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David Rooks

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Massacre at Whitestone Hill, Whitestone Hill, Whitestone Massacre, Wounded Knee, Sand Creek, Sand Creek Massacre, North Dakota, Native American History, Missouri River, U.S. Army, Civil War, Brigadier General Alfred Sully, Dakotas, Two Bears, Medicine Bear, Little Soldier, Big Head, Mary Brave Bull, Blackfoot, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Dakota Uprising, Dakota 38, Mankato, LaDonna Bravebull
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This Date in Native History: Massacre at Whitestone Hill

By David Rooks
Alex White Plume, White Plume Hemp, Hemp, Rosebud White Plume
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Can Raising Hemp Raise A Rez Economy? An Interview With Alex And Rosebud White Plume

By David Rooks
Sacred Hoop Run
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The Sacred Hoop Run: 500 Miles of Prayer

By David Rooks
Some of the Native students at Montana State University pose with the university’s mascot, the Bobcat.
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Montana State University Makes Native Students Feel at Home

By David Rooks
Anheuser Busch Distributor Trucks Remove Alcohol in Whiteclay
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Whiteclay After the Deluge: Alcohol Gone but Appeals Case Fast-Tracked

By David Rooks
The beer stores in Whiteclay, Nebraska, a town just two miles from the dry Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota, are in a battle over their liquor licenses.
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Fight Over Whiteclay Alcohol Sales Still Going

By David Rooks
Medicine Horse Village
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Medicine Horse Village: An Urban Extended Family

By David Rooks
Crime Scene - iStock
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Days Of Fear – Gun Violence Ripping Through Pine Ridge

By David Rooks
Pine Ridge Hospital health services
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OST Chairman Takes Issue With AP Over Health Services Slam

By David Rooks
: John Yellowbird Steele receiving digitalized copies of traditional sacred and secular music from NEA chairman Jane Chu
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Sacred Lakota Music from 1896 Returned to Tribe

By David Rooks
Twila True founder of the True Sioux Hope Foundation
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True Sioux Hope Foundation Working for Long-Term Solutions

By David Rooks
Scott Weston was elected the new Oglala Lakota tribal chairman November 8.
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Oglala Lakota Tribe Elects Scott Weston New Chairman

By David Rooks
Skyhawk: “Our people are dying on a daily basis. … and this legislature just continues to stick its head in the sand.”
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‘White Clay Blood Is on Your Hands’: Skyhawk Lashes Legislature

By David Rooks
Oglala Lakota Nursing Home, a $16.5 million, 80-bed nursing facility for tribal elders recently opened near White Clay, Nebraska.
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Oglala Lakota Nursing Bringing the Elders Home

By David Rooks
“Dignity” – the young Lakota girl sculpture towers 50 feet just off I-90 in South Dakota.
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Indigenous ‘Dignity’ Towers Over the Missouri River

By David Rooks
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Celebration of Forgiveness at Black Elk Peak

By David Rooks
Dennis Daugaard: “If the name had to be changed, I like ‘Black Elk’ just fine.”
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Black Elk Peak Clears Final Hurdle: Counts Coup on South Dakota Officials

By David Rooks
“It’s a good feeling when you help somebody.”
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The Guardians of Pine Ridge Helping Those Who Need It

By David Rooks
Basil Brave Heart: “We’re doing this together. This is bigger than us. It’s reconciliation.”
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Black Elk Peak ‘Answer to Many Prayers’: Basil Brave Heart

By David Rooks
The name Harney Peak has long been a source of anger and resentment for the Oceti Sakowin and the various treaty tribes.
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Breaking: Black Elk Peak Soars Above The He Sapa, No Longer Harney Peak

By David Rooks
Todd Little Bull was shot early Tuesday morning on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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Another Oglala Lakota Slain Before His Time

By David Rooks
Gates Millennium Scholars Program scholars for 2016-17
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Gates Scholarships Slow to a Trickle

By David Rooks
Cheyenne River Sioux Chief David Beautiful Bald Eagle, Waniyetu Opi, walked on July 22 surrounded by family.
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On a Scaffold to His Ancestors: Chief David Beautiful Bald Eagle Walks On

By David Rooks
Teca Clifford was gunned down in front of three of her friends on the main street of Pine Ridge Village on the Pine Ridge Reservation just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
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Breaking News: 13-year-old Lakota Girl Gunned Down on Pine Ridge

By David Rooks
Charmaine White Face
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Oglala Lakota Activist Honored for ‘Sticking Her Neck Out’

By David Rooks
This year’s Gates Scholars from Red Cloud Indian School. From left: Jacob Cousin, Isabella New Holy, Justin Mesteth, Bobby Pourier and Antone Morrison.
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Red Cloud Indian School: The Gates Scholar Factory

By David Rooks
Island Girl was supposed to be used by high-end patrons of the casino to travel around the lake in a mini casino & restaurant.
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Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Dreams on Dry Dock for Now

By David Rooks
The new Full Throttle Saloon’s plans call for construction of 400 cabins and RV hookups shown in the aerial photo at the base of Bear Butte.
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'World's Largest Biker Bar' Puts Sin City at Base of Bear Butte

By David Rooks
At the close of the ceremony, a 21-arrow salute was given by an archery team of students from Nebraska Indian Community College.
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A 21-Arrow Salute: ‘Come See the Crazy Indians’

By David Rooks
Jason Galanis
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Wakpamni Lakotas Blindsided By $60M Wall Street Scam

By David Rooks
Captain Richard Pratt designed boarding schools to transform the Indian into the white man’s image. His first was Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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US Army Pledges to Bear Full Cost of Returning Carlisle Remains

By David Rooks
A lawsuit filed on behalf of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe last Thursday asks “the federal court to step in and exercise some control over the dysfunctional IHS (Indian Health Service) emergency room on the Rosebud Reservation.”
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Rosebud Sioux Tribe Files Lawsuit Against IHS, Attorney Says ER Shutdown Illegal

By David Rooks
“[Gov. Daugaard] told us we should focus on our problems [on the reservation], like we don’t already do that."
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Pe’ Sla Brings SD Governor to Rosebud, Sparks Outrage

By David Rooks
Sen. Mike Rounds: “South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa is plagued with systematic problems.”
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South Dakota Senator Blasts Great Plains Area Indian Health Service

By David Rooks
“There’s dealers in every community.”
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‘The Enemy Is In Our Camp’: Disturbing Messages ‘Meth Summit’

By David Rooks
Alex White Plume sits near hemp plants that are growing wild outside his house near Manderson, South Dakota, in this this June 26, 2007 file photo.
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Oglala Hemp Grower Counts Coup On Feds

By David Rooks
The Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place, the lofty aim of early adherents was for a place where all tribes of the Northern Plains could come together in a good way to celebrate their various cultures, and promote justice among their peoples and all others.
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Wapka Sica: A Wounded Eagle of Tribal Unity Looking to Soar

By David Rooks
Mervin Garneaux and Vincent Ten Fingers honor the Native warrior spirit through the Wild Horse Butte Tokala Inter-Tribal Honor Guard.
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The Tokala Yell: Reviving the Traditional Warrior Spirits of Today

By David Rooks
Rapid City Police Chief Karl Jegeris
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Into the Breach: Rapid City Police Chief Seeks to Heal Fractured Community

By David Rooks
Sharon No Heart, center, addresses a crowd at the He Sapa New hope Church in Rapid City, South Dakota, on Monday. Residents had gathered to discuss recent racially motivated incidents in the city.
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Racism in Rapid City: Calls for Accountability Continue Weeks After Harassment

By David Rooks
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Drunks Dump Beer on Native Kids; Cops in No Rush to Investigate

By David Rooks
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Despite notices, lights still on at Red Cloud Building

By David Rooks
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Momentum lost and opportunity squandered

By David Rooks
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Lakota Heritage Center: a 27-year-old unfulfilled promise

By David Rooks
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New Oglala council sees mandate for change

By David Rooks
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Large tribes band together

By David Rooks
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Oglalas recycle past leadersTurnout was fairly heavy

By David Rooks
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Improving race relations: Rapid City makes a start

By David Rooks
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Oglala election chairwoman calls for federal monitors

By David Rooks
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DEA and FBI agents raid family crop

By David Rooks