The Lakota Nation is battling against the clock to save Pe’ Sla, an area in the center of the Black Hills of South Dakota, U.S.A, that is considered to be the heart of everything that is by the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people.
On August 25, 2012, approximately 1,942.66 acres will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Once sold, it is highly likely that Pe’ Sla will be opened up for development, with the State of South Dakota building a road directly through it.
To prevent this desecration from occurring, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe is working alongside LastRealIndians.com to raise funds in order to defend Pe’ Sla. Please click on this link to make a contribution: http://www.indiegogo.com/PeSla-LakotaHeartland?a=1006191
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Pe’ Sla, The Heart Of All That Is: Help Save the Lakota Heart Land
Right now, The Great Sioux Nation is battling against the clock to save Pe’ Sla, one of its most sacred religious sites. Pe’ Sla, located in the center of the Black Hills of South Dakota, U.S.A, is considered to be the heart of everything that is by the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people. Besides being part of their creation story, Pe’ Sla plays a crucial role in the star knowledge of the Sioux. Ceremonies essential to their culture and beliefs, that Tribal elders and spiritual leaders explain help keep the Universe in harmony, must be conducted at Pe’ Sla.
Pe’ Sla is currently owned by the Reynolds family. On August 25, 2012, approximately 1,942.66 acres, sold in 5 tracts of land, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Once sold, it is highly likely that Pe’ Sla will be opened up for development, with the State of South Dakota building a road directly through it.
Although we believe our sacred places were taken illegally by the United States government, Lastrealindians, Inc., is collaborating with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Great Sioux Nation (the Oceti Sakowin) to centralize fundraising to save one of our most precious sacred sites, Pe ‘Sla. In an unprecedented, collective effort, the united Great Sioux Nation (the Oceti Sakowin), is attempting to buy as much of Pe’ Sla as possible, to save it from destruction and ensure that future generations of Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, and other Tribal Nations that consider the Black Hills holy, will continue to have access to this vital sacred site to practice their faith on its ceremonial grounds in its natural, pristine state.
Help save Pe’ Sla, the Heart of the Sioux Nation. Click on this link to make a contribution. Any amount given, no matter how small, is appreciated: http://www.indiegogo.com/PeSla-LakotaHeartland?a=1006191
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe is working with LastRealIndians.com to accept donations from both Tribes and individuals who want to join in keeping religious freedoms for Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people alive and intact at Pe’ Sla. Send contributions to: Rosebud Sioux Tribe/Pe Sla, 11 Legion Ave., P.O. Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570 or online with LRI at: www.indiegogo.com/PeSla-LakotaHeartland. All donations to the tribe are tax-deductible and will only be used toward the purchase of Pe’ Sla.
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John Ahniwanika Schertow is an indigenous rights activist of Mohawk (Kanienkehaka) and mixed-European descent. For the past 8 years, he has served as the e... 
As icons of the American experience, the tribes that defeated the Seventh Cavalry still play a central role in our mythology and psychic evolution. Attacked by the US Army for demanding illegal settlers and other thieves after gold in the Black Hills leave their reservation, the Sioux tribes have fought many battles to survive the ongoing American onslaught. Long after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the indigenous plains warriors are still reviled by American society, not so much for killing Custer, but for maintaining devotion to spiritual over commercial values. In the consumer nation of America, nothing is more sacrilegious than authentic religion.
What is this need to destroy everything beautiful and sacred? Is there no moral fibre left in the US? Does any American care…truely care???
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what treaty…
I hope this land will be kept as sacred….not developed for gain.
Dont you people take anything else from the natives. Havnt you done enough damage to their sacred lands, and animals ?? You need to stop your greed, and start giving back to the Natives. It sickening what you have done, and you are still doing it. STOP IT NOW. Leave them and their lands alone !!!
Sacred land belongs to its people.
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Thank you all for your support. We are working together in a global effort to keep people informed about what is happening. Many tribes from the Oceti Sakowin or Great Sioux nation are banding together to raise awareness and funds. Please continue to share the message there is only a week left to take Pe’ Sla off the auction block.
It is a delicate situation but though the sacred lands are sacred, and need to remain sacred, the people that walk on these lands sometimes do not act in sacred fashion. This is why these awful situations keep happening. A people cannot be considered sacred in spirit if they still continue getting lost in family domestic violence, racism, religious intolerance, alcohol, doctor-prescribed chemical drugs, and meth. There must be cohesion among the people throughout the nations before the land will be properly returned. If the nations were united the American government could not continue to behave in these felonious ways.
Natives must learn to not repeat the mistakes of the American people that initially stole the lands by trying to be like them. This way ALL of the lands can be managed correctly. We will share this current burden and end the taking of sacred lands together but the abuses have to end. Now.
Hasn’t this country taken enough from Indians. Must they take everything? I will contribute and say a prayer. Pa’ Sla is Lakota and needs to stay Lakota.
To answer one Q up there: “Hell No! The U.S. government does not care! Open you’re eyes! I am not trying 2 B harsh….just being real. NOTHING has changed! NOTHING! Do U know that the Secret Societies of America even stole a very important Native’s skull (I am not saying who out of respect 4 Him & His People)…& USED it in their dark, twisted, perverse, bad vibed ceremonies? Hell no, the U.S. government will not B satisfied until ALL Beings (including Wolves, who R needlessly shot!) are subject to their ways (the U.S. government’s version of “how it should be” & “how we should all be”….if we are not white & like them….we are expendible!). Open you’re eyes. I guess they don’t know that The Ghost Dancers are Dancing & human beings are steadily becoming a mixture of all nationalities. We will not stand for their evil ways. The Lakota R STRONG. Mitake Oyaska.
Oops…my Husband corrected my bad Lakota. Am just learning. Mitakuye Oyasin. That really says it all. Too bad the U.S. government will NEVER SEE TRULY. It is just not going 2 happen. If there is gold, oil, ANYthing they think holds value….they will cause wars 2 get what they want. Look up Illuminati while U’r at it. All kinds of Nefarious things are going down. Well….all darkness serves the light. U.S. government is just plain ignorant & greedy. Shady as HELL 2.
Oh….Please do not celebrate “columbus day” either. He did not discover a thing! He did kidnap then kill Natives tho….