Tribe Scribe

Our Lakota artists and crafts people are always creating, going to shows and learning every year better ways to create art and keep their culture alive. It's sometimes hard for the new artist to break…

This morning, Donovin Sprague reviews a book about one of the largest families here in the Dakota area. So many folks came to the vast prairie to settle down and begin a family, Reshaw did just that.R…

On May 5, 2015, we had to make South Dakota sage a zero quantity on our web-site. We had a short growing season in 2014 and we knew we would probably run out of this very important botanical before th…

The "Keep America Beautiful" campaign was galvanized in 1971 with the introduction of Iron Eyes Cody depicted as an Indian riding or walking through areas of illegal dumping, litter in the streets, pa…

This weeks book review by Donovin Sprague -Spirit Beings and Sun Dancers – Black Hawk’s Vision of the Lakota World...By: Janet Catherine BerloThis oversize book contains seventy-six ink and pencil pic…

Gifts of Pride and Love - Kiowa and Comanche CradlesEdited by Barbara A. Hail. University of Oklahoma Press, 2000This book is part of a project by the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthopology at Brown Unive…

Cherokee Newspapers, 1828-1906: Tribal Voice of a People in Transitionby Cullen Joe Holland. Cherokee Heritage Press. 2012This book is an excellent resource for an early study in American Indian newsp…

Artist, teacher and Red Progressive, Angel DeCora (1869-1919) painted "Fire Light" to capture warm memories of her Nebraska Winnebago childhood. In this biography, Linda M. Waggoner draws on that glow…

"I have a dream, my four little children will on day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!"~Martin Luth…

You can see and feel the Pendleton passion for quality. See it in the intricate patterns of blankets inspired by Native American designs and legends.~Pendleton Woolen MillsThe mill, originally built i…

November has been named "National American Indian Heritage Month" since 1990 and has been renewed every year since 1994 by a presidential proclamation. Our country has come together to recognize the F…

This month we are excited to celebrate Native American Day here in the great state of South Dakota. In 1989, the South Dakota legislature unanimously passed legislation proposed by Governor George S.…