Update from Sioux Falls

Update from Sioux Falls

Update from Sioux Falls October 2025 Robert Horse Stands Waiting and Phillip Yellowbird Steele were assaulted at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. The had recently been moved from the Penitentiary in Springfield, South Dakota, without explanation and without any...
Spring 2024 Newsletter

Spring 2024 Newsletter

Liberated Voices


Volume #3 | Spring 2024


THIS PAST DECEMBER 21st LLUP held a third Talking Circle, involving about 20 participants. Robert Horse Stands Waiting and Phillip Yellowbird Still called in from the Durfee State Prison in Springfield, SD, and spoke about the effects of incarceration on themselves and on the indigenous popultation. Stephanie Yellow Eagle and Stacey Low Dog share about their work for indigenous justice.

Fall 2023 Newsletter

Fall 2023 Newsletter

Liberated Voices


Volume #2 | Fall 2023


SUMMER 2023 FOUND LLP actively engaged in events that support the Native American community in Rapid City and across South Dakota. Members of Lakota Lockup Project joined the “March for Justice: Holding Police Accountable” in July as they carried our LLP banner down the Main Street of Rapid City.

Cultural Survival Grant

Cultural Survival Grant

Cultural Survival Grant We’re excited to share that a grant for $6,000 has been received from Cultural Survival that will help forward our efforts to spark interest and enable youth, children, and their families and communities to gather more frequently at events that...
RESIST.org Grant

RESIST.org Grant

RESIST.org Grant We’re proud to announce that RESIST.org has granted $4,000 to Lakota LockUp Project. The funds will be used for expenses related to interviewing incarcerated Native Americans and developing their stories of abuse and inequity in their own words…...