A girl wears her traditional regalia and sits on a star quilt on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. A star quilt represents honor and generosity for the Oglala Lakota Nation.
Katie Nee Holy, Miss Oglala Lakota College, wears her traditional regalia consisting of a t-dress with a fully beaded crown on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Mulan Sierra, 2, sits with her mother Marissa Sierra on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Children pick up candy thrown onto the street on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Maya Giron Journal staff
People watch as the parade floats go by and pick up candy from the street on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Maya Giron Journal staff
Suraya Kelly, right, Junior Miss Oglala Lakota, helps fix Rusty FastWolf’s hair, Miss Oglala Lakota, on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Maya Giron Journal staff
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This story is co-published by the Rapid City Journal and ICT, a news partnership that covers Indigenous communities in the South Dakota area.
Amelia Schafer is the Indigenous Affairs reporter for ICT and the Rapid City Journal. She is of Wampanoag and Montauk-Brothertown Indian Nation descent. She is based in Rapid City. You can contact her at aschafer@rapidcityjournal.com.
A thunderous roar echoed through Bear Butte State Park early Sunday as streaks of red ribbons flew in the wind and more than 100 motorcyclists…
A girl wears her traditional regalia and sits on a star quilt on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. A star quilt represents honor and generosity for the Oglala Lakota Nation.
Mulan Sierra, 2, sits with her mother Marissa Sierra on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Katie Nee Holy, Miss Oglala Lakota College, wears her traditional regalia consisting of a t-dress with a fully beaded crown on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
People watch as the parade floats go by and pick up candy from the street on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Suraya Kelly, right, Junior Miss Oglala Lakota, helps fix Rusty FastWolf’s hair, Miss Oglala Lakota, on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Children pick up candy thrown onto the street on Sunday at the first annual Victory Day Celebration Parade of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
