Pine Ridge Reservation

Charlie Nicole Cuny created Lakota Art Boxes, a free box full of art supplies, during the pandemic. She then mails or personally delivers them to families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where she lives.

In a new episode, elders remember land lost to "the bombing range," a 341,726 acre portion of the Pine Ridge Reservation that was seized by the Department of the Army during World War II.

In The Moment … June 25, 2020 Show 846 Hour 1We're taking time this week to meet the 2020 Bush Fellows and we welcome two more to In The Moment today.…

Palliative care can relieve symptoms of serious illnesses like cancer. But despite high cancer rates on reservations, this specialized care is difficult…

In The Moment ... October 7, 2019 Show 674 Hour 2Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg traveled to the Pine Ridge Reservation over the weekend.…

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that same-sex marriage is legal on the Navajo Nation. SDPB has updated this story to reflect that…

Same sex marriage was legalized in the United States in 2015, but that federal decision didn’t apply to Native American Reservations. The Oglala Lakota…

The Pine Ridge Reservation is isolated. It can take hours to get from one end to the other. That makes it difficult to bring people together. But there’s…

In The Moment ... May 20, 2019 Show 579 Hour 2The Oglala Sioux Tribe recently sent its largest class ever to the U.S. Indian Police Academy located at the…

Drive south of Scenic on BIA Highway 27 and you'll find Thunder Valley. You won't have to look hard. After you've driven about half an hour through Pine…