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09/13/2025

The deadline to weigh in on the change is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 19.

09/13/2025

Last day! Our 10% off book SALE ENDS TODAY! Shop now!
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09/12/2025

09/12/2025

Join us for Indigenous Peoples’ Day on October 13, 2025, to celebrate our resiliency, artistry, and culture in Downtown Rapid City, South Dakota. ✊🏽🪶🎉

➕Concert lineup TBA: Special guest performance by

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Keep your eagle eyes open, more details soaring in soon! 🦅

09/12/2025

National Police Woman Day 2025
Today, on National Police Woman's Day, we honor the strength, dedication, and courage of the incredible women in Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety who wear the badge.
Lt Carleen Janis
Chief Danielle Conroy
Officer Regaleen Decory
Lt Tiana Featherman
K9 Rikki Crow
Officer Gabriella Fills The Pipe
Acting Lt Alaina Clifford
Officer Tamya Garneaux
Officer Beth Bachand
Lt Trooper Nina Martinez
Lt Trooper Shaina Archambeau
Investigator Vanessa Plume
Investigator Jonna Hill
Cadet Ashlea Yellow Bull
Cadet Talea Weston
Cadet Isabella Fills The Pipe
Your commitment to serving and protecting our community inspires us all!

09/12/2025

09/12/2025

Once designed for European soldiers to carry ammunition, bandolier bags took on new life in the hands of Indigenous artists.

With cross-body straps and rectangular forms, these bags were woven into existing traditions — once used to carry medicines like to***co, now adorned with vibrant glass beads introduced through trade.

As Native communities were forced into closer proximity in the 19th century, they shared techniques, styles, and stories — and the bandolier bag evolved into a powerful expression of cultural adaptation and resilience.

09/12/2025

What a wonderful surprise it was to receive a copy of Tim Carpenter’s book “The Grave Robber” in today’s mail. Tim is the former head of the FBI’s Art Crime Team. We got to know him as he worked to return over 42,000 artifacts stolen from all over the world by amateur archeologists Dan and Sue Miller. Most of the items were Native American.

After skimming the book, it looks like a good read, particularly Chapter 12 “The Ceremonial Sheild: What ARPA, NAGPRA, and the STOP Act Can’t Stop.”

ATALM is grateful for the small role we played in returning the items. The process partially inspired us to start “The Going Home Fund,” a mechanism for connecting collectors to descendant communities and then funding the cost of the returns.

We are blessed to have significant funding from the Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the Luce Foundation and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.

We have a web portal if you would like to see the hundreds of items available for return. Here is the link: https://www.atalm.org/programs/current-programs/going-home-returning-material-culture-to-native-communities/

09/12/2025

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Sinte Gleska University student Jordan Arrow sits on the cement chair he and his AM 190 ("Introduction to 3-D Concrete Printing") classmates created this summer during their class while learning how to use the NASA "Arm". The bags of cement in front of Jordan are used for the 3D Concrete printing. (...

09/12/2025

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  September 8, 2025. The Big Dipper, North Star, and Little Dipper were featured in an astronomy workshop hosted by CAIRNS at Wingsprings in the Lacreek District of Pine Ridge Reservation. Invited guests learned about the two asterisms and the pivotal star during a ninety minute workshop that inclu...

09/12/2025

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  PINE RIDGE - During last week’s tribal council meeting, with a vote of 17-0-1, the council voted in favor of a new tax payment verification procedure for ma*****na sales cash funds and a week and a half ago, the Ma*****na Commission, the executive director, the tribe’s treasurer, director of ...