Lakota Sioux

Native Americans recall torture, hatred at boarding schools

By Matthew Brown — October 17, 2022
MISSION, S.D. (AP) — “I thought there was no God, just torture and hatred,” Rosalie Whirlwind Soldier testified during a Saturday event.

Her own trauma showed Yolonda Blue Horse how Indigenous Americans can overcome history

By Benjamin Spratt and Joshua Stanton — September 27, 2022
(RNS) — Discriminated against after the death of her child, the Lakota Sioux leader realized that Native Americans have to stand up and be counted.

Vatican considers sainthood for Lakota Sioux medicine man

By Kirk Petersen — August 21, 2018
(RNS) — The Catholic Church could get its second Native American saint if a Vatican research trip to South Dakota this month leads to confirmation of two miracles performed by Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakota Sioux medicine man born in the Civil War era.

Church to thieves: Give our bell back and all will be forgiven

By Kimberly Winston — January 11, 2018
(RNS) — 'Losing this bell — having it stolen from us — means that we have a lost a part of our community,' said the church's pastor.
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