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Ivan Star Comes Out: Democratic principles are truly indigenous (July 18, 2022)

The sooner we realize the fact that the colonists found democracy here on the continent, the sooner we can progress and enjoy freedom.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Taking a closer look at our tribal flag (March 22, 2022)

Ideally, a national flag is a symbol of pride and devotion to one’s country.

Ivan Star Comes Out: America has never provided freedom and equality for all (July 9, 2021)

As Natives, we have endured and survived the most atrocious, violent, and sadistic European immigrant vengeance.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Christianity did its best to erase our Lakota ways (June 18, 2021)

I learned that it was not good to be an “Indian.” We were supposed to forget our language and culture.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Tribes paid for health care with our treaty lands (May 24, 2021)

The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 requires the United States to provide health care to the Sioux Nation.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Our ancestral teachings belong to our youth (March 15, 2021)

Being born in a time when Lakota was spoken by nearly everyone around me allowed me to become fluent within 6 years.

Ivan Star Comes Out: We are losing proficiency in our Lakota language (December 22, 2020)

According to Lakota oral tradition, the tasiyagnunpa speaks Lakota.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Confronting racism and homelessness among our people (December 7, 2020)

Lakota people are falling through the cracks due to lack of understanding on all sides.

Ivan Star Comes Out: There are people with that feeling of Native kinship (November 10, 2020)

My childhood, adolescent, and war experiences led me to perceive the world as cruel and impersonal.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Reservation government plagued by incompetence (October 29, 2020)

On and around the Pine Ridge Reservation, we cope endlessly with racial intolerance.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Our ancestors never surrendered as a sovereign nation (October 19, 2020)

As Lakota people, we struggle to experience even a fraction of what “white privilege” provides for the bigot in this country.

Ivan Star Comes Out: We still don’t know how to govern ourselves (October 9, 2020)

We have living conditions that hinder our desire to be treated with dignity and to be governed equitably or even to be truly self-governing.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Respecting the rights of all people (October 7, 2020)

We as Native people have a humongous task of relearning our cultural teachings.

Clara Caufield: Colonial-style governments won’t ever serve our best interests (September 22, 2020)

Some tribal governments are a manifestation of colonialism, whereby those who play the game (elected officials, federal and tribal employees) often stand to reap personal financial gain.

Ivan Star Comes Out: Remember our past and our origins (September 16, 2020)

Our ancestors told us to always think seven generations ahead and conduct ourselves accordingly.

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