Wounded Knee Museum Blog

Many times visitors to the museum ask , "How Can I Help" ? While there are many organizations that provide assistance to the reservations in South Dakota and we are grateful to them all, one stands out because they focus on helping statewide. Native American Heritage Foundation Association (NAHA) of Rapid City, South Dakota, with the guidance of David Meyers has a crew that brings a passion to helping our Native American friends.

NAHA was started in 1993 by David G. Myers after a visit to the Reservations in South Dakota.

After seeing the plight and conditions that Native Americans were trying to cope with on a daily basis, Mr. Myers knew he had to do something to help them. So the mission began to help as many Native American families and children on the Crow Creek, Lower Brule, Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations with basic life necessities and self-help programs. Over the years, they have provided much needed hope and dignity to many of the deserving Native Americans that needed a helping hand.

Check out their website http://www.naha-inc.org/ and give Tim a call to ask how you can help in their mission. 605-341-9110

Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder to lay a wreath at the Wounded Knee massacre site, Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 11:45 A.M.

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/u-s-attorney-general-meeting-with-tribal-leaders-in-rapid/article_bd4e0a96-b732-11e0-9112-001cc4c002e0.html




















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Every year, the Oscar Micheaux Center in Gregory, South Dakota, holds a festival celebrating current local, statewide, and national talents honoring Micheaux's many contributions to film and books. Gregory, South Dakota, is home to the only cultural center in the world dedicated to Oscar Micheaux. For more center or festival information contact Oscar Micheaux Festival Foundation Chairman Jerry Wilske at (605) 835-9478.

http://www.cityofgregory.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={63C70840-C8C5-467E-914C-64E992842E4C}


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On August 29th 1970, a small group of young Indians invaded Mount Rushmore, the so-called 'national shrine of democracy' The invasion brought together Indians form different tribes and reservations who converged to help the Sioux Nation in their efforts to reclaim the sacred Black Hills and to force the Federal Government to be held accountable for the illegal taking of their Lands. At 7pm on August 29th , after eluding authorities, the group of young natives reached the top of the mountain near the four faces of the presidents where they hung a large flag with the words:SIOUX INDIAN POWER.


http://www.causes.com/causes/190995-demand-that-the-fort-laramie-treaty-of-1868-be-recognized-honored-by-the-united-states-of-america/about



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You can check out the new Pow Wow schedule on the bottom right side of our blog, or you can visit http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/



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Village Earth has many new activities going on at the Pine Ridge Reservation. Check them out at Village Earth.org



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PINE RIDGE, S.D. — About 275 miles northeast of Fort Collins, two Northern Colorado-based nonprofit organizations are helping build a bridge between the past and the present.


http://www.ncbr.com/article.asp?id=57984



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Village Earth affiliate, Sustainable Homestead Designs, based on the Pine Ridge Reservation has entered a contest to win an orchard from Dreyer’s Fruit Bars brand and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation. In order to win, they need the most votes for their project.


http://www.sustainablehomesteaddesigns.org/Sustainable_Homestead_Designs/Home.html



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The Lakota Lands Recovery Project (LLRP) is a grassroots support organization that serves the region of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The LLRP is working to support grassroots organizations on Pine Ridge that are working to reclaim and consolidate tribal lands and access the resources needed for the Lakota people to live on, protect, and utilize it, helping to return the balance between economy, ecology, and culture.


http://villageearth.org/global-projects/pine-ridge-reservation?utm_content=0000-00-00%2000%3A00%3A00&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fvillageearth.org%2Fglobal-projects%2Fpine-ridge-reservation&utm_campaign=Help%20Build%20a%20Pallet%20House%20on%20Pine%20Ridgecontent


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Set on and around the poorest place in the USA, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Rez Bomb is a love story/thriller about a Lakota girl and a white guy who are very much in love but get themselves into trouble with a brutal money lender and its against the clock for them to bail themselves out.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0909824/plotsummary


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Henry Red Cloud and his company "Lakota Solar Enterprises" have been working on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota providing the people with jobs and low utility bills.


http://www.solartoday-digital.org/solartoday/201103#pg1


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