Author Archives: Vi Waln

ROSEBUD, SD – The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will provide the cash earnest payment as an initial step to purchase approximately 1,940 acres of land located in the Black Hills. The site, also known as the Reynolds Prairie Ranches, was originally set to be sold through public auction last month.   However, the auction was canceledContinue reading “Rosebud moves forward with intent to purchase land”

I clearly remember the very first letter I ever wrote to the editor of a newspaper. I was 18 years old and wanted to express my opinion about the campaign tactics surrounding the tribal election. I submitted my unsigned letter through the mail but it didn’t get printed. Newspapers worth their salt require you signContinue reading “Are you guided by integrity?”

By Debra White Plume, Owe Aku (Bring Back the Way)   The precious drinking water supply of the Oglala Lakota people will be overlapped more than a few times if TransCanada gets its way and the US State Department approves its second attempt to get a permit to build the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline. TheContinue reading “Sacred Water Protection Teach Ins to take place on the Pine Ridge Reservation”

Our children are our most precious resource. As Lakota people we regularly offer prayers for our children and coming generations to have a better life; thousands of years ago, our Lakota ancestors believed the same about us. Back then, we were the unborn they prayed for to have a good life.   Many of usContinue reading “I pray for the minds of my people to evolve”

http://afraidofhawk.org/Afraid_of_Hawk/Bio.html Albert Afraid of Hawk, age 21, passed away on June 29, 1900 at Danbury, CT. After 112 years his remains are now home for burial on the Lakota Treaty homelands he loved.   A one night wake service was held and funeral services will be today, Sunday, September 9, 2012 at the Wounded Knee District SchoolContinue reading “Albert Afraid Of Hawk”

I don’t sing in the shower, nor do I sing in the rain; but I do love to sing. I inherited my talent for song from my maternal tiospaye. My late maternal Grandfather’s name was Clarence Packard. He was a very skilled man. One of his many talents was music. He could play a trumpet.Continue reading “My song is my medicine”

Modern technology is amazing. There is so much we can do with computers, smart phones, cameras and the Internet. Events can be shared with the world in almost an instant. When you go out in public you cannot really expect any kind of privacy anymore. There is always someone with either a camera equipped cellContinue reading “If you plan to travel to Nebraska to stand up for what is right, be prepared to be treated like an animal”

ROSEBUD, SD – Cyril “Whitey” Scott was the unofficial winner of the General Election for tribal president held here last week. He received 39 votes more than incumbent Rodney Bordeaux.   Bordeaux has served the last 7 years, or three terms, as President of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.   William “Willie” Kindle was re-elected asContinue reading “Scott unofficial winner of Rosebud’s Tribal President Election”

Updates: Women’s Day of Peace Action in White Clay.

2012 RST Unofficial General Election Results, a photo by sicanguscribbler on Flickr.