Regina Brave


Regina Brave is an Oglala Lakota activist who lives at the Pine Ridge [Indian Reservation] in South Dakota. She was at the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests in 2016 and 2017 and Wounded Knee incident in 1973. She's the mother of Walter Brave who fathers his 5 children. She has another son, Charles Whalen/Wiyáka Zi. She has two daughters, Ann Dixon who died in a car accident in 1996. She left behind a son, Tȟa Húnku Čaŋté Wiča Dixon. They both carry the last name of their stepfather/Stepgrandfather. Another daughter, Ohítika Brave and her children, X’Andra, Kaŋǧi Lúta Wiyaŋ, Jackie and Jason. Regina is a great grandma to Diondre, Aŋpo Wičaȟpi, and Naleia.