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The reclamation of identity, culture, and traditions are all involved with the reintroduction of buffalo. It is an inherent right for tribes to reintroduce and manage buffalo on their reservations to preserve their way of life.
Videos, Interactives, Lesson Plans, and More!
A winter count is a pictographic record of historical/memorable events for a tiospaye (community). The site incudes lesson plans, videos, background information, and interviews. (Photo Taken at The Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD)
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It is impossible to know how many lives Nellie Two Bulls has influenced. She was referred to as "Grandma Nellie" by thousands. (Archival Video)
Provides educators and students with new perspectives on Native American history and cultures.
God speaks in the wisdom of an ancestors, and in daily inspiration.
After the losses experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many children were dealing with mental health issues. Members of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe developed a horse program to help those children navigate their path to healing.
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Video series designed for kids in PreK through 4th grade.
Tashina Red Hawk won the rodeo queen honor for the second time in three years. Red Hawk has been riding and training horses since she was four. Her horses are like family to her.
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For K-12 Teachers and Parents
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Stories of Pine Ridge Video Series
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Meet a Lakota Code Talker
Meet Don Laudner, who served his county as a native-speaking code talker during the Korean War.
St. Mary's Boarding School
Intertribal Buffalo Council Board gathered in Flandreau, South Dakota, in July of 2023 to do a cultural buffalo harvest with the new harvest trailer. The trailer is a way to help tribes process buffalo on-site.
This PowerPoint series includes a brief history of buffalo in South Dakota. Also, there are photos of buffalo parts, like a buffalo hide and tail. Your students are encouraged to guess the traditional use of the buffalo part and its location on the buffalo.
The reclamation of identity, culture, and traditions are all involved with the reintroduction of buffalo. It is an inherent right for tribes to reintroduce and manage buffalo on their reservations to preserve their way of life.
In this 2000 Dakota Life story, SDPB takes you to the Vore Buffalo Jump in the northwest Black Hills. A natural sinkhole that served for centuries as a bison trap.
As a species, Buffalo possess specific characteristics that make them well suited for life on the northern plains. In this Dakota Life story from 2000, we interview scientists who study the beasts. They tell us of characteristics unique to Bison.
In this Dakota Life story from 2007, we meet Oglala Lakota Artist Kevin Pourier, who specializes in creating jewelry with buffalo horns.
From 7 Generation games
From 7 Generation Games
From 7 Generation Games
On this page you will find educational resources for the Dakota Pathways episode called People of the Bison. There is an episode guide, additional videos, activities, and more.
On this page you will find educational resources for the Dakota Pathways episode called A Dark Day. There is an episode guide, additional videos, activities, and more.
Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
Creation Of Moon Phases
Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
North Star Romance
Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
Fallen Stars and Devil's Tower
Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
Milky Way Spirit Path
Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
The Forest, The Treaty, And The Precedent For Returning Seized Land
Medicine Knoll, in Central South Dakota, exhibits an ancient and peculiar knowledge of place in the form of an enormous snake.
There are runic legends written in stone on hilltops across SD: giant snakes, turtles, mythical beasts, and sacred symbols. The meanings are a mystery to most of us.
Three seemingly ordinary stones sit on a hill above some cabins at the Oahe Sunset Lodge on Lake Pocasse, just west of Pollock, South Dakota.
Recipes from PBS Food, including Cherokee bean bread and squash pie.
What Is “Pre-Colonial” Cooking?
What began as 3 hives have turned into 50 and the Honey Lodge program on the Rosebud Indian Reservation has become a place where youth learn about the land, the importance of pollinators, and how to engage their entrepreneurial spirit.