Native Sun Media Foundation attended the 2026 Oglala Lakota Nation Wacipi in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, documenting a powerful gathering of relatives, dancers, singers, veterans, youth, families, and visitors.
Through song, dance, honoring, competition, and time shared among relatives, the Wacipi reflected the strength and continuity of Lakota culture. These gatherings are living expressions of identity, kinship, remembrance, and responsibility carried forward from one generation to the next.
Native Sun Media Foundation documents community gatherings because Indigenous people must remain visible within their own historical record. Community-centered photography helps preserve the people, relationships, and cultural moments too often overlooked or inaccurately represented by outside media.
