"Designed by Dale Lamphere and erected in September 2016, the 50-foot stainless steel Dignity statue depicts a Native American woman in Plains-style clothing holding a star quilt behind along her back. The statue looks over the Missouri River in Chamberlain, South Dakota, and represents the courage and wisdom of the Lakota and Dakota people who hail from the area."
Happy Birthday to Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, the last living Plains Indian War Chief and World War II veteran. He turned 102 years old on Tuesday (10 27 2015)
Chief Dr Joe Medicine Crow at 102 He's been here for Little Big Horn, WWII, and the War in Iraq That seems like 10 lifetimes to me
Born October 27, 1913 near Lodge Grass, Montana, Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow is the last living person with a direct oral history from a participant of the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.His grandfather, White Man Runs Him was a scout with General Custer and died in 1925 when Medicine Crow was 11 years old. Dr. Medicine Crow’s grandparents lived before the United States Government sent Indians to a reservation in 1884.
READ MORE ABOUT HIS BAD@SSEDNESS HERE - HIS PATH TO BECOMING A CHIEF - I can't vouch for the language or the imagery OR the website. However, I was glad to learn more about him. At your own risk--->http://www.badassoftheweek.com/medicinecrow.html
The Senate confirmed Keith Harper as ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council Tuesday, making him thefirst Native American to ever become a U.S. ambassador.
Harper is an attorney who was one of the lawyers behind a landmark class action lawsuit brought by Native Americans against the federal government. President Barack Obama first nominated him in June 2013.
