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Historical Conflict And Trade At Cannonball River, A Review
Challenges And Conflict On The CannonballConfluence Of Indians & Traders, A ReviewBy Dakota WindCannonball, ND – Is the Cannonball River so different today than it was two hundred years ago? Yes...
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Remembering A River
A view of the Cannonball River looking west. Remembering A RiverSignificant Mentions In Historic ResourcesBy Dakota WindCannonball, ND – The Lakȟóta people keep their collective memory alive in...
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Forgotten History At State Park
A Corps of Discovery Bicentennial medallion is on display near the visitor center at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. Forgotten History At State ParkOmission Of Prison Camp NarrativeBy Dakota...
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First Treaty With Great Sioux Nation
Edward Hicks painted this scene depicting William Penn's great treaty. The only native depicted without a woodlands headdress, the one holding the pipe, resembles the Dakota headman known as Strong...
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The Origin Of Counting Coup
Acccording to The Flame Winter Count, the "Uncpapa kill two Rees," 1799-1800. The bow over their heads indicates that they also counted coup on the two Arikara. The Arikara were designated by their...
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A 2017 Lakota Moon Calendar
The Lakȟóta call her, the moon, Haŋwíŋ. The Húŋkpapȟa say that when the full moon wanes, a large mouse with a long nose is nibbling away at her lodge. When her lodge is completely gone, Haŋwíŋ then...
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A Changing Landscape, How To Pronounce Oahe
Oahe Reservoir Area, Missouri River, North & South Dakota, NPS.A Changing LandscapeDisplacement And Site NamesBy Dakota WindCannonball, N.D. (TFS) – The only time the Mníšoše (Water-Astir; Missouri...
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Survey Report Says Nothing To See Here
Leslie Nielsen's "Lt. Frank Drebin" from the 1988 comedy classic, "The Naked Gun." In this scene, Drebin tells people, "Move along. There's nothing to see here. Please disperse."Survey Report Doesn't...
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Origins Of The Cannonball Stones
A cannonball concretion near Sentinel Butte, ND. Photo by ND State.Origin Of The CannonballHow The Stone Is FormedBy Dakota WindCannonball, N.D. (TFS) – Mníšoše (the “Water A-stir;” Missouri River) is...
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The Lakota Months And New Year
An illustration from Jospeph Bruchac's "Thirteen Moons On Turtle's Back." A good book for introducing concepts of the months and names from several First Nations. The Lakota Calendar & New Year’s...
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Lakota Courtship: Catch Her Wrap, Sing Her Songs, Steal Her Moccasins
The Plains Indian flute is featured in Paul Goble's "Love Flute."Lakota Courtship And MarriageCatch Her Wrap, Steal Her MoccasinsBy Dakota WindThe Great Plains, ND (TFS) – Long ago, young Očhéthi...
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New Moon, New Year In The Moon Counting Tradition
Settlers called the first flower of spring "Prairie Crocus" or "Pasque Flower," but the Lakota people know it as Hoksicekpa, A Child's Navel, or "Wanahca Unci, Grandmother Flower. Moon Counting...
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Badlands Or Bad Lands
A view of Painted Canyon at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.Badlands Or Bad LandsLittle Missouri CountryBy Dakota WindGreat Plains, ND (TFS) – The landscape is beautiful. Beautiful in the sense...
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Grandmother Flower, First Flower Of Spring
The Prairie Crocus opened her petals as the sun broke through the overcast. First Flower Of The SpringGrandmother Flower ReturnsBy Dakota WindMandan, ND (TFS) – I awoke to the distinctive call of...
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A Review: Sitting Bull, Lakota Warrior And Defender Of His People
A Review: Sitting Bull, Warrior & DefenderBeautiful Book About Great LeaderBy Dakota WindFort Yates, ND (TFS) – In 2015, SD Nelson published his Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His...
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A Review, Red Cloud, A Lakota Story of War and Surrender
A Review, Red Cloud A Story Of War And SurrenderBy Dakota WindBismarck, ND (TFS) – “I was born a Lakota and I have lived as a Lakota and I shall die a Lakota,” Red Cloud. So opens S.D. Nelson’s Red...
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Painting An Umbrella
The Black Warbonnet pattern is rendered in contemporary colors on an umbrella.Painting An UmbrellaA Provision For Shade Or PrivacyBy Dakota WindBismarck, ND (TFS): In the late 1800s, and early 1900s,...
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Lakota Geography
A view of the Great Plains with Dakota-Lakota place names. South is the orienting direction on this map. Makȟóčhe Wašté means “The Beautiful Country.” This is the name the Lakota have for the Great...
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Badlands or Pitifullands
Nakota horses survey the landscape of Charred Wood River Country (Little Missouri River Country), also known as the Badlands, at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.The Badlands Or The PitifullandsPlace...
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Mandan Woman Turned Into Stone
A lichen covered red granite stone rests in the earth about halfway up the plateau at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. Not evident in this photo of this stone, but a rut runs through the half which is...
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