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The article lists the honorees of 22nd Annual Women Empowering Women Indian Nations including Bernadine Burnette, Elouise Cobell, and Sherry Cordova.

The article offers news briefs on topic including the celebration of the and families and the declaration of Independence was designed for multiple audiences in South Decota. Topics include the declaration's main purpose, to explain the colonists' right to revolution; to declare the causes which impel them to the separation, and Congress had to prove the legitimacy of its cause.

The author offers insights on the prevalence and consequences of child abuse and neglect in the U.S. Topics discussed include the impact of abuse on the health and well-being of the concerned child, examples of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse of children, and the highlights of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with health care firm Kaiser Permanente.

The author reflects on the Waní wi ipha, also called the winter solstice, which will occur beginning on December 21, 2022 and discusses the opportunity for people to engage in storytelling during this time of the year.

The author focuses on the purchasing agreement O'yus'pa in which retailer agrees to hold merchandise secured by deposit until price paid, and mentions that the method has been used with department store firm Kmart.

The article presents the author's views on the significance of Christmas holidays for Lakota people.

The article discusses the history of educational reforms for the children of Oglala Sioux Tribe and other tribes in the U.S. Topics include the Civilization Fund Act passed by the U.S. Congress on March 3, 1819 to provide education for tribes, the establishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1824 and the Public Law 93-638 to establish and upgrade educational reforms.

The article offers news brief on topic including Indian Relocation Act of 1956 (also known as Public Law 959 or the Adult Vocational Training Program) was a United States law intended to create a "a program of vocational training" for Native Americans in the United States.

The article focuses on challenges faced by Native American students while studying in boarding schools across South Dakota; and mentions that the Civilization Act of 1819 passed by the U.S. Congress to provide education for Native Americans later started forcing them to give up native religions.

The article offers information about the Lakota people, Native American including speaking language Lakota, ceremonies and history.

The article presents the author's opinion on choosing someone for a place of leadership to look out for the needs of the Oyate (people) within the boundaries of the reservation.

The article reports that Tom Short Bull, outgoing president of Oglala Lakota College, has transferred his responsibilities as the college president to Dawn Tobacco-Frank, an Oglala Sioux Tribal member with Lakota name Ta Oyate Wiyankapi Win.

The article talks about the Indian Student Equalization Program (ISEP) funding, which, by law is supposed to be paying for textbooks, school supplies, and teachers' salaries. Topics include the price of gasoline still being far higher than it was a year ago, despite having gone down a bit, some serious problems with the national school lunch and other meal programs, and the only way to fix such problems being through 100% of actual cost funding in the Farm Bill or another piece of legislation.

The article focuses on the foundation of Christianity that spread across the U.S. and tribal communities. It mentions The Doctrine of Discovery established a spiritual, political, and legal justification for colonization and seizure of land not inhabited by Christians, and Foundational elements of the Doctrine of Discovery can be found in a series of papal bulls, or decrees, issued by the Catholic Church and Pope beginning in the 1100s.

The article reports that the Women Empowering Women for Indigenous Nations has honored influential Indigenous women who have impacted Indian Country through their leadership, influencing change, and increasing awareness, including Stacy A. Bohlen, Marie Tribe, and Marilynn "Lynn" Malerba.

The article reviews the exhibition "Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. from 2005 to the fall of 2022.

In this article author share the teachings of trees connected with family, community and Tribe after sitting outside and watching the trees come alive and two trees have shown the power of roots as it connects to Indian families, communities, and Tribes with many years of policies laws and rules.

The article informs that historical trauma is multigenerational trauma experienced by cultural, racial or ethnic group. It is related to major events that oppressed a particular group of people because of their status as oppressed, like slavery, African Americans, the Holocaust, being Jewish, and the violent colonization of Native Americans. Emotional trauma is the end result of events or experiences that leave us feeling deeply unsafe and often helpless.

The article presents a personal narrative in which authors discusses her experiences of graduating form high school.

The article informs on Holy Rosary Mission/Red Cloud School. It mentions Lakota men and women who attended this school as student/ boarders during the time they were considered boarding schools, which meant they lived, played, attended classes, ate, and at this school went to mass every morning and went home three times for a week during the school year and sum- mertill fall when they returned.

In this article, the author talks about how Indian families and parents must have felt leaving their children at boarding schools. It mentions the U.S. Congress enacted the Civilization Fund Act, authorizing the President, in every case where he shall judge improvement in the habits and condition of such Indians practicable to employ capable persons of good moral character to introduce to any tribe adjoining a frontier settlement the arts of civilization.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the authors experience of showing painting of another wasicu man as a big angel with the white wings with a pitchfork pushing back into an opening on the earth the image of a devil.

The author discusses the influences of early life experiences on future health and behavior.

The article discusses the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Kaiser Permanente adverse childhood experiences (ACE) study. Topics covered include childhood abuse, physical and emotional neglect, and later-life health and well-being. Also mentioned are substance abuse, domestic violence, and consequences of unresolved trauma.

The article reports that Lakota teachings were ahead of any and all Western/ Wasicu understanding of why early childhood set the foundation for our life. Scientist studying neuroscience, epigenetics, endocrinology, etc, have learned that our early childhood from birth to age three shape who will become. The most rapid period of growth for our Nasula begin as soon as we emerge from our Ina's, open our eyes.

The author offers updates on meetings and activities of Lakota tribal council and tribal school leaders to advocate treaty obligations such as education and law enforcement in South Dakota.

The article offers 1868 treaty obligations for education, and mentions the treaty was signed on April 29, 1868, between the U.S. Government and the Sioux Nation and recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation, set aside for exclusive use by the Sioux people.

The author praises Lakota Winyans who the author believes have strong inner strength.

The author comments on best way to teach the Lakota language.