FORT YATES — Dozens of Native American elders from South Dakota tribal nations gathered in the Prairie Knights Casino on the Standing Rock Reservation earlier this month.

The Oglala Lakota people want you to know about their centuries-old connection to this land in South Dakota. A Bighorn sheep navigates a treacherous rock formation in Badlands National Park. The ...

Generations of Dakota and Lakota people have waited for an apology from the Canadian government. That apology came during an elaborate ceremony Monday morning.

As the federal government prepares to issue a formal apology on Monday to Dakota and Lakota First Nations for historical actions taken against them, two Westman chiefs say it’s only the ...

The Dakota and Lakota were defeated in battle by the Americans in the 1860s and 1870s, forcing many to move north. Canada allowed them to stay but ignored their title to land.

In the 1870s, and again in 2007, Ottawa rejected the claim of the Dakota and Lakota Nations that they should be included in the treaties that most Prairie First Nations already belong to, ...

Federal government apologizes to Dakota, Lakota nations for historical mistreatment. Jason Warick | CBC News | Posted: July 15, 2024 5:46 PM | Last Updated: July 16.