Jesse Taken Alive, former Standing Rock tribal chairman, dies of COVID-19

Lala is the Lakota word for grandfather — Jesse « Jay » Taken Alive taught Lakota culture and language at a school in his hometown of McLaughlin, S.D., until he became ill, his brother said. His wife …Lala is the Lakota word for grandfather — Jesse « Jay » Taken Alive taught Lakota culture and language at a school in his hometown of McLaughlin, S.D., until he became ill, his brother said. His wife …