Cecilia Fire Thunder [SEP] sex or gender
reservation.
A Lakota native speaker, Fire Thunder has also been active in tribal efforts to recover and revive use of the Lakota language among its young people and adults. She sees use of the language as integral to their culture.
Tribal presidency.
On November 2, 2004, Cecilia Fire Thunder was elected as the first female president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation to serve the two-year term. She defeated both Russell Means, notable as an activist in the American Indian Movement (
universities and groups about Lakota women and her experiences, as seen in the following:
- March 2010, Women's History Month, New York University, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
- September 2010, Tribal Leaders Summit, Bismarck, North Dakota - speaking on issues of domestic violence and concentrating resources for children
References.
- "Tribal council outlaws abortion", "Argus Leader", 31 May 2006
- Steven Argus, "Abortion Banned On Pine Ridge, Cecilia Fire Thunder Removed From