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The Remains Of Killdeer Mountain
The Remains Of Killdeer MountainIndustry Encroaches On Historical LandmarkBy Dakota WindKilldeer, N.D.– A Lakota tradition is that blue is a sacred color, all colors are, but blue is special. It’s the...
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Wamduska Bde: The Origin Of Stump Lake
Sunset at Stump Lake, N.D. Photo By Aaron Barth, The Edge Of The Village.Wamduska Bde: Serpent LakeThe Origin Of Stump LakeBy Louie Garcia, Spirit Lake OyateNote: I received a message, "What is the...
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The 1863 Apple Creek Conflict 150 Years Later
A composite panorama of Apple Creek from the northeast point of Pictured Bluff. The image is southwest (l) to north (r). The Dakota Conflict In Dakota TerritoryThe Apple Creek Conflict 150 Years...
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The Origin Of Tokio
The Origin Of Čhaŋbdáska Otȟúŋwahe (Tokio, ND)Tókhiya (Where Is It) Is Where Its AtBy Louie Garcia for the History And Culture Of The Spirit Lake Nation.Note: The only changes to Garcia's original...
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Whitestone Hill 150 Years Later
Whitestone Hill 150 Years Later, 1863-2013The Bloodiest Massacre On The Great PlainsBy Dakota WindWhitestone Hill, N.D. – The wind blew in gusts across the vast open plains. The Dakota and Lakota...
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Pahá Kȟoškálaka: Young Man’s Butte
Pahá Kȟoškálaka: Young Man’s ButtePlains Indian Warfare And BraveryBy Dakota WindRichardton, N.D.– The Lakȟóta and the Kȟaŋğí(Crow) were once traditional enemies, that is, before the reservation era,...
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Mní Nažúŋspe KawéğA (Broke Ax Lake), A Tragic Love Story
Mní Nažúŋspe KawéğA (Broke Ax Lake)A Tragic Love Story: Painted Wood RevisitedBy Dakota WindWashburn, N.D. – The story of tragic young love is universal. It is perhaps most widely known through the...
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Yellow Horse's Narrative Of The Apple Creek Conflict
Sitting Bull's own pictographic record placed him at Big Mound, where he stole a mule and counted coup on one of Sibley's men.Yellow Horse’s Narrative Of The Running Battle1863, From Big Mound To Apple...
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Development Disturbs Significant North Dakota Historical Site
Development Disturbs Significant Cultural SiteKilldeer Mountain: Sacred Site, Battle Field, Oil RichBy Dakota WindKilldeer, N.D.– Killdeer Mountain as a natural land feature is hardly worth commenting...
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A Dakota Woman's Love Story Not Yet Ended
A self-portrait of Holly.A Dakota Woman's Love Story Not Yet EndedBy Dakota WindBismarck, N.D.– Late afternoon became evening. Cloudless and without a whisper of wind, the day drew itself to a soft and...
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Philip Deloria Returns To North Dakota
Philip Deloria Returns To North DakotaAn Author And Scholar In His Own RightBy Dakota WindGrand Forks, N.D.– I came awake at four in the morning. Sleep sand still thick in my eyes, I managed to roll...
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Broken Bone Lake Also Known As Pleasant Lake
Nearby Broken Bone Hill, west of the lake, overlooks Broken Bone Lake, ND. KAȞÚĞA MNí: TO-BREAK-IN-TO [as in “BONE”] LAKEPLEASANT LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEBy Dakota WindRugby, N.D.– East of...
View ArticleThe Spirit Of Autumnal Morning On The Northern Plains
The Spirit Of Autumnal Morning On The Northern PlainsA Clean Beginning To A New DayBy Dakota WindNote: There are no pictures, only my description.Missouri River, N.D. - When I went out to start my car...
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Crying Hill: A Sacred Natural Landmark
A view of Crying Hill from above in the 1930s.Crying Hill: A Sacred Natural LandmarkWhere The Hidatsa Became Two TribesEdited by Dakota WindMandan, N.D.- In 1919, Colonel Alfred Burton Welch, a World...
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The Wind Is The Spirit Of The Great Plains
Tȟaté’káoškokpa (Canyon Made-By-Wind), or Wind Canyon, along the Heȟáka Tȟa Wakpá (River Of Elk; Little Missouri River) in Makȟóšíća (Badlands, N.D.; Theodore Roosevelt National Park).The Wind Is The...
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The Origin Of The Prairie Rose
The Origin Of The Prairie RoseThe First Love Of WhirlwindAs told to Rev. Aaron Beede, Sept. 1, 1921FORT YATES, N.D. - A long time ago, the surface of makȟá (the world) which is the blanket of Makȟóče...
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The Council Of The Flowers
Fragrant Water Lilly in bloom, S.D., photo by National Park Service.The Council Of The FlowersThe Last And Lowliest Flower Becomes The LoveliestAs told by Mrs. Kick The Corn, 1915. (Note: Text has...
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Expressions Of Gratitude: Thank You In Speech And Sign
"Hand Talk, or Plains Indian Sign Language, existed from Mexico to Canada," says Dr. Jesse Johnson, enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, author of map.Expressions Of Gratitude"Thank You"...
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No Two Horns' Narratives Of Apple Creek Conflict And Burnt Boat Fight
The Episcopal priest, Aaron Beede, in Fort Yates, ND, collected this piece authored by No Two Horns. The story: No Two Horns entered an enemy village, likely Crow as indicated by the hair style of the...
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Standing Rock Legend, A Test Of Faithfulness
"Standing Rock, The Sacred Stone Of The Sioux," by W.A. Rodgers.Another Legend Of Standing RockA Tale Of Faithfulness During A Long AbsenceBy Dakota WindSTANDING ROCK, N.D. – There are several...
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