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Groceries and Rancid Meat
If you live in a metropolitan area, suburban area, a rural region near a larger city, or really almost anywhere. If you are middle or upper class, economically stable, have a job, a steady income, have a car and a … Continue reading
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Tagged lakota, pine ridge, rancid meat, Sioux Nation Grocery Store
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Good news from the Reservation
My recent blogs have been pretty depressing on the plight of the Lakota People living on Pine Ridge Reservation. From the price of food, to the isolation, the lack of housing, electricity and water, the poverty rate, the alcohol abuse, … Continue reading
My week with Re-member
My thoughts from my week with Re-member. (1) Installing skirting on a house or trailer will cut the propane bill for a household by about 40%. Many of the homes on the Pine Ridge Reservation need skirting around the bottom … Continue reading
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Tagged lakota, pine ridge, poverty, re-member, service learning
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A Look at the Soil
The reservations where the Native Americans are placed contain some of the poorest soil in the United States. Additionally, the Lakota people, who ended up in South Dakota on reservations such as Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne River, and Standing Rock … Continue reading
Crazy Horse to Pine Ridge
This morning we set out early from Rapid City to Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Just a short stop by Mount Rushmore, to take in the Giant Heads and a longer more detailed stop at Crazy Horse. The complex at … Continue reading
Two Worlds: Oglala Lakota College and White Clay, Nebraska
We have had a series of successful meeting with faculty and administrators at Oglala Lakota College (OLC). We have met with Dr. Deig Sandoval and Jason Tinant at the OLC Center for Science and Technology. We also have met with … Continue reading
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Tagged alcoholism, Oglala Lakota College, pine ridge, service learning, white clay Nebraska
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Into Pine Ridge
On June 26, 2012 we left the Black Hills, through Deadwood, Sturgis, and Rapid City and entered the rolling landscape of the South Dakota prairie and grassland. As we passed through Deadwood, I was reminded of what we learned in … Continue reading
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Tagged badlands, Kyle, Oglala Lakota College, pine ridge, prairie
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Preparations for Leaving
In one week, we will be in Lead, SD. If you are unfamiliar with Lead (pronounced “leed” not “lead”), it is a small town in the Black Hills, near the Wyoming state line. Lead was founded in 1867, after the … Continue reading
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Tagged cheyenne river, lakota, pine ridge, re-member
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