Ernie Lapointe

He stood on it and stomped his foot and they all became man and woman. He told me, he says, now, he says, live on this island, he says, and take care of all living things that grows from it to balance the ecosystem, he says, and you will live. From then on, he created other animals like the buffalo, the deer, the trees. He said, I'll have a spirit. He said, I'll respect and take care of it.

He stood on it and stomped his foot and they all became man and woman. He told me, he says, now, he says, live on this island, he says, and take care of all living things that grows from it to balance the ecosystem, he says, and you will live. From then on, he created other animals like the buffalo, the deer, the trees. He said, I'll have a spirit. He said, I'll respect and take care of it.

He stood on it and stomped his foot and they all became man and woman. He told me, he says, now, he says, live on this island, he says, and take care of all living things that grows from it to balance the ecosystem, he says, and you will live. From then on, he created other animals like the buffalo, the deer, the trees. He said, I'll have a spirit. He said, I'll respect and take care of it.

He said, take care and nurture this turtle island. So that's why we call this Black Hills the heart of the turtle island. See, everything has a story of our creation here. And it's a beautiful story. It's a beautiful way of life. For thousands of years we lived on this turtle island. We never destroyed it.

He said, take care and nurture this turtle island. So that's why we call this Black Hills the heart of the turtle island. See, everything has a story of our creation here. And it's a beautiful story. It's a beautiful way of life. For thousands of years we lived on this turtle island. We never destroyed it.

He said, take care and nurture this turtle island. So that's why we call this Black Hills the heart of the turtle island. See, everything has a story of our creation here. And it's a beautiful story. It's a beautiful way of life. For thousands of years we lived on this turtle island. We never destroyed it.

In 1876, when this battle happened, they're already separating the natives. They make promises to them. And, you know, they have a lot of these natives that lived around these forts. They call them hang around the forts. They give them beef to survive on. And then you had the non-treaty Indians, we call them. These were like my grandfather. And Americans call them hostiles.

In 1876, when this battle happened, they're already separating the natives. They make promises to them. And, you know, they have a lot of these natives that lived around these forts. They call them hang around the forts. They give them beef to survive on. And then you had the non-treaty Indians, we call them. These were like my grandfather. And Americans call them hostiles.

In 1876, when this battle happened, they're already separating the natives. They make promises to them. And, you know, they have a lot of these natives that lived around these forts. They call them hang around the forts. They give them beef to survive on. And then you had the non-treaty Indians, we call them. These were like my grandfather. And Americans call them hostiles.

They weren't hostiles, they just didn't want to... gravitate toward becoming part of the system of getting handouts from the white man. So they lived all over the areas where the white man feared to come in there because, again, fear. Instead of coming there with peace, they wanted to come and fight him and stuff. But their main goal in this whole existence was gold.

They weren't hostiles, they just didn't want to... gravitate toward becoming part of the system of getting handouts from the white man. So they lived all over the areas where the white man feared to come in there because, again, fear. Instead of coming there with peace, they wanted to come and fight him and stuff. But their main goal in this whole existence was gold.

They weren't hostiles, they just didn't want to... gravitate toward becoming part of the system of getting handouts from the white man. So they lived all over the areas where the white man feared to come in there because, again, fear. Instead of coming there with peace, they wanted to come and fight him and stuff. But their main goal in this whole existence was gold.

And gold to the Lakota is a worthless iron ore. It has no spiritual value. I mean, a rock has more spiritual value than gold. Ein Stück Gold, ein Goldnugget. Aber sie konnten nicht verstehen, warum ein Amerikaner seinen eigenen Freund töten würde oder seine eigene Großmutter's Geist verkaufen würde. Und das ist es, was sie gemacht haben. Sie haben Gold in den Black Hills entdeckt.

And gold to the Lakota is a worthless iron ore. It has no spiritual value. I mean, a rock has more spiritual value than gold. Ein Stück Gold, ein Goldnugget. Aber sie konnten nicht verstehen, warum ein Amerikaner seinen eigenen Freund töten würde oder seine eigene Großmutter's Geist verkaufen würde. Und das ist es, was sie gemacht haben. Sie haben Gold in den Black Hills entdeckt.

And gold to the Lakota is a worthless iron ore. It has no spiritual value. I mean, a rock has more spiritual value than gold. Ein Stück Gold, ein Goldnugget. Aber sie konnten nicht verstehen, warum ein Amerikaner seinen eigenen Freund töten würde oder seine eigene Großmutter's Geist verkaufen würde. Und das ist es, was sie gemacht haben. Sie haben Gold in den Black Hills entdeckt.

Hier, wo wir leben, wo ich hier lebe, wir leben in diesem Ort, den Sie nennen Home State Goldmine. Sie hielten Gold. Und sie entdeckten, dass es Gold ist. Und wenn sie es gemacht haben, gaben sie den Black Hills-Treaty, das Geheimnis der Lakota, aus dem Fenster. Sie brachten ihre eigenen Treaty. Auf der anderen Seite kam das Wort an alle non-Treaty-Native aus Sula Baster.

Hier, wo wir leben, wo ich hier lebe, wir leben in diesem Ort, den Sie nennen Home State Goldmine. Sie hielten Gold. Und sie entdeckten, dass es Gold ist. Und wenn sie es gemacht haben, gaben sie den Black Hills-Treaty, das Geheimnis der Lakota, aus dem Fenster. Sie brachten ihre eigenen Treaty. Auf der anderen Seite kam das Wort an alle non-Treaty-Native aus Sula Baster.

Hier, wo wir leben, wo ich hier lebe, wir leben in diesem Ort, den Sie nennen Home State Goldmine. Sie hielten Gold. Und sie entdeckten, dass es Gold ist. Und wenn sie es gemacht haben, gaben sie den Black Hills-Treaty, das Geheimnis der Lakota, aus dem Fenster. Sie brachten ihre eigenen Treaty. Auf der anderen Seite kam das Wort an alle non-Treaty-Native aus Sula Baster.

Ich meine, du sprichst über das Internet, du sprichst über Telefone und all das. Der Moccasin-Telegraph ist viel schneller geworden. All the non-natives know about this in an instant, how they do it. Even now, today, it's still like that. My wife and I were talking about it the other day. You do something or say something out here, the people in eastern South Dakota know it.

Ich meine, du sprichst über das Internet, du sprichst über Telefone und all das. Der Moccasin-Telegraph ist viel schneller geworden. All the non-natives know about this in an instant, how they do it. Even now, today, it's still like that. My wife and I were talking about it the other day. You do something or say something out here, the people in eastern South Dakota know it.