I’m a Oglala Lakota and my traditional leader was Crazy Horse. My Grandfather’s father fought at the Greasy Grass against Custer. He was born a free man on the these plains, fought in France in 1918 and died in an internment camp called the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. That is how recent the forced assimilation took place. In fact is was only until 1974 when we were allowed to practice our traditional religion. The Oglalas are trying to recapture what was lost during those years. The language, religion and culture are being rediscovered so from that, we may give the next generations tools to survive.
I’m a Oglala Lakota and my traditional leader was Crazy Horse. My Grandfather’s father fought at the Greasy Grass against Custer. He was born a free man on the these plains, fought in France in 1918 and died in an internment camp called the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. That is how recent the forced assimilation took place. In fact is was only until 1974 when we were allowed to practice our traditional religion. The Oglalas are trying to recapture what was lost during those years. The language, religion and culture are being rediscovered so from that, we may give the next generations tools to survive.