#sisseton wahpeton oyate

[geezerwench]

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is now banned from all tribal lands in the state after the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe voted to bar her from their reservation Wednesday, citing her repeated claims that tribal leaders work with drug cartels.

Noem sparked the controversy in March when she said tribal leaders benefit from the presence of cartels operating on their land.

“We’ve got some tribal leaders that I believe are personally benefiting from the cartels being there, and that’s why they attack me every day,” the governor said at a forum in March. “But I’m going to fight for the people who actually live in those situations, who call me and text me every day and say, ‘Please, dear governor, please come help us in Pine Ridge. We are scared.’”

[this-world-of-beautiful-monsters]

‘Our children came home with moccasins’

Beaded moccasins confiscated from a Native boy at the Carlisle school more than 100 years ago finally return to their homelands

[tomorrowusa]

There are reports that Kristi Noem has been banned by the Sisseton-Wahpeton tribal council from setting foot on their tribal land in northeastern South Dakota. That would be the fifth Native American tribe in the state to do so.

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Restricts Governor Kristi Noem’s Access

In a unanimous decision, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribal Council has passed a resolution restricting South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's access to their trust lands.  [ ... ] [T]he Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate has decided to stand with the tribal nations in South Dakota by restricting and banning Governor Kristi Noem's access to the Trust Lands of the Lake Traverse Reservation until Governor Noem issues a formal and public apology. The apology must acknowledge the grievance caused by her actions and statements towards the parents of tribal children, the education provided to tribal children, and the undermining of the Tribal Council's efforts to combat the drug epidemic.

Almost forgot: Reproductive freedom will probably be on the ballot in South Dakota this year.

South Dakota abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measure

It may be spring in South Dakota but winter is coming for Kristi Noem and her incessant efforts to kowtow to Donald Trump.

[dear-indies]

i was planning to use Star Slade for an oc but they deleted their instagram ... can i get some alts? she's in her mid 20s, would prefer that they're indigenous (indigenous + asian would be great but im open to anything) and have alternative / goth vibes! ty

The only Indigenous and Asian faceclaims I know if in/around that age range:

Chase Sui Wonders (1996) Tahitian, Chinese, Japanese / Unspecified White - her Generation resources could work!

Morgan Holmstrom (1997) Metis of Cree descent / Sambal Filipino, Ilocano Filipino.

Amber Midthunder (1997) Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Hudeshabina Nakoda Sioux, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Dakota Sioux, Norwegian / Thai-Chinese, English.

Ava Jules (2000) Kānaka Maoli, Filipino, Portuguese, Italian.

Stephanie Poetri (2000) Patawomeck, Irish, Scottish, English, French, German, Swiss, Dutch / Minahasan Indonesian, Batak Indonesian, Chinese.

Indigenous face claims that could work / have alt vibes:

Sky Ferreira (1992) Brazilian [Portuguese, possibly other] / Ashkenazi Jewish, Ojibwe, Cree, Chippewa Cree, Cheyenne, White - has Chronic Lyme Disease - has been in the industry for a while so has a bunch of younger roles/resources.

Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs (1993) Mohawk - is also queer - has a younger role in The Sun at Midnight.

Hannah Marks (1993) Muscogee, White / Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish - in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

Na'ku'set Gould (1995) Mi'kmaq, White - was around 21 at the end of Degrassi if I can math.

Coty Camacho (1995) Mexican [Mixtec and Zapotec] - is pansexual.

Tia Wood (1999) Plains Cree, St'at'imc, Whonnock.

Sivan Alyra Rose (1999) Afro Puerto Rican, Creole / Chiricahua Apache - is genderfluid (they/she).

Anna Lambe (2000) Inuit - is bisexual.

Paulina Alexis (2000) Nakoda Sioux.

Renata Flores (2001) Peruvian [Quechua].

Ava Raine (2001) Samoan, Black Nova Scotian.

Quannah Chasinghorse (2002) Hän, Gwich’in, Sicangu Oyate Lakota Sioux, Oglala Lakota Sioux.

Hope this helps!

[americancivilwarhistory]

1819 to 1969: Native American Boarding School Students Return to Their Families

At the request of their families, Federal Register records show that under the management of Captain Travis Fulmore, OAC Project Manager, the Army began the disinterment of five Native American boarding school students, on September 11, 2023. Native American remains were discovered in Carlisle, PA for Amos LaFromboise from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, Edward…

[iuicmontreal]

The Prophets in the Dakotas lit up🕯the streets on the Lake Traverse Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate reservation.

Help us reach our Native brothers and sisters

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[spoke9]

Dakota Homecoming | Gwen Nell Westerman

#nativeamericanheritagemonth2022

–Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate poet We are so honored that you are here, they said. We know that this is your homeland, they said. The admission price is five dollars, they said. Here is your button for the event, they said. It means so much to us that you are here, they said. We want to write an apology letter, they said. Tell us what to say. Her Work Website

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Native American tribe in South Dakota is on edge following a large oil leak from TransCanada's Keystone pipeline.

TransCanada said in a statement Thursday 795,000 litres of oil leaked from an underground section of its Keystone pipeline near Amherst, S.D., about 64 kilometres west from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation.

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribal chairman David Flute said his community is concerned the leak, the largest by the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota to date, could pollute the area's aquifer and waterways.

"We are keeping a watchful eye and an open ear," said Flute.

"The concern is at a high level, but there is really nothing we can do."

Continue Reading.

[baapi-makwa]

In addition to the bees, a number of other tribal-run projects are off the ground, including a community garden, a farmers market, an orchard, two buffalo herds, and the sale of chickens and pheasants. In all of these, the prevailing hope is that someday, the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate will be a tribe that is knowledgeable, confident, and successful in growing their own food.

[2plan22]

RT @Ruth_HHopkins: The Chairman of my Tribe, the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, part of the Great Sioux Nation, congratulating Biden & Harris on their inauguration. #BidenHarrisInauguration https://t.co/A8kVK5j5NZ 2PLAN22 http://twitter.com/2PLAN22/status/1352110737695666176

The Chairman of my Tribe, the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, part of the Great Sioux Nation, congratulating Biden & Harris on their inauguration. #BidenHarrisInauguration https://t.co/A8kVK5j5NZ

— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) January 20, 2021

[banji-effect]

About 5,000 barrels of oil, or about 210,000 gallons, gushed out of the Keystone Pipeline on Thursday in South Dakota, blackening a grassy field in the remote northeast part of the state and sending cleanup crews and emergency workers scrambling to the site.

“This is not a little spill from any perspective,” said Kim McIntosh, an environmental scientist with the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

...Keystone XL has the strong support of President Trump and most Republican politicians, but it has faced years of vocal opposition in Nebraska from some farmers and ranchers who worry that a spill could spoil their groundwater and decimate agricultural land.

“That’s our fear — that pipelines do leak,” said Jeanne Crumly, whose farm near Page, Neb., is along the proposed Keystone XL route, after being told about the South Dakota spill.

...Thursday’s episode is one of several major pipeline spills in recent years. More than a million gallons leaked from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan in 2010, and 50,000 gallons of oil gushed into the Yellowstone River in Montana in 2015, contaminating drinking water there.

Oil pipelines have faced greater scrutiny since thousands of protesters gathered near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota last year to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. The site of Thursday’s spill was near the boundaries of the Lake Traverse Reservation, home of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribe.

Dave Flute, the tribal chairman of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, said he was contacted early in the afternoon by emergency management services and told that there was a “substantial leak” in the pipeline.

“We are monitoring the situation as this leak is adjacent to our reservation,” Mr. Flute said in a statement. “We do not know the impact this has on our environment at this time but we are aware of the leak.”

Ms. McIntosh, the South Dakota environmental official, said that TransCanada employees and contractors were at the spill site and that soil cleanup workers were on the way. The state was overseeing the response.Ms. McIntosh said that the leak was “a large release” of oil, but that “the location of this is not in a sensitive area.”

“They’ve got a response plan that they kicked in right away,” Ms. McIntosh said. “The area’s very rural, which is very positive. There’s no one nearby that is drinking any of the groundwater that may be impacted, so that’s less of an issue.”

[tomorrowusa]

And now Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is banned from ALL tribal land in her own state.

The last holdout, the Flandreau Santee Sioux, have joined the other eight South Dakota tribes in banning Gov. Noem from their tribal lands.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from all tribal lands in her home state

All of South Dakota’s nine indigenous tribes have voted to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands. On Tuesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe executive council ruled in favor of barring the Republican governor from its reservation. In response to a request for comment on Wednesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe sent a readout of its president’s interactions with Noem ahead of the vote. Flandreau President Tony Reider called an emergency meeting last weekend in response to Noem’s comments, according to the readout. The meeting was “contentious at times, as some members vocalized their opposition.” After that Reider set up a meeting with the governor’s office, which took place on Monday. That conversation was “respectful and productive.” “President Reider informed the governor that a ban from our territories is imminent and requested that the Governor refrain from making future blanket statements that offend the tribes within the boundaries of the State of South Dakota, some of which depend on state services for the needs of their people. It was recommended that the Governor clarify her statements and issue an apology to all tribal nations for the misunderstanding,” the readout said. “Until such a time, the Executive Council and the people of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe stand with our fellow nations.” That vote bookended a ripple effect of tribes with reservations that stretch into South Dakota moving to prevent Noem from setting foot on their land, spurred by comments she made earlier this year. During a town hall, she argued that tribal leaders were profiting off of drug cartels in the state and prioritizing those cartels over parenting children on their reservations. Noem has since doubled down on saying Mexican drug cartels were rampant on Native American reservations in South Dakota. Those comments sparked a domino effect of tribes denouncing Noem and voting to bar the governor from their lands. According to The Argus Leader of South Dakota, leaders of the Flandreau Santee Sioux had been receiving pressure from local citizens to do something in response to Noem’s comments.

This is not an insignificant amount of territory. It takes up almost a quarter of the state's total land area.

You can make out seven of the reservations on this map.

Actually one, the Lower Brule Sioux reservation, can be seen but isn't labeled. It's next to the Crow Creek Sioux reservation on the Missouri River. The Flandreau Santee Sioux reservation is less than 3 square miles in size. It's in the extreme east-central part of the state near I-29.

The tiny (population: 14,000) state capital Pierre (they pronounce it "peer") is in the middle of the state just below the red inscription South Dakota on the map above. Noem has to drive around the Lower Brule Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux reservations to the southeast of Pierre if she wants to get to the southeastern part of the state.

As for the two interstates in South Dakota, Noem has no problem on I-90. But the northernmost section of I-29 passes through the Lake Traverse reservation of Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate.

[shamandrummer]

Native American Vows to Decolonize Native Burials

Robert Gill of Buffalo, Minnesota is a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe and among only a few Native American morticians in the country. A gentle hero to many tribal members, Gill has made it his life's mission to restore Native burial customs and to "decolonize," as he calls it, the process of honoring and burying those who die on Indian reservations. Since the arrival of the pandemic, death has become an all-encompassing specter of Gill's daily life, consuming his days and even his nights. He travels hundreds of miles each week to remote tribal communities as far west as the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana and as far north as the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation near the Canadian border.

Before the pandemic, Gill arranged three to four burials a month for Native families. Now he is receiving that many funeral requests every week. Even with a punishing work schedule, he sometimes struggles with guilt over his inability to meet the surging demand for traditional burial services. He knows that many tribal families are being left with no choice but to turn to white-owned funeral homes with morticians who do not understand their language and customs. Without ceremonies rooted in their culture, Gill argues, tribal members are disconnected from their history and unable to mourn properly.

The dearth of funeral options, some tribal leaders argue, is a legacy of America's dark history of racial subjugation of American Indians and their religious practices. Until 1978, when Congress passed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, spiritual ceremonies like the sweat lodge and drum dances were still technically illegal. The prohibitions enabled Christian churches to establish deep footholds on reservations and further restrict Indigenous customs--including their ceremonies for honoring the deceased.

Determined to bring more dignity to the burial process, he enrolled in the Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago, where he graduated in 2012. He is believed to be the only licensed mortician of Dakota heritage in the country. Today Gill is virtually alone in the funeral business for his willingness to make long-distance house visits -- sometimes driving entire days, through sleet and snow, to meet with tribal families in their homes. Each visit carries the risk that he will contract the virus still raging through Indian Country. Gill is the only one of five morticians who work at Chilson Funeral Chapel in central Minnesota who has not been sickened by COVID-19.

"You've got to have nerves of steel to do this work in a pandemic," Gill said.

A version of this article first appeared in the “Minneapolis Star Tribune.”

[dear-indies]

Hello! I was wondering if you had any alts for Ronnie Radke, given the recent news. Please and thank you! <3

Miyavi (1981) Japanese / Korean.

Mahesh Jadu (1982) Kashmiri and Mauritian Indian.

Richard Cabral (1984) Mexican.

Bobby Wilson (1984) Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Dakota Sioux.

Clayton Cardenas (1985) Mexican and Filipino.

Matsuda Shota (1985) Japanese, 1/4 Korean.

Roman Reigns (1985) Samoan, as well as one sixteenth English / English, Italian/Sicilian.

Amar Chadha-Patel (1986) Punjabi and Gujarati Indian.

Jelly Roll / Jason DeFord (1986)

Kuang Tian (1986) Chinese Malaysian.

Gino Vento (1986) Cuban.

Bradley Soileau (1986)

Kalani Queypo (1986) Blackfoot, Kānaka Maoli, Swedish.

Andrew Koji (1987) Japanese, English.

Tony Thornburg (1987) Japanese / Swedish.

Chai Hansen (1989) Thai / White.

Rob Raco (1989)

Ketan Jogia (1990) Gujarati Indian / English, Welsh, some German, Irish, French-Canadian/French.

Yamada Yuki (1990) Japanese - vibes in Tokyo Revengers.

Dev Patel (1990) Gujarati Indian.

James Bay (1990)

Mokyo / mokyofuckyo (1991) Korean.

Samuel Larsen (1991) Mexican, Spanish, Persian, Danish.

Danny Ramirez (1992) Mexican and Colombian.

Avan Jogia (1992) Gujarati Indian / English, Welsh and German.

Jordan Rodrigues (1992) Filipino.

Alex Terrible (1993)

Yves Mathieu East (1994) Afro Asian - is queer.

Jack Francis (1994) Afro Trinidadian and Tobagonian / White - has Tourette’s Syndrome and is bisexual.

also:

Asia Kate Dillon (1984) Ashkenazi Jewish / Unspecified - non-binary and pansexual (they/them).

Kali Reis (1986) Wampanoag, Nipmuc, Cherokee, and Cape Verdean - is Two-Spirit (she/her) and is openly queer.

Nico Tortorella (1988) - genderfluid, poly, demisexual and queer (any pronouns).

Coyote Park (?) Yurok, White, Korean - Two-Spirit (they/he).

Here you go!

[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

An acclaimed film director lauded for two high-profile Indigenous productions this year says she's sorry for not verifying her ties to an Algonquin community after facing questions over the validity of her identity.

Michelle Latimer, who recently directed the CBC television series Trickster and the documentary Inconvenient Indian, has risen to become one of Canada's most prominent names in Indigenous filmmaking.

However, Latimer's long-standing claim of Indigenous identity is facing scrutiny after she claimed to be of "Algonquin, Métis and French heritage, from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki), Que." in an Aug. 14 National Film Board (NFB) news release.

The claim caught the attention of Kitigan Zibi members who began questioning her family connection to the community, which is located about 120 kilometres north of Ottawa.

While Latimer believes she has a legitimate connection, she now says she made a mistake and should not have claimed that connection before she had the research to back up the link to the Algonquin First Nation.

...

Kim TallBear, an associate professor of Native studies at the University of Alberta, said Indigenous identity claims based on a vague ancestral link are common in Canada and the U.S.

TallBear said some of these claims are not willfully malicious, but based on a misunderstanding that race and Indigenous identity are the same thing.

"There is a difference between race and being a member of Indigenous Peoples," said TallBear, who is an enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, which is part of the Dakota Nation.

"I don't think they are willfully lying. They don't understand what they don't know."

"The colonizer wants genetic ancestry alone to stand in for what counts as Indigenous — well that's to their benefit. It helps disappear us in terms of being living communities that makes demands on resources, that makes demands for treaties to be upheld," said TallBear.

"If Indigenous people were just nothing more than some genetic ancestor long ago, that would leave them off the hook for the obligations they owe to Indigenous peoples."  

[dellb1969]

This blog spot is new to me, it’ll be a day to day learning experience that I am eager to know more about.

As stated on my cover photo, I am Native American. I am Dakota from South Dakota, my tribe is Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of which I am a proud member.

The stories I would like to share here are from my life there and beyond those reservation borders.

Please be kind as I navigate my way through this.

And most of all, welcome.