Monday May 26, 2009
Instead of the usual week schedule, things got changed up a bit today. On Mondays we usually begin on the work projects, but being that today was Memorial Day we went the Black Hills National Cemetery up in Sturgis for the Native American Veterans’ Memorial Service. It was really cool, a group of Native soldiers lead in the march carrying the American Flag right along with the Lakota Flag. They marched into the Sioux Victory Song, and sang the Sioux National Anthem to begin the ceremony.
After the ceremony, we went to Bear Butte, a “mountain” and state park in Sturgis that used to be the site of many Lakota spiritual ceremonies. We learned the history of the Butte from the State Park Director, who happened to be the first Native American director this park ever had.
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