Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

I have been here 4 times, and I always stay for at least 10 days and last time I was there for 3 weeks.
I just love it there! The people I have gotten to know is so warm, kind and generous. They are like family to me.
I love the great sense of humor and how they take care of the elders and care for their children.
Yes, there is poverty and bad stuff going on too, that’s what I’ve heard. Still that’s not all I see. There is much to be said.
I’m still shocked when I hear people advising people not to go here and to be careful. Careful of what? Friendly loving people?
Yes, be careful every time you travel anywhere, but don’t listen to racist advices/warnings about this place, because that’s all it is. Racist.
What I see is people giving and giving, even if they don’t have everything themselves. I see smiles, I hear laughter and the best damn jokes in town:) I’m sad and crying every time I must go back home, and I’m thrilled and happy when I can return to my friends on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
The best place for vacationing:) And to enjoy the best smoothie in the world, visit Higher Ground Coffee House in Pine Ridge:)

I also was very touched by my brief visit to Pine Ridge. (About half a day) It’s very true that poverty is all around, but there was a noticable determination also. I visited Red Cloud’s grave and Wounded Knee.

should take some time and go here.

It’s a place that will never, ever leave your heart. You’ll find that you leave understanding so much more about your own life, as well as the US and its history, and how very, very long-term the consequences of our policy can be. I won’t tell you more. Just go.

Lived and worked at Holy Rosary Mission, teaching at Red Cloud Indian school from 1991 – 1993. Worth visiting. One can also visit the Heritage Center at Holy Rosary. Brother Simon, the curator, probably knows more about Native art than anyone I have ever met.

Good place, good people, good fun…etc

I think this is someplace worth visiting, and it really makes you realize what the Native American Indian’s have been through and what they’re still going through to this day.