Friends of the Oglala Lakota

01/19/2026

I heard from a friend at Pine Ridge today. Ice has arrested and detained 3 tribal members. How stupid is this, and who is the immigrant... Ice or the Native American??

10/07/2025

01/23/2025

I have been sick, but the good new is, I'm finally better. Sweet!
The other good news is former Pres. Joe BIden pardoned Leonard Peltier, naturally, the FBI is angry. But, they have to put up an act to show they support the FBI. Read, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, by Peter Matthiesson. You'll learn some good stuff.

11/07/2023

https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/Badlands-bombing-range Great article about Pine Ridge and the bombing target practice during WWI. Thank you to National Museum of the American Indian and their great magazine.

The U.S. government took land from the Oglala Lakota people in South Dakota for a World War II bombing range. Eight decades later, this tribe is still left with the perilous task of cleaning it up.

10/30/2023

I heard recently that my dear friend Irene "Peewee" Fast Wolf has passed onto her new life. What a wonderful woman! I miss her laugh.
Sweet woman, rest in peace.

10/10/2023

Oct. 9 was Indigenous Peoples Day. I celebrated by remembering Irene Fast Wolf from Pine Ridge Reservation. She was a teacher for many, many years at the American Horse School. She passed on this past year. Bless her sweet soul.
And I remember PFC Lori Piestewa, Hopi. She was the first American Indian woman to die in combat on foreign soil. Iraq, 2003. Twenty-three years ago. Bless her soul.

10/04/2023

This is Banned Books Week. There are many American Indian books that are banned, but you have the freedom to read them. You just can't get them in some schools. One of the best books on Rez life is the one shown below. It's very educational! I hope you can read it.

09/13/2023

This is a pair of beaded cuffs used by a man for his dance regalia. I love the story they tell. You can see the ink drawing for the pattern. He or she didn’t have a piece of good leather so a piece of baby furniture, maybe an old crib mattress, was used. Signs of sweat and dirt show they were warn many times. I love looking at them. The beautiful beading, the safety pins, the sparkly shoelaces, the ink patterns inside the cuffs. I think of him. Did he win a trophy for his dancing? Did his children watch him dance

07/18/2023

In South Dakota:
•American Indians charged with a crime make up 60% of the states case loads, while they represent 9% of the population.
•American Indians are more likely to be killed by police than any other racial group in the US.
•Indian men serve 4 times longer than white men.
•American Indian women are incarcerated at 6 times the rate of white women.
Write letters to raise awareness to:
South Dakota Department of Corrections
3200 East Highway 34, c/o 500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Or: US Sentencing Commission @ www.ussc.gov/

07/10/2023

Proud of her!

Shout out and congrats to Shayleigh ‘Bug’ Sanchez (Kiowa) who won Gold at the AAU Region 18 high jump and won Silverin the 400m to punc her ticket to the AAU Junior Olympics/ Nationals meet in Des Moines, Iowa.