Kicking Bear aka: Matȟó Wanáȟtake ( 1846? – 1904)
Kicking Bear, also known as Matȟó Wanáȟtaka, was a Lakota Sioux spiritual leader and a key figure in the Ghost Dance movement of 1890. He was born around 1846 near Pine Ridge, in what...
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Lakota Traditional People Celebrated In Beautiful Photo Series By Nancy G
Nancy Greifenhagen of Nancy G Photography is a stock and portrait photographer for over 12 years. Some of her specialty subjects include Native American Indians, Western imagery, Animals and Emergency Services. We are glad...
Local ranch gifts Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Rare White Bison
There’s a one in ten million chance of having a white bison calf. So when leaders of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa heard they were getting a white buffalo, community members gathered for...
Medicine Wheel Native American Teachings Explained?
The Medicine Wheel Native American Teachings is of a circle, a symbol, which is filled with many of the teachings and wisdom past down from generation to generation in the First Nations culture. These teachings, protocols,...
Medicine According to Cherokee Legend
The Old Ones say that at one time all of Creation spoke the same language. The plants could communicate with the finned ones, the four-leggeds could speak with the trees, the stones could talk...
Meet Sitting Bull’s Great Great Granddaughter Brenda White Bull
Here is an intimate photo essay and an interview with Lakota warrior Brenda White Bull in her own words: “Han Mitakuyape. My Lakota name is Waunsila Win. It means compassionate woman. My English name...
Native American Actor Rick Mora Helps Abandoned Huskies To Find New Homes
“Feel it, just feel it, go where your heart takes you. In humility and kindness, you will find your hearts path… Then you will discover yours.” -Rick Mora Rick was born in a field...
Native American Quotes about Mother Earth
The old people came literally to love the soil, and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. It was good for the skin to...
Moving Robe Woman, a Hunkpapa (Sitting Bull’s branch of the Sioux)
THERE WERE FEMALE WARRIORS TOO: Shown here is Moving Robe Woman, a Hunkpapa (Sitting Bull’s branch of the Sioux). INSP explains: Moving Robe Woman was no stranger to battle. At age 17, she took...
Native American Actor releases a short film to oppose “Grizzly Trophy Hunt”
“Reintroduce the sacred grizzly bear to tribal homelands – not to trophy hunting,” implores actor Zahn McClarnon as he closes the just-released “Not in Our Name” short film with an appeal for public support...
