S4E9: A Prairie Rose Sanctuary: Come Along for the Ride

Our featured indigenous voice for all of June 2026 is ... Prairie Rose Seminole. As co-tenant of her animal shelter/sanctuary in western North Dakota, Prairie Rose lives an exemplary life as a teacher, healer, warrior, and singer.

Her current life work is at the intersection of "biker culture" and indigenous women riders. Focused on directing a documentary film, that follows several Native women from one sacred site of the Lakota to Sturgis biker rally in early August, she admits to feeling the lure of becoming a story-sharer for the purpose of dispelling the darkness and unawareness that penetrates the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIW-R).

Prairie Rose Seminole is an enrolled member of the MHA Nation of North Dakota. She is Arikara, Northern Cheyenne and Dakota. Prairie Rose is a dedicated advocate for Indigenous rights, cultural preservation, and storytelling. With years of experience building relationships in Indigenous communities, Prairie Rose has worked at the intersection of advocacy, arts, and healing. They serve on the boards of Humanities ND, Gender Justice U.S., Olamina Fund and the Midwest Innocence Project. Their latest project, We Ride for Her, a documentary short on missing and murdered Indigenous relatives—draws on deep, trusted relationships built over three years with Indigenous motorcyclists, shedding light on the crisis through their lived experiences. She is currently working on her first documentary feature.

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