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To mark the 150th anniversary of the Fort Laramie peace treaty between the Sioux nation and US government, the Lakota people rode 400 miles from Green Grass in South Dakota, home to their spiritual leader, Arvol Lookinghorse, to Fort Laramie in Wyoming, where the treaty was signed
Stephanie Keith/Reuters
Fri 3 Aug 2018 04.32 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2018/aug/03/riding-with-the-native-americans-in-pictures
A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)turbinetree
(24,710 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)Great photos. Thanks!
panader0
(25,816 posts)Magnificent people.
Bayard
(22,123 posts)I've always read that a hand print(s) on the horse going into battle showed how many men that warrior had killed.
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uppityperson
(115,678 posts)pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)Thank you for sharing. Loved this quote:
We may be poor in the white mans way but we are not poor in the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota ways because we are connected to this earth and connected to above and everywhere,
Dave Swallow
an elder and headsman of the Oglala Lakota nation
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Proud people, with proud traditions. I especially like the quote about feeding the horses first.
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)oasis
(49,398 posts)turbinetree