KILI (90.1 FM), licensed to Porcupine, South Dakota on the Oglala Lakota Nation, is a non-profit radio station broadcasting to the Lakota people on the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River, and Rosebud Indian Reservations, part of the Great Sioux Nation. The station started broadcasting in 1983 as the first American Indian-owned radio station in the United States.
Owned and operated by Lakota Communications, KILI serves more than 30,000 people on the three tribal nations, along with the large American Indian urban population in Rapid City, South Dakota. It seeks to preserve Native American culture and instill pride in the peoples' unique heritage and serving as a valued resource for the grassroots community - 100,000 world wide listen on the internet
