Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is made up of four bands of Sioux people: the Minneconjou, Two Kettle, Sans Arc, and Blackfoot Sioux.
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The Legend of Devil’s Tower
Out of the plains of Wyoming rises Devil’s Tower. It is really a rock, visible for a hundred miles around, an immense cone of basalt which seems to touch the clouds. Devil’s Tower sticks out of the flat prairie as…
Lakota Star Knowledge
The Lakota constellations are visible in the winter sky, and they reflect Lakota mythology. A notable aspect of that mythology is that every event and object on earth has a correspondent in the sky.
We must honor the buffalo! We are buffalo people.
Many days passed before the joy of that day settled deeply into my heart and I could move forward to thinking on the realities of the present situation of the buffalo on our People. The senseless slaughter of 60 million…
Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike (Primeaux & Mike)
Primeaux & Mike are best known for their Native American Church and Peyote songs. In 2002 Bless the People won the Grammy for Best Native American Album and the Nammy for Best Traditional Recording.
Traditional War Stories & Wounded Knee 1973
Many of our people have forgotten the traditional way “War Stories” are used and respected in the sacred ceremonies of the people of the Sundance and Pipe, we who have always lived in the center of our turtle island. Long…