{"id":18544,"date":"2023-08-04T16:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\/?p=18544"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:53:07","slug":"why-we-march-toward-justice-11-police-killings-in-2-years-in-rapid-city-majority-indigenous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndncollective.org\/why-we-march-toward-justice-11-police-killings-in-2-years-in-rapid-city-majority-indigenous\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We March Toward Justice: 11 Police Killings in 2 Years in Rapid City, Majority Indigenous Victims","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">On July 4th, so-called Independence Day, Indigenous organizers and allies took to the streets of downtown Rapid City, South Dakota for the &#8220;March Toward Justice.&#8221; Guided by the encouragement and wisdom of Lakota Elders, participants in the march prayed, sang, danced, and raised their collective voices, demanding justice for Indigenous victims of systemic racism and police violence in Rapid City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"tm-responsive-video video-youtube tm-responsive-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"No Killer Cops on Stolen Land\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MWVCHa6N3R4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Recap Video of the March Toward Justice. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across Turtle Island, we are still reeling from the Supreme Court&#8217;s rulings on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/30\/1182121291\/colorado-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-decision\">LGBTQ discrimination<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/30\/1182216970\/supreme-court-student-loan-forgiveness-decision-biden\">denial of financial support for students<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/06\/29\/1181138066\/affirmative-action-supreme-court-decision\">canceling affirmative action admission programming<\/a>. The highest court\u2019s decisions have a ripple effect on the racist systems that exist on a local level in the Oceti Sakowin territory, and Mni Luzahan (AKA Rapid City) specifically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For generations, our relatives have been impacted by waves of grief and mourning from police violence, murders, and missing relatives. In South Dakota, from 2001-2023 there have been<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/u\/0\/d\/1aDA2kl1lUUo1hJmsumx20zoOv0u-5W436GazbmOkeF8\/edit\"><strong> <\/strong>79 police-involved shootings statewide, 0 convictions of police officers, additionally, 75% of the fatal shooting victims were Indigenous people.<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese killings by police are not distant. It\u2019s down the block from us or across the street at the gas station. It happens in the neighborhoods we work and live in,\u201d said Sunny Red Bear, NDN Collective Local Organizer. \u201cWe hear the reports over the scanner, the sirens blaring and the slow, sad ambulance, off to the hospital again. The people hold vigils and circulate the funeral postings. The community has reached the limit of what it can tolerate.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BLOG-MAIN-HEADER-IMAGE-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18545\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters at the front of the March Toward Justice come together in dance, song, and prayer. Photo by Richard Blue Cloud Castaneda for NDN Action Network.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading up to the march on July 3rd, a March Toward Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CuSu-iSuF8X\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">press conference<\/a> was held to emphasize the demands and elevate the voices of the community. Dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wambliska.org\">Wambli Ska Society <\/a>members supported outreach efforts. Wambli Ska Society is a local Indigenous-led organization focused on cultivating community services such as a teen center, street outreach, and violence prevention through the revitalization of culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the day of the press conference, Indigenous organizers and allies loaded up into trucks with LANDBACK and American Indian Movement flags, boxes of pizza, and over 700 flyers to invite relatives and the local community to the March Toward Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped has-lightbox wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18560\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Wambli-Ska-Outreach.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18560\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18564\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vykjO4RT-2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18564\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18563\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/67MFnl8c-2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18563\"\/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><em>(Click on Photos to Expand) <\/em>Indigenous youth organizers and allies hand out pizza and flyers to the community ahead of the March Toward Justice. Photo by Jose Arguello for Wambli Ska Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the March Toward Justice, relatives of all ages held signs that read \u201cNo Killer Cops On Stolen Land,\u201d which unequivocally speaks to the police murders and systemic racism perpetrated by Rapid City Police and the US government, who have consistently and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/jul\/10\/lakota-nation-fight-land-mark-ruffalo\"> illegally broken treaties.<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other community members held handmade signs and banners that identified family members who were harmed by the Rapid City Police Department\u2013 the reason they were marching. Youth participants led a puppet school bus representing the school-to-prison pipeline. The bus puppeteers pranced around the march, with messaging on the bus outlining facts about youth incarceration, followed by a young relative chained to the end of the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BLOG-SCHOOL-BUS-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18573\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Relatives puppeteer a school bus depicting the school-to-prison pipeline, led and designed by Terrell Iron Shell, NDN Collective Local Organizer. Photo by Richard Blue Cloud Castaneda for NDN Action Network.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bus puppet points to a glaring statistic: The 3,000 Indigenous students currently enrolled in Rapid City Area Schools make up only 17% of the school population; Yet, they are the most heavily disciplined, and represent 100% of school expulsions. Student Resource Officers (SROs) in the schools, serve as an extension of the police, and are directly connected to the school-to-prison pipeline for Indigenous students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery school has at least one School Resource Officer, and based on their job description, SROs are supposed to foster a safe community,\u201d said Anissa Martin, NDN Collective Local Organizer at the March Toward Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=14Ygfa0vIkw\">press conference<\/a>.&nbsp; \u201cBut we\u2019re here to tell you that that\u2019s not happening. There have been many cases in which SROs have been violent and are inflicting more harm than good.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the march, families and <em>wakanheja (<\/em>children in the Lakota language) showed out by the hundreds, standing in solidarity alongside 70+ organizations who signed on to a letter calling for police accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cante Heart, a local activist and organizer, asked those with eagle bone whistles, eagle staffs, and sacred pipes to the front of the march to lead. This is sundance season for many Indigenous Nations of the Great Plains and ceremonies are being held all over so-called South Dakota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the peaceful and prayerful marchers headed towards the Rapid City Police Department and the Pennington County Sheriff&#8217;s office, they unfurled a 200 foot x 25 foot banner along the road that read, \u201cNo Killer Cops On Stolen Land.\u201d After the banner upfolded, a round dance occurred where participants, led by drum group Good Medicine, circled the banner in front of the Rapid City Police Department. Simultaneously, youth placed their handprints in orange paint along its border to call attention to the parallel experiences of young people today and our young relatives who went missing or were murdered at residential schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped has-lightbox wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18591\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BLOG-Aerial-view-of-Banner-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18591\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18594\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Handprints_-ANGEL-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18594\"\/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><em>(Click on Photos to Expand)<\/em> Young relatives and their families leave their orange handprints on a banner that reads \u201cNo Killer Cops on Stolen Lands\u201d. Photos by Richard Blue Cloud Castaneda and Angel White Eyes for NDN Action Network.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the march proceeded past the Pennington County Jail, incarcerated relatives banged on their cell windows above the crowd, adding their voice to the movement from inside the prison walls, despite the inhumane consequences they would experience because of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our incarcerated relatives are one of the main reasons why we do this work locally and nationally. In South Dakota, Indigenous people are only 10% of the population, but comprise 51% of the prison inmate population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have to remember this isn\u2019t just the Rapid City Police Department who continuously murders our relatives,\u201d said Hermus Bettelyoun, NDN Collective Local Organizer&nbsp; \u201cWe need to look at the entire system that protects murderers who hold a badge. And it\u2019s not just the police. It&#8217;s much bigger than that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racial profiling, targeting, and the intentional incarceration of Indigenous relatives is the continuation of settler colonialism and white supremacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/freeleonard-peltier.com\/\">Leonard Peltier<\/a> has been caged for 48 years, one of the longest sentences served by an Indigenous political prisoner. We are as committed to the movement calling for his clemency as we are to our demands for police accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image has-lightbox\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/08\/updated-graphic-835x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18816\" style=\"width:626px;height:768px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked, \u201cWhat do you think is the biggest misconception by non-Indigenous people about what is going on here [today]?\u201d and \u201cHow [they] feel about the land,\u201d Stephanie Yellow Eagle, Local Organizer with the<a href=\"https:\/\/lakotalockupproject.org\/\"><strong> <\/strong>Lakota Lockup Project<\/a> responded, \u201cThey don&#8217;t see the systemic racism that&#8217;s within the criminal justice system, so I feel like that has a lot to play in why there are so many people incarcerated in prisons and jails, foster care homes, forced treatment centers\u2013 the list goes on and on. It&#8217;s our land! Follow the treaties! We wouldn&#8217;t be doing this type of stuff if everybody just followed the treaties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The March Toward Justice illuminated what can happen when we come together as relatives in our full power and take to the streets on Indigenous lands, with our prayers, demands, and hearts. We know the truth. We keep us safe\u2013 no police or permits needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We invite all relatives to join us in ensuring that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuKLBOLr6HI\/\">demands<\/a> for police accountability in Mni Luzahan are met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/tnWdcA2Y2yg?feature=share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WATCH THE FULL NDN LIVE: MARCH TOWARD JUSTICE: HOLDING THE POLICE STATE ACCOUNTABLE<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"tm-responsive-video video-youtube tm-responsive-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"NDN Live: March Toward Justice #NoKillerCopsOnStolenLand\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tnWdcA2Y2yg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Photos from the March Toward Justice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Click on Photos to Expand<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped mt-0 has-lightbox wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18700\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Blog-main-Header-image-option-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18700\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18694\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7Q0A0713-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18694\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18691\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MTJ_Action-Day2071-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18691\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18533\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7Q0A0812-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18533\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18394\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7Q0A0657-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18394\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18401\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7Q0A1109-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18401\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18390\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7Q0A0769-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18390\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"18710\" src=\"https:\/\/ndncollective-org.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/07\/7Q0A0655-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18710\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photos by Richard Blue Cloud Castaneda and Angel White Eyes for NDN Action Network<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background mb-0\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 73%)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\">Ways to Take Action<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\u270f\ufe0fSign the Petition: No Killer Cops on Stolen Land<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ndnactionnetwork.cc\/NoKillerCops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign the Petition Here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">\u270f\ufe0fSign the Petition: Free Leonard Peltier<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" 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