Rosebud Sioux Tribe Repatriation

14/07/2025

TIYATE GLIPI ANPETU
They Are Back to the Homelands Day

On this day, we remember and honor the nine children who were brought home to the Sicangu Lakota Oyate from Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania four years ago. They were taken from their families over 140 years ago and made a journey of over 1,400 miles home. There are still children who have not returned home from Carlisle or the other 400+ U.S. Indian Boarding Schools.

Today we remember Lucy Take the Tail (Pretty Eagle); Rose Long Face (Little Hawk); Ernest Knocks Off (White Thunder); Dennis Strikes First (Blue Tomahawk); Maud Little Girl (Swift Bear); Friend Hollow Horn Bear; Warren Painter (Bear Paints Dirt); Alvan (Kills Seven Horses); Dora Her Pipe (Brave Bull).

They are home.

14/07/2025

Remembering our 9 Sicangu relatives today.

26/06/2025

20/09/2024

PSA ❗️❗️ IMMEDIATE RELEASE ❗️❗️

On behalf of the Sicangu Youth Council, we extend our deepest support to the Fort Belknap Tribe in Montana as they welcome their ancestors, Almeda Heavy Hair, Bishop L. Shield and John Bull, back to their homelands from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania after 130+ years!

Thank you!

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20/09/2024

11/09/2024

PSA ‼️ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‼️

On behalf of the Sicangu Youth Council,
Please stand in support with our Oglala relatives as they are making their journey home with 3 wakanyeja from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. We, the Sicangu Youth Council call on the Oyate to join us for a meal at the SGU Multipurpose Building in Mission SD on Thursday afternoon and to follow in es**rting our Oglala relatives back to their homelands. We call on all Veterans, Bike Riders, and Horse Riders to assist in es**rting our Oglala relatives home.

We call on ALL Sicangu Youth Council members, PAST and PRESENT to come and stand in support of our relatives!

FOLLOW FOR UPDATES, WE WILL POST MORE INFORMATION TOMORROW AND AS THE UPDATES COME IN!

Thank you!

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10/09/2024

After over a century, the remains of 11 Native American children, students of a government-run Indian boarding school in Pennsylvania, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, will finally return to their ancestral lands. Learn about these children, their tragic history, and the ongoing efforts of tribes....

06/09/2024

09/07/2024

The Sicangu Youth Council/Tokala Inajinyo Youyh Leadership will host two events on July 14th, which is Tiyata Glipi Anpetu (They Are Back in the Homelands Day): A ground blessing for a memorial site for the 9 children who’s remains were returned from Carlisle; and a discussion panel with a meal to follow. For any questions please call JaydenRose Whiting at 605-517-3160 or the Alcohol Treatment Program at 605-747-2342. We hope to see everyone there as we develop a memorial site for our relatives!

19/01/2024

Good afternoon!
We will be hosting our monthly Boarding School Survivor Support Group on Tuesday, January 23rd from 6pm - 9pm at the Tokala Inajinyo Office located across the JDC, next to the PMO Youth Shelter. If you have any questions or concerns, give our office a call (605) 856-2587. 😃

19/12/2023

Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s Tokala Inajinyo Youth Leadership Mentoring Program has been doing their part bringing awareness and also supporting our tribe’s survivors of boarding schools.

Tokala Inajinyo/Sicangu Youth Council members set up a booth outside the LNI Oceti Sakowin Oyate Treaty Conference December 12th-14th at the Holiday Inn in Rapid City, SD. We had all of our binders on all the boarding schools in the state of South Dakota. Each binder has information on the school. We will be adding a few more binders as there is 35 boarding schools in South Dakota. We presented our research with a slideshow of each school, our boarding school survivor support group (which is held every month), boarding school syndrome, and orange shirt day. 🧡

28/11/2023

Good afternoon everyone! 🍂

Tokala Inajinyo will be holding our monthly Boarding School Survivor support group on Tuesday December 5th, 2023 from 6:30-9 PM at the Tokala Inajinyo Office. The Tokala staff would like to invite all Boarding School Survivors and their families to join us in this safe space. We will be serving soup and grilled cheese with plenty of snacks and coffee! 🧡

We do offer transportation to those who may need it, if you are interested please call the Tokala Inajinyo office at (605) 856-2587.