Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

February 13, 2026

PINE RIDGE: Epstein and Robert Kennedy, Jr., were on Pine Ridge 'Fossil Hunting'




PINE RIDGE: Epstein and Robert Kennedy, Jr., were on Pine Ridge 'Fossil Hunting'

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Feb. 13, 2026

Jeffrey Epstein and Robert Kennedy, Jr., were on a fossil-hunting trip on Pine Ridge, as shown in the documents just released in the Epstein case by the U.S. Department of Justice. The Epstein files also reveal former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson at the Epstein ranch in New Mexico.

On the fossil hunting trip on Pine Ridge, Epstein, Kennedy and others arrived in Rapid City, South Dakota. The exact location of the fossil hunting on Pine Ridge is not revealed.

However, in the resistance to dinosaur hunters, Lakotas' Tokala Society maintained a resistance camp on the Stronghold in the Badlands in 2003 to protect the Ceremonial area from dinosaur hunters who were planning to excavate the sacred ground. The Stronghold is where the people fled for Ceremony after the Massacre at Wounded Knee.

February 12, 2026

Oak Flat March and Run: Apache Stronghold Photos



Oak Flat March and Run: Apache Stronghold Photos

By Apache Stronghold, Censored News, Feb. 9, 2026

12th Annual Oak Flat March/Run. The final day of the run, Saturday,February 7, 2026, the experienced runners passed through the final corridor, ending at the Oak Flat campground. The annual gathering followed, with speakers representing many tribes, backgrounds, and ages sharing their thoughts on Oak Flat and the importance of protecting this sacred and irreplaceable site. Photos by Molly Peters.

Minneapolis: Native People at Fort Snelling, 'Return Dakota Oyate Land'

Minneapolis: Native People at Fort Snelling, 'Return Dakota Oyate Land'



NEW: Indigenous Activists Occupy Land Near Fort Snelling, Plan To Stay Until 'Land Back'

By Unicorn Riot Media, Feb. 12, 2026

On February 9, 2026, Indigenous activists erected multiple tipis at Coldwater Spring outside Fort Snelling, establishing an occupation. Organizers demand land back in the form of “returning Fort Snelling” to the Dakota people, and invite state officials like Governor Tim Walz, and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan to have a conversation, said Gary Spears, organizer with First Nations United.

February 6, 2026

OAK FLAT: SACRED CHI’CHIL BIł’DAGOTEEL MARCH/RUN FEBUARY 5-8, 2026


Photo courtesy Apache Stronghold 2026

12TH ANNUAL SACRED CHI’CHIL BIł’DAGOTEEL OAK FLAT MARCH/RUN FEBUARY 5-8, 2026