WebRemembering Lakota Activism from the Early Twentieth Century KIARA M. VIGIL We want our equal rights of these treaties, and petition the Honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior to make cash payments to our people in lieu of clothing and other articles.-Lakota petition from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 18991 The Lakota People made national news when NPR's "Lost Children, Shattered Families" investigative story aired regarding issues related to foster care for Native American children. It exposed what many critics consider to be the "kidnapping" of Lakota children from their homes by the state of South Dakota's Department of Social Services (D.S.S.). Lakota activists such as Madonna Thunder Hawk and Chase Iron Eyes, along with the Lakota People’s Law Project, hav…
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