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Solar Eclipse Remembered As "Fire Cloud"
A partial solar eclipse as seen on the Northern Great Plains, Oct. 23, 2014.Solar Eclipse Remembered As "Fire Cloud"This Year The Moon Kissed The SunBy Dakota WindGreat Plains, N.D. - In the Lakȟóta...
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Apple Creek Fight And Killdeer Mountain Conflict Remembered
A painting of the Killdeer Mountain Conflict of 1864 by Carl Boeckman.The Apple Creek Fight AndKilldeer Mountain Conflict RememberedDakota Conflict In Dakota TerritoryBy Dakota WindKILLDEER, N.D. -...
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Warfare On The Northern Plains: Interpreting The Pictographic Bison Robe
The Pictographic Bison Robe, Peabody Museum.Warfare On The Northern PlainsPainted Robe Reveals Battle By Dakota WindBISMARCK, N.D. – The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard...
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A Ring Around The Moon: She Makes A Fire
A ring of light, or halo, appears around the moon. The planet Jupiter is visible within the arc of light. Wíačhéič’ithi: She Makes A FireA Ring Around The MoonBy Dakota WindGREAT PLAINS– It’s a clear...
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The High Dog Winter Count, 1798
The High Dog Winter Count on display at the North Dakota Heritage Center.The High Dog Winter CountHistory Of The Great PlainsBy Dakota WindBismarck, ND– The High Dog Winter Count, a pictographic...
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Woodcraft And Wisdom, Be Aware As You Go
The Northern Great Plains, photo by World Wildlife.XXIII: Woodcraft And Weather WisdomAkhíta Máni (Be Aware As You Go)By Charles EastmanNote: The following is an excerpt of Charles Eastman's "Indian...
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A Lakota Woman's Lost Love
An engraving of Lake Pepin in Minnesota. Maiden Rock appears in the background in the right half of this image. Legend Of The Maiden’s LeapA Lakȟóta Woman’s Lost LoveCollected by Frances DensmoreFort...
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Lakota Woman Goes To War
Camp of the Gros Ventre on the Prairies, by Karl Bodmer. Brave Woman Counts CoupHuŋkphápȟa Woman RememberedAs told by Jenny Leading CloudAmerican Indian Myths And LegendsEdited by The First ScoutWhite...
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A Tale Of Jealously And Death
Ghost Hill on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, south and east of Fort Yates, ND.Legend Of Ghost HillJealously Drives Mob To MurderAs Told By Šiyáka (Pied-Billed Grebe)Song by Two...
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Purple Robe, Golden Heart: The Prairie Crocus
A Prairie Crocus flower blossoms on the Northern Great Plains. Hokšíčhekpa, Wanáȟča Tȟá UnčíPrairie Crocus, Grandmother Of The FlowersBy The First ScoutThe Prairie Crocus is known by many names:...
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Coolidge Remembered As Bear Ribs
President Coolidge seen here with members of the Sicangu Lakota people. Coolidge Recognized With Lakota NameStanding Rock Sioux Call Him “Bear Ribs”Edited by Dakota GoodhouseBismarck, N.D. (Bismarck...
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The Hero Saved, The Trickster Punished
Ziŋtkála Ša, Red Bird, reads in this photo. The Hero Saved, The Trickster PunishedShooting Of The Red EagleBy Ziŋtkála Ša (Red Bird)The following story, "Shooting of The Red Eagle," comes from Ziŋtkála...
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My Bow And Arrow Story
George Catlin's "Game Of The Arrow."Wičhóȟ’aŋ ItázipayataThe Tradition Of The BowBy Dakota WindGREAT PLAINS, N.D. & S.D. – In my young boyhood days, my mother took me and my younger brother to live...
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The Medicine Bear Winter Count
The Medicine Bear Winter Count is a part of the Native American, Plains Indian, collection at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Purchased through the William S. Rubin Fund, the...
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The High Dog Winter Count
The High Dog Winter Count can be seen at the North Dakota Heritage Center. Image courtesy of the SHSND.Waníyetu Wówapi Šúŋka Waŋkátuya KiŋThe High Dog Winter CountBy Dakota WindBISMARCK, N.D. - Šúŋka...
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Bullhead And The Last Days Of Sitting Bull
Lt. Henry Bullhead, a Yanktonai Dakota. Photo by D.F. Barry. Who Really Killed Sitting Bull?Lakota Leader Killed In ConfrontationEdited By Dakota WindFORT YATES, N.D. – Note: the following article...
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The North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Since 1949
Map of tribal nations of North Dakota. Standing Rock and the Lake Traverse (Sisseton-Wahpeton) extend into South Dakota. North Dakota Indian Affairs CommissionA Reflection Of State To State RelationsBy...
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Chairman Reflects On President's Visit To Reservation
President Obama visits with Standing Rock childrenTȟatȟáŋka Aná’taŋ (Charging Bull) (left) andMatȟó Napé Ská (White Hand Bear) (right) at the Cannonball Flag Day Wačhípi, June, 2014. Chairman Reflects...
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The Blue Thunder, Or Yellow Lodge, Winter Count
A composite image of the Blue Thunder Winter Count.Wakíŋyaŋ Tȟó Waníyetu WowápiThe Blue Thunder Winter CountEdited by Dakota WindBISMARCK, N.D. - The Blue Thunder Winter Count is currently part of the...
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The Chandler-Pohrt Winter Count
The Chandler-Pohrt Winter Count (above) is housed at the Detroit Institute of Arts. It was created by an unknown artist at the beginning of the reservation era in North Dakota. Image courtesy of the...
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