Tim Giago Biography

Tim Giago born Nanwica Kciji, is an American Oglala Lakota journalist and publisher. In 1981, he founded the Lakota Times at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

It was the first independently owned Native American newspaper in the United States. In 1991 Giago was selected as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. In 1992 he changed his paper’s name to Indian Country Today. It was to reflect its national coverage of Indian news and issues.

 Tim Giago Age

Tim’s age, date of birth, and birthday are publicly not available. We will update this section once this information is available.

 Tim Giago Height and Weight

Tim stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.

 Tim Giago Education

Tim attended the Holy Rosary Indian Mission school. He later wrote poetry and articles about the anger he felt at having his Lakota identity and culture suppressed. He attended San Jose Junior College in California and the University of Nevada, Reno.

 Tim Giago Family, Parents, Siblings

Tim was born and raised by his parents in the United State. Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the identity of his parents is still unclear. It is also not known if he has any siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.

 Tim Giago Husband and Children

Tim was married to his wife was Doris Giago, who learned with him to publish the Lakota Times. They later divorced. She became the first Indian journalism professor at South Dakota State University and also the first tenured Native American Professor in SDSU history.

 Tim Giago Salary

Details pertaining to his annual earnings are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.

 Tim Giago Net Worth

Tim’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million dollars. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an Author. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

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• Full Names: Tim Giago
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• Occupation / Profession: Author
• Nationality: American
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• Sexual Orientation: Straight

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 Tim Giago Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth:$1 million and $5 million
• Salary:  Under Review
• Source of Income: Author

 Tim Giago Career

Giago served with the US Navy at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, where he started writing because his commander noticed “he typed well” and assigned him to produce the base newspaper.

Giago also wrote personal articles and poems about his mission school experience, first published in the monthly journal Wassaja, run by Jeannette and Rubert Costo of San Francisco during the 1970s.

Jim Carrier, then an editor of the Rapid City Journal, saw his work and offered Giago a column for $10 a week. In 1979, his “Notes from Indian Country” became the first American Indian voice in a South Dakota newspaper.

Giago’s hiring had followed Wounded Knee incident in 1973 at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which received international attention, and near civil war on the reservation during the next few years, but, as Carrier wrote later, “none of the state’s 11 daily newspapers or 145 weeklies covered the mayhem in any depth, relying instead on the Associated Press or printing nothing at all.”

A year later the paper offered Giago a full-time position and he began to learn the newspaper business. As a young reporter, he was sometimes told that he could not cover events at the Pine Ridge Reservation because he could not be “objective”, an opinion which he questioned.

In 1981, Giago moved back to the reservation to begin the Lakota Times as a weekly community newspaper to represent his neighbors’ lives.

It was the first independently owned Native American newspaper; most papers published on reservations have been owned by tribal governments. In the beginning, he earned revenue by publishing the most complete list of pow-wows nationally and selling related advertising.

This gave him the needed independence on the reservation. He wrote editorials criticizing the US and state policy related to Native Americans, and his columns were soon syndicated by Knight-Ridder.

After his criticism of AIM’s violence on the reservation, his offices were fire-bombed. Despite his criticism of programs, he gradually earned the respect of tribal governments and gained their support for his independence during difficult years.

Through the years, Giago hired and trained numerous Native Americans, some of whom later moved on to other papers and media to become successful in journalism.

He also founded the Native American Journalists Association and served as its first president. To encourage American Indian participation in the media, the NAJA Foundation provides scholarships and summer internships to journalism students who are Indian.

The foundation also holds three major seminars a year for working Indian journalists, publishers, and the business side.

Gradually Giago expanded his paper’s coverage to all the Indian reservations in South Dakota, then to American Indian issues nationwide.

To reflect its national coverage, in 1992 he changed the name of the paper to Indian Country Today. In 1998, Giago sold the paper to the Oneida Nation, based in New York.

At the time it was grossing $1.9 million annually in ad sales. As of 2005, it was the largest Native American paper, reaching 50 states and 17 countries.

In 2000, Giago founded The Lakota Times and sold it in 2004 to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, thinking he would retire.

After the Times stopped publishing, Giago founded the Native Sun News in 2009 in Rapid City, South Dakota, committing to his style of investigative journalism as well as broad coverage of Indian news.

It is published on paper only. He also is a columnist for the Huffington Post, an online news source.

Tim Giago Books

The Aboriginal Sin: Reflections on the Holy Rosary Indian Mission School (Red Cloud Indian School), poetry, San Francisco: Indian Historian Press, 1978. OCLC 4710052
Notes from Indian Country, K. Cochran, 1984. Non-fiction.
The American Indian and the Media, Minneapolis, MN: National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1991. ISBN 0-9631926-0-4

Frequently Asked Questions About Tim Giago

Who is Tim?

Tim Giago born Nanwica Kciji, is an American Oglala Lakota journalist and publisher. In 1981, he founded the Lakota Times at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

How old is Tim?

Tim was born on 12 July 1934, in Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, United States. He celebrates his birthday every 12 of July every year.

How tall is Tim?

Tim stands at an average height. He appears to be quite tall in stature if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.

Is Tim married?

Tim was married to his wife was Doris Giago, who learned with him to publish the Lakota Times. They later divorced. She became the first Indian journalism professor at South Dakota State University and also the first tenured Native American Professor in SDSU history.

How much is Tim worth?

Tim’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million dollars. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an Author. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

How much does Tim make?

Details pertaining to his annual earnings are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.

Where does Tim live?

Because of security reasons, Tim has not shared his precise location of residence. We will update this information if we get the location and images of his house.

Is Tim dead or alive?

Tim is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him/her being sick or having any health-related issues.

Where is Tim Now?

To get his latest updates, visit his official social media accounts listed below.

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