Chase Iron Eyes

Chase Iron Eyes (born March 6, 1978)[2][3] is a Native American activist, attorney, politician, and a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

[8] In July 2012, Iron Eyes filed a civil suit in federal court on behalf of Vern Traversie, a blind 69-year-old Lakota man, against a South Dakota hospital.

[12] In the summer of 2016, Iron Eyes and other representatives of LPLP joined with other anti-pipeline protestors near Standing Rock to resist the Dakota Access pipeline.

He was instrumental in raising awareness of Pe' Sla,[13] a high mountain prairie situated within the heart of the Black Hills, a sacred site related to Lakota creation beliefs where annual ceremonies, village gatherings, and other traditional activities took place, located north of Deerfield Lake and west of Black Elk Peak.

[17] Speaking to Prairie Public Radio in April, he said, "I'm running for Congress out of necessity [...] I see that our government is broken, and I feel responsible to do my part to try and fix this on behalf of North Dakota", as reported by Indian Country Today Media Network.

On June 8, 2022, Iron Eyes and his wife, Dr. Sara Jumping Eagle, filed legal documents asking a judge to issue court protection against Ezra Miller on behalf of their 18-year-old daughter, Tokata Iron Eyes, due to Miller allegedly using "violence, intimidation, threat of violence, fear, paranoia, delusions, and drugs [including marijuana and LSD]" to hold sway over her.

Pe' Sla is a part of the Black Hills , pictured here, that is sacred to the Lakota.