Native American History

As the US Mint continues its American Women Quarters Program, one of the new faces to enter circulation has South Dakota roots.

Over the last 75 years, the memorial has evolved into more than a sightseeing destination.

Madonna Thunder Hawk was there in 1973 during the 71-day standoff at Wounded Knee. She shared her story with In the Moment.

February 27, 1973, American Indian Movement members- began a 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

American Indian Movement activists arrived in Custer to protest the charges against Darld Schmitz on February 6, 1973.

A longtime, legendary Lakota newsman has died. Tim Giago, most recently of Native Sun News, died Sunday morning.

The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty pledged that the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, would be "set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians."In the 1980 case United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, the U.S. Supreme Court found that 1868 treaty had been repeatedly violated by the U.S. government and white settlers.

For two months in 1973, Wounded Knee, in the Pine Ridge reservation, was occupied by members of the American Indian Movement. Leaders of the siege declared the territory an independent Oglala Nation. Members of AIM set up barricades in opposition to racism, corruption, and the policies of then-tribal president Dick Wilson.

Many Native American emergence stories surround Wind Cave National Park. Sina Bear Eagles share with us one of the most common.

Forced as a child out of Minnesota following the 1862 Dakota War, Charles Eastman began his formal education in Flandreau. He went on to become the first licensed Native American physician in the United States.