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STAFF BLOG REPUBLIC INSIDER Is there a place for American Indian exhibits at Mount Rushmore?
In one of Oglala Lakota newspaperman Tim Giago's most recent columns (published today in The Daily Republic) he mentioned the American Indian speakers and exhibits that were started at Mount Rushmore ...
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GIAGO: Thirty years later, Shannon County drops from No. 1 poorest
The old saying goes that “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That, my friends, is the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in a nutshell.
By Tim Giago , January 28, 2012
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GIAGO: Alcohol: A red flag that’s been waving too long 
An emailer mentioned a comment I made in my last column in which I said I met with some old friends “over a glass of beer.” He wrote, “Honestly, I was shocked when I read those words.”
By Tim Giago , January 19, 2012
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GIAGO: A public apology offered to two old friends
I have been writing a column nearly every week for 34 years. I started with a Montgomery Ward electric typewriter and graduated to a 1986 Apple computer that was more of a word-processor than a computer. We had not reached the age of the Internet yet.
By Tim Giago , January 12, 2012
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GIAGO: Lakota consider Wounded Knee 1890 a day that will live in infamy
To this day, an all-inclusive peace treaty has never been signed between the tribes of the Great Sioux Nation and the U.S. government.
By Tim Giago , December 29, 2011
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GIAGO: Christmas Eve prayer changes family’s future
Light snow had been drifting down all morning, and it was shaping up into one of those cold, miserable days that make South Dakota the butt of so many jokes.
December 22, 2011
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GIAGO: Big Crow died young, but her legacy lives on
SuAnne Big Crow was furious after she watched an NBC broadcast about the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1981. “They came here and showed all of the terrible things and did not bother to show any of the good things,” she said.
By Tim Giago , December 16, 2011
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GIAGO: Anniversary of ‘Indian Raw Deal’ passes quietly
It was 75 years ago on June 18, 1934, when the Indian Reorganization Act became the law of the land. On the 50th anniversary of the IRA, a conference was held at Sun Valley, Idaho, to talk about the good and the bad of the act. On the 75th birthday of the act, there was nothing but silence.
By Tim Giago , December 09, 2011
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GIAGO: GOP may be in for rough times in ’12
The owner of a trucking firm posted signs on his trucks that read, “New Company Policy: We are not hiring until Obama is gone.” Bill Looman denied that political motivation is keeping him from hiring employees. What is the point?
By Tim Giago , December 01, 2011
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OPINION: Reviving languages is tough in face of technology
There have been a lot of reasons that caused the Native languages to diminish and in some cases to disappear entirely.
By Tim Giago , November 18, 2011
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GIAGO: Janklow, Means careened along parallel paths
I find it ironic that two adversaries, two domineering personalities that clashed over a number of years, have both been diagnosed with cancer.
By Tim Giago , November 09, 2011
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GIAGO: Why did so many Indian people forsake beliefs?
It is written (Niehardt, “Black Elk Speaks,” 1932) that in the end, Black Elk converted to Catholicism, and it is also well-known that Lakota Chief Red Cloud also converted to Catholicism, and this brings us to ask, “Why?”
By Tim Giago , October 25, 2011
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GIAGO: Another show and no surprises on Pine Ridge
NBC visited the Pine Ridge Reservation in November 1989. The result was a horrible newscast titled “Tragedy at Pine Ridge.” The tragedy was that NBC showed up.
October 19, 2011
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GIAGO: Through it all, Russell Means has been leader and enigma
As I look back on my life from the pinnacle of the seventh decade, my reflections turn to the life of Russell Means. He is suffering from incurable cancer.
By Tim Giago , October 11, 2011
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GIAGO: Roundup is ironic reversal of SD race roles
There is a historic marker west of Custer that reads: “Historic Sites, Buffalo Rock – Site where the last buffalo was killed in the Black Hills in 1887 by Joe Humphreus, Bob Patterson – Charles Sager nearby is the site of the first lime kiln in the Black Hills”.
As is turned out, this was not the last buffalo killed in the Black Hills.
By Tim Giago , October 07, 2011
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GIAGO: 'Good Meat' documentary shows path to healthy eating, living
The video is called “Good Meat” and the tagline says it is “a look at one man’s struggle to maintain a traditional Native diet on a modern reservation.”
September 21, 2011
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