On February 1, 2012, American Indian studies professor David Mathieu received the call that is every parent’s worst nightmare. Mathieu's beloved daughter, Felicity, had suddenly died when her car ...

Albert White Hat Sr. knows that at a certain age, young people like to carve their initials in things. But, he said, "my mother said, when you leave your name in public places, it becomes 'hunwin,'" ...

Jon Eagle will face a challenge Monday morning. He will have 10 minutes to share a sense of Lakota spirituality and culture -- which he has spent years studying -- at Concordia College's chapel in ...

In Lakota language, “woyatan” means to praise and thank. At Woyatan Lutheran Church in Rapid City, church members say they couldn’t be more grateful for a community that embraces God, and each other, ...

In traditional Lakota belief, a supreme being or “god,” as a representable character, is not present. Wakan Tanka, Great Mystery, is often interpreted as literally meaning the Great Spirit. While an ...

Ben Black Bear Jr., at far left, with (back row) his wife Arlene, mother Iva and father Ben Black Bear Sr., and daughters (front row) Benita and Berlene, on his ordination day in 1976. Credit: St.

Foreward / Dr. Ake Hultkrantz -- Acknowledgments -- Author's preface -- Introduction -- Traditional Lakota spirituality: Sacred calf pipe -- Relation to the earth and the spirit world -- Spiritual ...

KYLE - A respected spiritual leader who taught the Lakota language to hundreds of students on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has died. John Around Him, 64, died at his home near Kyle Wednesday ...

Native American spirituality: an introduction / Lee Irwin -- Mediations of the spirit: Native American religious traditions and the ethics of representation / Inés Hernández-Ávila -- Cultural identity ...