gazeofawoman:

Teri Greeves

2012 Ohlone Pow wow in Pomona, CA.

All done! Can’t say I like how it turned out but its better than my old one.

nakkyy:

lastrealindians:

Rapid City, South Dakota – A member and resident of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota came home from a 14-day stay in the hospital to find he had been horribly mutilated.  Three Ks can be easily seen carved or burned into his abdomen in the shocking photograph taken the day after he came home.

 Vernon Traversie, who is completely blind, said his nightmare began when he had a heart attack while at the Heart Doctors office in Rapid City last August.  He said they immediately sent him a few blocks away to Rapid City Regional Hospital for emergency surgery….read the rest:  LAKOTA MAN ACCUSES HOSPITAL OF HEALTHCARE HATE CRIME, By Evelyn Red Lodge

Please read and reblog.

This is so awful it hurts.

Yes, that is a beaded car.

Group of Lakota at the San Francisco Pier in 1902.

The result of drum practice tonight.

Progression of Lakota dress designs. side-fold dress from before 1830s, then a 2-hide dress until until the later half of the 1800s, then the 3-hide dress. The later cloth dress was around since the mid-1800s. The two that are still worn today is the 3-hide dress and cloth dress.

My beaded leggings. done on braintan with real deer sinew thread for the beadwork.