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Buffalo Bill Cody’s epic film is famous for a few reasons, including its disappearance. Learn about the true story of "The Indian Wars."

Preserving the Site of the Wounded Knee MassacreBy Rep. Dusty JohnsonMay 19, 2023 In the late 1880s, a movement called the Ghost Dance swept across the nation. Indians believed that this dance would give stolen land back to them, bringing about a renewal of Native society. Indians would join together to dance for this renewal…

May is budget month for the State of Nebraska in the Unicameral Legislature. The main budget for the year will add up to $10.7 billion. The

On December 29th, 1890, Chief Bigfoot's band of 300 unarmed men, women and children were gunned down by a drunken and inexperienced 7th Cavalry. By the end of the day, a blizzard had set in. The bodies of the dead quickly froze into grotesque shapes. Later, soldiers dug a mass grave and unceremoniously buried the dead at Wounded Knee. The survivors- four men and forty-seven women and children, were hauled by buckboard and left at the Episcopal mission at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It was fou...

The 2023 Veteran Art Triennial & Summit proves that the tools of the colonizer, the occupier, and the oppressor can be used to resist and persist.

Fifty years ago, the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization invited the American Indian Movement to Pine Ridge and reignited a resistance that has never gone away.

The 2023 cohort saw recipients across 48 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields and 72 different academic institutions. With four faculty recipients, Duke tied for second with the University of Pennsylvania for the most awardees per university.

Film-maker JoAnne Peden examines the life and legacy of Wovoka (aka Jack Wilson, 1856-1932), the Northern Paiute religious leader who founded the second episode of the Ghost Dance Movement. The Ghost Dance swept across Native American populations in the West in the late 19th century. It was a messianic movement that unfortunately resulted in tragedy at a place called Wounded Knee, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. At Wounded Knee, the 7th Cavalry under the command of Col. Jam...

A new book on Natives journeying across the Atlantic reaches the outer limits of what European-style academic research can accomplish.

Mass graves show tragedies endured and depict the darkest deeds of humans. With the wisdom acquired we can only hope to move forward in our morality. Perhaps.