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Beau Big Crow, Boy's Traditional Dance, Oglala, SD. Hitting the pow-wow circuit is a favorite summertime activity providing the family with opportunities to renew contacts with friends and extended families.

Arval looking Horse is the nineteenth generation 'Keeper of the Sacred Pipe,' a position of spiritual leadership among the Lakota people.

Russell Means is an activist who has been a driving force in the American Indian Movement (AIM) since its earliest days in the 1960s.

Ten-year tribal chairman of the Sison Wahpeton Sioux, Jerry Flute is proudest of bringing the Pipe and Sweat Lodge back in the open. Since 1984, he has worked untiringly on sacred sites and religious freedom legislation.

A specialist in pediatrics and internal medicine, Lucy Reiffel chose to move to the Rosebud Reservation in 1980. She adopted Casey, a fetal alcohol syndrome child, after she delivered him from his inebriated mother.

The strength and courage of Bessie Iron Heart come from her reliance on traditional Lakota values, generosity, community and spirituality.

At the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Billy Mills thrilled the world by winning the gold medal in the 10, 000 meter race. More than his stunning up victory, Billy's many accomplishments and work on behalf of native Americans are an inspiration for all people.

Rancher Wayne Ducheneaux was chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe from 1986 to 1990. He also completed a two-year term as president of the National Congress of American Indians in 1991. He was appointed Special Tribal judge in 1991.

Charlotte Black elk is the great-granddaughter of Nicholas Black Elk, who gained renown through John Neihardt's Black Elk Speaks. Active in environmental issues, she is an authority in the verification of Lakota oral tradition.

Joe flying Bye is a Dakota medicine man living in Little Eagle, South Dakota, on the Standing Rock Reservation. He learned his craft as a boy when he served as a guide for his blind grandfather, the holy man, Sun Dreamer.