Conference organizer Leonard Little Finger invites the Oceti Sakowin to the Black Hills for yet another historic occasion.
Conference hopes to correct historical inaccuracies about the Lakota
By Karin Eagle
Native Sun News Staff Writer The Lakota Education and Wicozani Center, and the American Indian Institute, announced the Promoting True Lakota History: Teton Lakota History Conference. The Lakota Elder Wisdom Keepers will serve as honorary Chairs for the conference, including Richard Broken Nose, Rita Long Visitor-Holy Dance, Gerald One Feather, Beatrice Long Visitor-Holy Dance and conference organizer Leonard Little Finger. “It is the desire of the elders for their grandchildren to learn their past, not only from the time that we were placed upon the Reservations, but as far as we can go back, the time when we flourished as a Nation,” said Little Finger. We want the future generations to know their identity as a culture inclusive of values with the knowledge of their full history.” There are several key groups of participants invited to attend beginning with the youth in high school and college; the teachers that educate them and those people who are interested in Lakota history. Tentatively, the Keynote Speakers include: Author, Kingsley Bray, the world renowned author of Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life. Other speakers include LaDonna Brave Bull/Allard “Ta Maka Waste Win,” Marcella LeBeau, WWII MASH Nurse, and Ephriam D. Dixon III, Curator at the Fort Douglas Museum. The conference will be held at the Rapid City Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center September 30 - October 2, 2013. A block of rooms are being reserved for conference participants on a first-come basis. There will be a pre-registration of $125.00, with $135.00 at the registration table prior to the beginning of the conference. Free registration is available for all elders age 50 and older who are not affiliated with any organization. The opinions and views of tribal members at this conference represent the individuals’ sincere views on the scope, nature and extent of traditional, spiritual, treaty, tribal and federal government rights. However, while these views are representative of Tribal opinions’ on these matters, they are the views of the individual speakers only and should not be construed as an “official” tribal position. For further information you may contact: Leonard Little Finger, Executive Director, SACRED HOOP-Lakota Education and Wicozani Center at leonard@lakotacirclevillage.org and by telephone at (605) 454-8013. Information such as conference registration forms/itinerary, schedule, vendor forms, keynote speakers and more are available on our website at www.promotingtruelakotahistory.com. (Contact Karin Eagle at staffwriter@nsweekly.com) Copyright permission by Native Sun News
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