We empower leaders in government, faith-based, business, and creative sectors to end the crisis for kids in foster care in South Dakota Our state has around 1,500 children who are in the foster care system through no fault of their own. Of these children, on any given...
American Indians and the Buffalo The Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota (Sioux) Indians used the buffalo for food. They also used it for clothing and shelter. Because the buffalo was so important, it had a special place in their religion. An old story tells that the Indians...
17 species of snakes make their home in South Dakota. The only venomous variety is of course the Prairie Rattlesnake, with it’s distinct rattle at the end of its tail. I talked to a rancher near Belle Fourche and he told me that some Rattlesnakes he has encountered on...
Revealing the inside of a boulder from Crazy Horse Monument. This stone will become the memorial to honor Peter Catches (Zintkala Oyate), a Lakota Spotted Eagle Medicine Man and descendant of Crazy Horse. Dakota Classique Rock...
This last weekend while out on my "photography walk" around Belle Fourche, I ended up at the Johnny Spaulding cabin which sits on the grounds of the Tri-State Museum and Visitors Center. The cabin doors were open and the gentleman who gives the tours was in the...
The Bellamy Brothers with the Hidden Timber Band July 27th at the Stanley County Fairgrounds, Fort Pierre
While out taking photos I came across a group of men coming down the road. OK, no big deal. But something caught my attention. Two of them were wielding menacing spiked clubs. Six of them looked to be strung together with a rope, and each had the famous red plastic...
About The United Sioux Tribes Symbol The symbol for the corporation is a star. A symbol that denotes hope and the dawn of a new Indian awareness. Each point of the star, in the form of teepees is representative of one of the eleven (11) reservations, which forms...
As I was driving around this morning taking photos I passed by some ranchers unloading their horses near Belle Fourche Reservoir. I decided to pull over and see what they were up to. Turns out it was the Craig and Deb Kukuchka family getting ready to round up some...
Lewis & Clark referred to these as "war axes" or "battle axes" but the term Missouri War Axe was used by authors to indicate their only area of use in the West. They were used by a number of different tribes in the Missouri river watershed region including the...
