron Rasor 3:40-3:50pm: Keystone XL Pipeline - Louis Brings Plenty, Terrance Nelson (AIMGGC Canada) 3:50- 4:20pm: Traditional Digital Mapping 4:20-4:00pm: Leksi Ed Bear Runner-Life of the Beaver 4:40-5:00pm: Closing By Ed Bear Runner Traditional feast @ Porcupine Clinic     5:00 pm Meal served. Concert @ Porcupine School Gym. 6:30pm: Doors open at Porcupine Day School booths will be running   6:30-8:00pm: Information Booths   7: 00pm : O pening prayer and honoring ...

Let us come together, as the past present and future generation of Indigenous People of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre -1973 Wounded Knee Occupation and now 2013 Wounded Knee Commemorative 40 years later 123 years later. Let us come together as one strong voice,and that one strong voice will be heard for our people! In the spirit of Crazy Horse Free Leonard Peltier. Roberta Crazy Thunder, 1973 Wounded Knee Veteran

Empowering the Youth of the Lakota Nation Informal Science Seminar and Concert February 26, 2013 (Tues) - Porcupine SD Honoring the Youth Concert Featuring:  Michael Bucher (3 time Native American Music Award Winner)  |  RedSoul  |  The Margo Thunderbird Band  |  Vaugn Vargas  |  Scatter Their Own  |  folk singer Larry Long  |  World Class Northern Singing Champions: Midnite Express  |  World Renowned rock/blues band: Indigenous   |  and your MC's for the Concert Milo Yellow Hair & Dennis Banks  .. . and many more.   Schedule of Events 1pm - 5pm: Informal Science Seminar @ Pahin Sinte College Center . Topics include: Math and Science Student Research, Environmental Issues in Lakota Land, Conservation Biology (Life of a Beaver) 5pm: Traditional Feast @  Porcupine Clinic 6:30pm - Doors Open @ Porcupine School.   Youth Information ...

Pe S'la has been restored to the Oc'eti S'akowin (Great Sioux Nation.) On November 30, officials from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community in Minnesota announced they had raised the required $9 million to purchase the nearly 2,000 acre tract of Private Land from the Reynolds family. Internet fundraising efforts from the "Last Real Indians" organization also helped in the acquisition. We thank you for your hard work.

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.

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...

Statement Regarding Richard Marshall’s Motion to Quash a Subpoena in the trial of John Graham: What is the truth? South Dakota justice system seeks lies as truth in Indian country. November 30, 2010 - What becomes of a country when it’s indigenous people are being taught that, in a foreign court of law, lying under oath is a truthful lie and that truthful lie will set you free? Back in the 1970s when Sovereignty was an idea of the red power movement, Indians were just beginning to examine corruption in their tribal governments. Today, Sovereignty means something different. Today we see that Sovereignty banner in every gaming compact negotiation where tribal leaders plead to states for more slot machines, while the racist state bargains for more jurisdiction in Indian Country, keeping in mind the states goal of gaining more Indian lands. In 1973, Richard Marshall was one of those early Sovereignty rights advocates as he traveled with leaders like Pedro Bissonette. In Apr...

In memory of Rick Trailman Gray Buffalo Today, October 26, 2010, our people will be burying a warrior of the 20 th and 21 st century, in the sacred Black Hills. That warrior is Rick Trailman Gray Buffalo. 48,273,000 acres ago we were a unified nation of peoples. The Ft Laramie Treaty of 1851 & 68 declared those 48 million acres to be Great Sioux Reservation territory. However, in the past several decades we have had to occupy those lands to remind the empire that we will continue to sacrifice ourselves so that our future generations will remember they are united as Lakota. Trailman was among those who offered to sacrifice to return to those 48 million acres. The Lakota Student Alliance would like to respectfully remember Rick “Trailman” Gray Buffalo. Trailman was given the name at Wounded Knee in 1973. On March 22, 1999, there was no strategic plan to occupy Laframbois Island in Pierre. There was no strategic meeting announced among our people. Tha...

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...

Hello Everyone, Just returned from a meeting in Switzerland of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War where I was requested to do a presentation. At the meeting, we learned about the connection between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organization. Our concern, from the Indigenous people present, was that our recommendation to the UN more than a year ago, requesting the WHO to come to our Regions to do studies was being ignored. We learned that any information that WHO might gather was censored by the IAEA so our request for the information would be ineffective. We are encouraging an international campaign to open up all information collected by WHO. Others who have tried to do this in the past, we were told, "disappeared." The doctors telling us this were very upset as they knew those that "disappeared." My request to the WHO for these studies was to show that if Indigenous people were impacted by nuclear contamina...

"You Can Only Kick So Long..." American Indian Movement leadership in Nebraska 1972-1979 by W. Dale Mason Reprinted with Permission-Originally Printed in Journal of the West 1984 Following the "re-occupation" of Alcatraz Island by Federal authorities in late 1971 after a two-year "occupation" by Indians living near San Francisco, the emerging nationwide Indian movement entered a new phase. Between the mid-1960s and 1971 there had been numerous "fish-ins" and seizures of Federal property by young Indian activists. Many of these acts of direct confrontation occurred without a great deal of planning. They often lacked a broad base of support among the Indian people living in the areas where they took place. Alcatraz itself was not of major concern to many indigenous California Indians. The impetus for the occupation of the Island had come from Indian college students living in the Bay Area led by Richard Oaks, a 27 year-old Mohawk from the St.Regis...

Students Gather at Mt. Rushmore Effort Made to explain land struggle by Karen Testerman Indian Country Today. Feb. 29, 1996. B-1. He Sapa: Not For Sale 2.29.96 BLACK HILLS, SD - Wanting to educate visitors on the struggles of the Lakota people, Lakota students recently gathered at Mount Rushmore. The Lakota Student Alliance organized a public assembly at Mount Rushmore to coincide with an MTV filming of a performance by rock band The Presidents of the United States of America, which aired nationally President's Day. The students expressed an alternative viewpoint of the four presidents carved in the mountain and the reasons why the Sioux Nation continues to refuse monetary compensation from the United States government. "We still believe the Black Hills are the heart of our nation," students said. "We must negotiate the unconditional return of our land." In 1980, the United States tried to right a wrong by awarding the Sioux Nation monies for the Black Hills, ...