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  By Vi Waln Working in a hostile environment affects you more than you realize. I’ve experienced what it’s like to work for organizations that condone hostile environments. It isn’t fun. Today, I would estimate that 99.9% of employed people on the homelands are subject to hostile environments at work. Sometimes the hostility comes fromContinue reading “Hostile Work Environments are Harrassment”

  By Vi Waln ROSEBUD – The first meeting of Sicangu Lakota descendants of children who are buried in Carlisle, Pennsylvania was emotional, educational and empowering. “Our children went to the youth conference in Washington DC last summer,” stated Russell Eagle Bear, who serves as Rosebud’s Tribal Historic Preservation Officer. “On the trip back theyContinue reading “Sicangu Youth Host Meeting with Carlisle Descendants”

By Vi Waln January is National Stalking Awareness Month. President Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation stating: “Every person deserves to live freely and without the fear of being followed or harassed. Stalking is a violation of our fundamental freedoms, and it insults our most basic values as a Nation. Often perpetrated by those weContinue reading “Human Trafficking and Slavery are Very Real”

By Vi Waln I was never an advocate for boarding schools. I’ve heard people talk about the terrible experiences they had at boarding school. I believe the boarding school experience caused unnecessary trauma to some of our people. Carlisle Indian Industrial School was the very first boarding school established for our people. It was inContinue reading “Tribal Youth Need Your Support”

  By Vi Waln ROSEBUD – Spirit is believed to be guiding the efforts of a group of young people in their quest to have human remains disinterred and returned to tribal lands. The Sicangu Youth Council has set an intent to pursue the return of human remains of several children buried in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.Continue reading “Sicangu Youth Council Works to Have Remains Returned”

By Vi Waln ROSEBUD – The Rosebud Sioux Tribe invites all tribal citizens, relatives, medicine men, spiritual leaders and Descendants to a discussion about the Sicangu Lakota students who are buried in a cemetery in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. From 1879-1918, many tribal children and teenagers were sent to the boarding school at Carlisle. Nearly 200 ofContinue reading “An Invitation to Tribal Citizens, Medicine Men, Spiritual Leaders and Descendants”

By Vi Waln I am a tribal employee. Before I was hired in my present position, I served on the tribal grievance committee. I’ve also served on many other tribal boards, committees and commissions. As a journalist, I sat in on many tribal council and committee meetings. Thus, I’ve studied how tribal personnel issues areContinue reading “The Political Monster of Corruption”

Kevin Swalley, Sr., a Rosebud Sioux Tribal member, was hired as the Chief of Police in November 2014 by Tribal Council motion. He was never allowed to start his new job and has spent the last 13 months trying to get his issue resolved. His challenge of the hiring of a non-member has been ignoredContinue reading “Rosebud Chief of Police Victim of Politics”

By Vi Waln The Emergency Room (ER) at the Rosebud Comprehensive Health Care Facility was diverted to Urgent Care on December 5. The upper echelon of the Indian Health Service (IHS) determined what many of us already knew; Rosebud’s ER is not a safe place for patients to seek medical treatment. This is nothing new.Continue reading “Emergency Room Closure Might Save Lives”