Oglala Sioux Tribe President Bryan Brewer and Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman sat down yesterday to talk about exploitative alcohol sales at Whiteclay, just across the NE–SD border from the Pine Ridge Reservation. It didn't go well: According to accounts from…
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What got Oglala Sioux Tribe President Bryan Brewer arrested yesterday in Whiteclay, Nebraska? He was leading his people to block a beer truck from making its delivery: That yellow object the deputy draws at 1:19 is a taser. The protester…
Lakota activists and allies from Deep Green Resistance and Occupy organizations blockaded Whiteclay, Nebraska on June 9. They are following up that action with a Women's March on Sunday, August 26, to further protest beer sellers' exploitation of the neighboring…
[Commenter turns columnist! The spirit moves friend and frequent blog conversationalist Shane Gerlach from Yankton to contribute his thoughts on South Dakota's American Indian population. Yesterday I published Part 1 of his essay, listing many of the grim statistics on…