Tim Giago

Tim Giago is a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe. He was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and attended elementary and high school at the Holy Rosary Indian Mission. Following a stint in the Navy and studies at the University of Nevada at Reno, he was awarded the prestigious Nieman Fellowship in Journalism to Harvard University for the years 1990-1991. In 1981 Giago was the founder of the Lakota Times, which was re-named Indian Country Today in 1992. He served as editor and...See more

Tim Giago is a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe. He was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and attended elementary and high school at the Holy Rosary Indian Mission. Following a stint in the Navy and studies at the University of Nevada at Reno, he was awarded the prestigious Nieman Fellowship in Journalism to Harvard University for the years 1990-1991. In 1981 Giago was the founder of the Lakota Times, which was re-named Indian Country Today in 1992. He served as editor and publisher for 18 years before selling the paper in 1998. In 2000 he started the Lakota Journal and served as its editor and publisher until his retirement in July of 2004. In 1984 Giago founded the Native American Journalists Association and served as its first president. He is currently the president of the Native American Journalists Foundation, Inc. and a nationally syndicated columnist with the Knight Ridder Tribune News Service in Washington, D.C. He is also the editor and publisher of the monthly magazine Indian Education Today. Giago has received many professional awards, including the H.L. Mencken Award. His published books include The Aboriginal Sin and Notes from Indian Country Volumes I and II. Giago also edited and helped write The American Indian and the Media. He has appeared on national television on programs such as Nightline and the Oprah Winfrey Show. See less