Dakota Goodhouse is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. He practices some of the traditional arts such as flute-playing and pictography. Goodhouse has some published works but is most proud of his work appearing in the Smithsonian's publication "The Year The Stars Fell." He maintains the history blog The First Scout. In this video, he addresses the question, “How might indigenous relationships have a different meaning and weight than is seen with political ideologies and national boundaries that change over time?”