Sitting Bull was one of the most important Lakota leaders and played a crucial role in the major conflicts between the Sioux ...

The Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25 and 26, 1876, lasted barely a full day, but it would become one of the most famous, controversial and mysterious military engagements in American history.

The return of artifacts from the Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota will help Lakota Sioux elders start to heal from their trauma, and give young people a chance to learn about their history, says ...

Though the 150th anniversary of Lt. Col. George Custer's defeat by Lakota Sioux, Arapaho and Northern Cheyenne warriors — known as both the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Battle ...

Red Horse, “Untitled from the Red Horse Pictographic Account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn” (1881), graphite, colored pencil, and ink (NAA MS 2367A, 08571100, National Anthropological Archives, ...

Mount Rushmore is celebrated around the world as a symbol of American democracy, drawing millions of visitors to South Dakota ...

EXCLUSIVE: “The Lakota Sioux still believe that it belongs to them, and they want it back.” “It” is the Black Hills, site of Mount Rushmore — which sits on what had been their most sacred spiritual ...

KEARNEY, Nebraska — Father Art Faesser considers his living room his sanctuary. A small crucifix hangs on the wall. So, too, does an elaborate Sioux dress, a cradle board, drums, a buffalo head and ...

If you are looking for hope in South Dakota, you do not look at numbers and percents and totals. Among the native Lakota people, social issues like alcohol, drug abuse and teen suicide rack up some ...

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived. For ...