Victor Mandan (Hidatsa)

Hello, my people. I am Gun Guarding House. I am from the Mandan Tribe, and I have been asked to say a few words today . We are losing stories every time we lose a person, and we are losing our elders very rapidly....more

Jerome Kills Small (Oglala Sioux)

I'm Jerome Kills Small from the Pine Ridge Reservation in western South Dakota. My Lakota name is Sisoka Luta (shee-sho-kah Loo-tah),  which translates to Red Robin, but I always says Cardinal. I'm from the Red Star side of the family. My ancestral grandfather is Man Afraid of His Horses, and Young Man Afraid of His Horses. Young Man Afraid of His Horse...more

Marie Randall (Oglala Lakota)

Le anpetu ki han, woaglakin kta yunkan. Sicangu Oyate ki hetanhan. Tiospaye Wah'peluta, Tiospag' Hetahan imaca he. Nahan Tunkasila Weyakihan Mato Wahancunka iceyapi. Bear Shield. O nahan, Unci Weyaki Itasipa Wicaku Win eciyapi. Takes the Bull Away, is my grandma's name. My mother's name is Anawazipi Win. Jealous of Her is her Indian sacred name. These are all sacred names that we carry in La...more

Anne White Hat

O mitakuwiyape, cante waste na pecuzape. Ohitika Winmiye.

My name is Anne White Hat, and I come from Rosebud, South Dakota. Ou r family comes from my mother's side, the Mato Ahuncika family and we're also part of the Aske Tiospaye. That is in the Rosebud Reservation area...more

Earl Bullhead

Without having an understanding of, or researching or, of who you are and how you identify with your culture. If you understand how the, important language is, then that's the focus. So that's, that's preservation, and that's what I'm into....more

Gordon Bird

Song: Buffalo Boy
Lyrics by: Jackie Bird
Instrumental: Gordon Bird
Song Compositions: Gordon Bird and Jackie Bird ....more

Marcella LeBeau

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Kevin Locke

Well, that is a traditional song. It really is a traditional song, but it's a Buffalo Dance song. I used to travel around with this group from Rosebud. It was Ben Black Bear, Sr. and Lloyd One Star and the old Iron Wood Singers. A group of us performed different traditional dances....more

Donald Montileaux

My name is Don Montileaux. I'm an Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge Reservation and that's located in South Dakota.

Basically I guess I had my formal art training here in Rapid City, South Dakota where I live currently. I have a family of three: older daughter, son and...more