May 3, 2017 [email protected]

It’s May; Canwápi To Wi, Moon of the Green Leaves. As we head west for the powwows in California we see mother earth is in her finest regalia including the green leaves of the trees waving to us along the way. We stopped at Scottsbluff, Nebraska then Walsenburg, Durango, through, Wolf Creek pass and Towaoc…

April 13, 2017 [email protected]

April is known as Wihákaktacépapi Wi, literally Moon when the wife had to crack bones for marrow fat. But  Spring has made its appearances around Pine Ridge. Snow is melting and trees are budding as seen in the month of May or Canwápe To Wi, Moon of the green leaves. We’ve been busy visiting the…

March 3, 2017 [email protected]

Aho!  It’s been a long winter, but promises of spring begin to sprout. We just began  lštáwicayazan Wi, “the moon of the sore eyes”named so because typically there is plenty of snow glaring in the mid-day sun.  But days are getting longer and the blanket of snow is receding. We’ve been busy attending winter powwows…

January 18, 2017 [email protected]

Omaka Teca! Happy New Year! It’s been awhile since you last heard from us. Several severe storms have hit Pine Ridge and while we are used to all that winter brings, there is always a challenge to deal with what it does for driving around here. In the next few weeks we will highlight some…

November 1, 2016 [email protected]

  Once again Lakota Red Nations participated in Black Hills Powwow at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center located in Rapid City South Dakota. This powwow featured dance and singing competitions with special emphasis on the Northern Plains’ traditions. This powwow is one of the largest in the area attracting hundreds of participants and thousands of…

September 28, 2016 [email protected]

Aho! It’s been a busy end of the summer doing what we love to do; share Lakota art and history. In August, collaborating with Wakpamni Lake Cultural Center, our family provided guided tours for visitors from Germany. We went to Devils Tower  known in Lakota as Matȟó Thípila-“Bear Lodge”, Medicine Wheel and Badlands National Park. Our visitors…

July 29, 2016 [email protected]

Summer is the time for families and friends, new and old, to come together.  There’s no better place to do so than at a traditional wacipi. This year, on July 2 during the Veterans Honoring at the Wakpamni Lake Area wacipi,  we introduced a new group of young dancers, ages 7-12. This gathering is one…