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Crow Creek Indian Reservation, South Dakota

Hunkpati Oyate
A road sign saying "Welcome to The Crow Creek Hunkpati Oyate Reservation"
June 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
decolonizemyself.bsky.social
Rwpost: visionmakermedia
Stream Oyate Woyaka now PBS
September 28, 2026 at 7:57 AM
indivisiblercsd.bsky.social
Oceti Sakowin Ho Was'te presents Uniting the Oyate

Thursday Oct. 1
11:30am - 4:30 pm
Lower Brule Community Center
Lower Brule, SD

Uniting the Oyate means amplifying Native voices with our Vote

Time for an Action Plan 🇺🇸🦬🇺🇸

#native #nativevote #SouthDakota #lowerbrule #VoteEarly #VoteBlue
September 30, 2026 at 11:53 PM
kimtallbear.bsky.social
Honored my tribal newspaper, The Sota, put me on the front page last week. My mom sent them the press release. ☺️
Cover of Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate newspaper for Monday, April 28, 2025, with article on Kim TallBear's election to AA&S with black and white photo of TallBear in a simple black top with hair pulled back.
May 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
refereeclark.bsky.social
Weeb Oyate i'm crying ☠️☠️☠️
December 19, 2024 at 9:55 PM
fedtfupofthemall.bsky.social
But sometimes your tribe picks you or you can pick your oyate😊 …. Y’all are my chosen . 🫂 💜
🪶 🪶 🪶 🪶
September 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM
sjjphd.bsky.social
“Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from the homelands of the Oglala Sioux Tribe!” Star Comes Out said in a Friday statement addressed to Noem. “Oyate” is a word for people or nation.
South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US border comments | South Dakota | The Guard...
Oglala Sioux tribe banishes Republican Kristi Noem after she spoke about wanting to send razor wire to Texas
amp.theguardian.com
February 6, 2024 at 11:53 AM
bgrueskin.bsky.social
Six tribes have issued a statement telling the feds to stop detaining their members.

The gov’t “carries a duty to Tribal Nations. This duty includes safeguarding constitutional rights, ensuring due process, and preventing unlawful detention or harm to tribal citizens, regardless of where they live”
JOINT STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE DAKOTA/LAKOTA NATIONS OF SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE, SPIRIT LAKE, CROW CREEK, STANDING ROCK, YANKTON SIOUX, AND ROSEBUD SIOUX FORT TOTTEN, N.D.; FORT YATES, N.D.; SISSETON, S.D.; CROW CREEK, S.D.; WAGNER, S.D.; and ROSEBUD, S.D. - January 25, 2026 — The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Spirit Lake Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and Yankton Sioux Tribe stand together in deep sorrow, empathy, and solidarity with the families and communities affected by recent federal enforcement actions in Minnesota. We extend our deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones as a result of recent enforcement activity, including the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old individual during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026. We also hold the people of Minneapolis in our thoughts during this time of grief, uncertainty, and heightened tension. No family or community should have to endure fear, violence, displacement, or separation in the places where they live and work. Our hearts are with all those whose lives have been disrupted or torn apart by these events. Recent federal law-enforcement actions, including the use of lethal force and the taking into custody of an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Minnesota, have caused alarm among Indigenous communities across the Twin Cities metropolitan area. At this time, information regarding potential charges remains unclear. These incidents have intensified longstanding concerns about the safety, treatment, and rights of Native people living in urban areas far from their home reservations. The Minneapolis St. Paul metropolitan area is home to one of the largest urban Native populations in the United States. More than 35,000 American Indian and Alaska Native people live throughout the Twin Cities metro area, representing dozens of Tribal Nati… harm, yet continue to seek dignity, justice, and safety wherever they reside. From these histories comes a responsibility to seek better and mutual relations, grounded in respect, restraint, and humanity. Our teachings remind us that we are not separate from one another. As Indigenous peoples, we hold the belief that we are all related — Mitákuye Oyás'in. This principle calls for accountability without dehumanization, for justice without violence, and for policies rooted in dignity rather than fear. Indigenous peoples are American citizens under the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, and the federal government carries a continuing fiduciary duty to Tribal Nations as a political class of people. This duty includes safeguarding constitutional rights, ensuring due process, and preventing unlawful detention or harm to tribal citizens — regardless of where they live. While we recognize the strong emotions these events have stirred, we urge our citizens to prioritize safety. We are asking our tribal members not to engage in protest activity that could place individuals at risk of harm, particularly in situations involving armed enforcement. There are meaningful ways to support families and neighbors -through community care, education, advocacy, and mutual aid — that do not expose our people to dangerous confrontations. Our Nations remain committed to ensuring that enrolled citizens living away from their home reservations have access to proper tribal identification. We will continue efforts to expand access to tribal IDs and related documentation, recognizing that identification affirms citizenship, protects rights, and supports safety wherever our people reside. As Dakota and Lakota leaders, we stand united in our responsibility to protect our citizens, honor our ancestors, and safeguard future generations. We will continue to speak with clarity, compassion, and strength on behalf of our people. We stand together. We remember. We endure. Chairwoman Lonna J. Street, Spirit L…
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 AM
francesdanger.bsky.social
South Dakota gov kristi noem has been banned from the Lake Traverse Reservation by Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. They join the Oglala, Cheyenne River, the Rosebud, and Standing Rock as the 5th Native Nation to ban her.

www.dakotanewsnow.com/2024/05/08/s...
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe unanimously votes to ban Gov. Noem
This is the fifth native reservation to ban Noem in South Dakota
www.dakotanewsnow.com
May 8, 2024 at 3:49 AM
rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
Joint Statement on Community Safety and Human Dignity.

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation

swo-nsn.gov
January 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
britculpsapp.bsky.social
near owatonna MN, three members of the sisseton wahpeton dakota nation oyate were "bagged and taken by ICE" & currently being detained (details on this limited beyond this) yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
landsteward.earth
Standing Rock Reservation sunrise

Aŋpétu hí,
čhaŋgléška kiŋ líla owáŋka—
ziŋtkála waŋbláke,
phutáŋ waŋží oyáte kiŋ wóglakapi

#Lakota #sunrise #connection

The day arrives,
the sacred hoop is very still
I see a bird,
and one feather tells the people’s story.
August 7, 2026 at 9:45 AM
badhandbooks.bsky.social
Fun fact: My wife’s mother is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. Fuck these MAGA fascists and their ideas about who belongs here.
January 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
lakotamanatee.bsky.social
Whale Oyate, I sea you, I love you.

agree?
December 12, 2024 at 7:02 AM