SEW BEAUTIFUL A Q&A WITH ARTIST ELIZABETH MORRISON Elizabeth Morrison ‘82 is one of hundreds of Country: When did you develop an interest in making art? Lakota artists who utilize The Heritage Center’s Elizabeth Morrison: Growing up here in the desolate beauty of our reservation, you can see the online store to sell their art and crafts. Red Cloud beauty all around us. Usually our first experience with art is being wrapped in a baby star quilt at Country sat down with Morrison to get a bit more“ birth. Then we receive such a quilt for each milestone throughout our lives; naming ceremonies, insight to the stories behind her work. graduations, weddings, births, deaths…they play such a huge role in our lives. My mother, Jessie Bear Robe, taught me how to make star quilts. I made my first one thousands "Art has always been of quilts ago. My inspiration comes from the different shades of colors available. RED CLOUD COUNTRY a part of my life." RCC: How has your approach to art have evolved over the years? Sharing the stories of www.redcloudschool.org Fall 2012 Volume 4, Issue 2 LM: When I first started making quilts, I conformed to the basic lone star design. Now I can get really creative in the different shades of colors I put together, and the various patterns that my sisters At the beginning of each school year, every senior sits down with high school principal Robin Johnson to discuss and I have designed over the years. Though I find it harder and harder to be able to sit still long their plans for the coming year and beyond. Will they pursue college, perhaps the first in their family to do so? enough to get a quilt done in a timely manner. What used to take me hours to complete now takes Will they serve their community as a nurse or police officer? Maybe they feel called to stay close to home and lily of the days. But I am truly blessed that I have my daughters to help - they also know how to make quilts! I support their family while continuing their path of education. Whatever the goal, though, they make a plan. started selling my quilts and beadwork to The Heritage Center several years ago to make extra money. When Christian McGhee ’08 created his plan, he knew he would be returning to the reservation and that Red mohawks Cloud would be somewhere in that future. He just didn’t know it would be so soon. On Sunday, October 21, 2012, the Red Cloud communi- RCC: Do you have a favorite quilt? With a college diploma in hand, the ink just barely dry, McGhee came back to the reservation this fall to ty celebrated, along with the worldwide Catholic Church, LM: My favorite piece of work is the Flying Eagle quilt. I was very lonesome one day and my husband accept the position of athletic director and head boys’ basketball coach at Red Cloud High School. “I want to the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha, an Algonquin took me driving to help ease the hurt. As we approached the White River, I looked up into a tree and continue a strong tradition of Red Cloud’s athletic program and also return to help the people and the school that and Mohawk woman who lived at the end of the 17th there were eight eagles sitting there. Eight eagles…it was spectacular! I found comfort in this and I graduated from.” Like many alumni who have returned to their alma mater to serve, he found it an opportunity century. Kateri is the first Native American to be officially I designed this quilt to remind myself of that awesome day. I would like to be able to design more he couldn’t pass up. declared a Saint in the Catholic Church. elaborate quilts and to have the ability to see these projects out. For Native American communities across the country, it was particularly meaningful. Joyce Tibbitts, St. Agnes See Morrison's artistry online at www.redcloudschool.org/shop Parish Coordinator, rejoiced in the announcement of the COMPLETING canonization. “I believe that St. Kateri is a definite role ” model for all young native women in many ways. Her strength and persistence in teaching her own people in the ways and life of Christ is an inspiration because this THE reservation isn’t an easy place to live.” She went on to express that St. Kateri, “inspires me to stand up for what

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of her life. It also left her orphaned, as her mother, father, Visit Us Online Us Visit relate to our student-athletes a little bit better than someone older might be able to because I went to school here and younger brother died during the epidemic. Carry- and I know what is expected. I know what needs to happen on the court and in the classroom.” ing the stories and songs taught to her by her Catholic, McGhee isn’t the only young alumnus to join the ranks this fall. After securing her degree in sociology from Algonquin mother, St. Kateri eventually met a Jesuit priest in 2002, Nakina Mills ‘98 found herself looking for a job on the reservation immediately, and continued her journey of faith and baptism into the wanting to begin her career by helping in her home community. And over the years she’s had the opportunity to Catholic Church. She became a woman of deep prayer do just that, leading to her current role as Director of Student Advancement and Alumni Support. and generously devoted herself to caring for the elderly, Having received the prestigious Spirit of Creighton award at graduation, Mills could have continued along any the sick, and children. Always challenged in her health, number of paths to success. She first took a position in Pine Ridge as a caseworker with the Department of Social St. Kateri died in 1680 at the young age of 24. Services, assessing child abuse and neglect referrals and providing services to children and families dealing with “Her life calls us all to a deeper spirituality and challenges at home. Later, her focus became older youth in the foster care system and supporting their transition generous service of our brothers and sisters,” said Fr. to adulthood. It was in this work that she began to understand the role she could play in helping her community. Peter Klink, S.J., in concelebrating the day’s Mass with After ten years in the field, Mills says she has learned a great deal, not only in the arena of child welfare and

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Native American Deacon Gerald Bush. 100 Mission Drive Mission 100 Six parish and four church communities from across “When I was growing up I was told that the reservation gathered at Holy Rosary Church on the education is the key to being able to give main campus of Red Cloud Indian School, to celebrate

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historic Mass. In the Non-Profit Org Non-Profit Mills went on. “The value of giving back to one’s community, which the Jesuits at Red Cloud taught, is another spirit of fellowship, important merit. This virtue is also a part of our Lakota faith. So these similarities helped in guiding me to where the celebration con- I am today.” This value, Mills feels, must be passed along to her own children—four of whom currently attend tinued with a meal Red Cloud. at Sacred Heart In her newest role, Mills will put to use skills developed over the last decade to support other young alumni in Church in traversing the college selection process and transition into universities, trade schools and military stations around Pine Ridge. the country. In mentoring current students through their preparations and following them into their post-grad- uate studies, she is bridging a gap that exists for so many youth today. It is a role critical to helping our graduates find their footing, and then following through with, their new endeavors Over the last five years, Red Cloud has implemented the idea of "completing the circle". Starting in kinder- Thanks garten and carrying through senior exams, Red Cloud provides students with the tools they need to achieve their — for using greatest potential an educated mind, body and heart. And by surrounding students and graduates with the close–knit support they received while at Red Cloud, Mills and McGhee join Principal Johnson and 175 more your dedicated individuals—on the ground each morning—encouraging their further education. This support is key stamp in fostering the perseverance needed to continue to build dreams for their futures on and off the reservation. It is also what allows current students to understand that they, too, can achieve the same. And McGhee and Mills are just the people to carry out this work. Indeed, this idea of completing the circle resonates loudly with McGhee, as the Pine Ridge Reservation will always be home for him. He says that even if he hadn’t gotten a job at Red Cloud, he would have sought work somewhere in the community. But Red Cloud clearly holds a special place for him. “I couldn’t say no—it was the opportunity of a lifetime.” Red Cloud Indian School Read more online at www.redcloudschool.org/completingthecircle. 100 Mission Drive Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770- 2100 Hope. Alive.

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Justin McIntyre Ms. Lexie Schwabel Mr. Charles Weilman American Honda Foundation Cloud High School students and a meeting with lo- Mr. & Mrs. John J. McLaughlin Colorado Douglas Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Antonino Incardona Mr. & Mrs. Anthony McKee Mrs. Alberta C. Schwengber Mr. & Mrs. Bob Weisz Amica Companies Foundation John & Lisa Nicotra Mr. Robert Allen Ms. Monica Doyle Mr. Michael Indence Mr. & Ms. William McLellan Mr. & Mrs. John Seiber Mr. & Mrs. John G. Welshons Archer Daniels Midland cal tribal leadership held in the high school library. Mr. John McMahon Dr. & Mrs. George G. Ms. Lucille Werlinich Company Mr. & Mrs. Steve Meitl Shashaty Mr. Eugene Werner Bemis Company, Inc. The delegation visited Red Cloud to experience Ms. Lucy J. Mercuri Mrs. Patricia Shelland Sr. Mary Werner O.P. Black Hills Area Community Rev. Michael G. Mertens Mr. John V. Shutze Mr. & Mrs. H. A. Werst Foundation the impact HHS’ Administration for Native Ameri- OUR CIRCLE OF FAMILY Mr. Robert W. Metzler Ms. Marian Siatczynski Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Westrick BNY Mellon Mr. Randy Meyer Bob Sieling Mr. Leonard N. Weydert, Jr. The Boeing Company cans has had on the institution through a grant sup- Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Meyn Mr. & Mrs. Erik P. Simmons Mr. & Mrs. David White Bristol Myers Squibb Circle of Grandfathers and Leo Niessen, Jr. Charitable Mrs. Eileen M. Anderson The Howard A. Drescher Allan E. Inglis, MD Michael & Vincenza Vinciullo Mr. & Mrs. Alex Simon Mr. Richard Wiederhold Foundation porting the creation of our K-12 Lakota language Thiyóšpaye: [tee-YO-shpa-yay] Grandmothers Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard Anderson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Francis X. Charitable Foundation Trust Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Simon Mr. Melvin T. Wilczynski Cardinal Health Foundation $50,000 and up Ms. Mary M. Nolan Mr. & Mrs. Antonio Armagno Donald P. Dreyer, D.V.M. Jacoby III Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Miller Sisters of the Cross and Mr. Hugh Wilde Tribune Foundation curriculum and a second grant supporting facilities Anonymous Casey Albert T. O'Neil Mr. Harry Ashmead Mr. Kenneth A. Dudley Mr. John G. Jaworski Mr. Jim E. Miller Passion of North Kingstown, Mr. Joseph H. Wilkens Coca–Cola Company, Inc. (n.) extended family Adams-Mastrovich Family Foundation Sandra Atlas Bass and Edythe Rev. Stephen J. Duffe Jesuit High School of Mr. Paul E. Miller, Jr Rhode Island Ms. Ann M. Williams The Clorox Company dear friends, Foundation, Mary Adams Mr. & Mrs. William L. Palmer and Sol G. Atlas Fund, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Duffy Carmichael, California Missionary Sisters of Mr. Bennie L. Smith Mr. Carl B. Williams Eli Lilly & Company planning. This particular partnership will strengthen We have begun another exciting school year! It is always Balmat Mrs. Barbara J. Perry Mr. & Mrs. Richard Babyak Mrs. Patricia Durstin Jesuit Retreat House of Techny, Ms. Mabelle Jean Smith Ms. Pat Williamson Foundation, Inc. accessibility to Native arts on the reservation ArtPlace Herman J. & Theresa Ratelle Mr. & Mrs. David Bach Kenneth D. Dykstra, M.D. Lake Elmo, MI Mr. & Mrs. Marcel Molins Ms. Sara F. Smith & Mr. & Mr. Eva Winslow ETS We regard our honor roll good to have the students back on campus—they bring Senator Stan Adelstein Mr. John P. Sachs Mr. & Mrs. William Baillie Ellen & Scott Sayer Charitable Mr. & Mrs. Walter D. Johann Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Molnar, Jr. Mr. Raul Diaz Ms. Doris A. Wintrode ExxonMobil Foundation through the work of The Heritage Center. Mrs. Genevieve Appel Dr. Scholl Foundation Ms. B. Jewel O. Baggett Fund Ms. Terri S. Johnsen Mr. Thomas A. Moon Mr. Wesley Smith Mrs. Susan M. Woestman FLW of PA, Inc. of donors as our family, or Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bartlett Dr. & Mrs. John E. Sinsky Mr. John C. Baker Mr. & Mrs. John P. Eller Mr. Eugene C. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. John J. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Gregory F. Wolf GE Foundation such energy and laughter to our lives. Of course at the Lt. Col. W. I. C. Brent John Slak Dr. & Mrs. Richard Balch Ms. Carole J. Ernsberger Mr. Thomas Jolly Moyer Family Charitable Lead Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Squarzini Ms. Linda M. Woolman General Mills Foundation thiyóšpaye. In sharing your The Margaret A. Cargill South Dakota Arts Council Dr. Marilyn Barry Mr. Louis Esposito Mr. & Mrs. David O. Jones Unitrust, Mr. Daniel Moyer Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Ms. Patricia F. Wright GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Superheroes unite! start of every year we also begin to climb another moun- Foundation St. Helen Catholic Church of Mr. John J. Bart Mr. Theodore Evers Mr. & Mrs. James R. Joy Mrs. Katherine Muckle St. Amand Mr. Andrew Yin & Mrs. Elva Global Impact Former Red Cloud Volunteer Michael Mallon prayers and recources we Child Adult Nutrition Services Hebron, Indiana Mr. & Mrs. John Basil Mrs. Margaret Farrell Mrs. Marian Jud Ms. Audrey Mueller St. Procopius Abbey Giuliani H.J. Heinz Company tain of annual finds to keep our programming strong Mr. & Mrs. Philip Clark Mr. C. L. Werner Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Baus Ms. Margaret M. Farrell Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Kahle Mrs. Ruth Mulvaney St. Rita's Catholic Church of Mrs. Mary T. Zajac Foundation returned to campus to lead “Superhero Week”. Corporation for National The Hon. Richard T. Becker Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Fennerty Mr. Edward J. Kaiser Ms. Adelaide C. Murphy Holly, Michigan Ms. Louise E. Zuefle Hospira know we have a support and our children stronger. And while there are days this and Community Service– Circle of Older Brothers Mr. John Beckman Ms. Margaret F. Flack Fr. Raymond Kammerer Mr. & Mrs. James A. Murphy St. Ursula Villa School, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. IBM Corporation Beau Big Crow ’21 (AKA Tornado Warrior), AmeriCorps and Older Sisters Mr. Logan N. Beenen Mr. Robert Flanagan Mr. Joseph F. Keady, Jr. Mr. William E. Murphy Cincinnati, Zuercher, Jr. Illinois Tool Works Foundation system that extends far task seems daunting, I am reminded of the goal at the Creighton University–Jesuit $5,000 to $9,999 Mrs. Gloria Bernath Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Flatley Ms. Carol M. Keefe Mr. John K. Nairn Mr. Delnar Stangohr Intuit Foundation Isabelle Garcia ’20 (AKA Friendly Snowflake) and — Community Anonymous Ms. Rita J. Bianchi Dr. & Mrs. Art Florack Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Ms. Sylvia M. Nebrich Steffens Foundation Circle of Èunkignakapi JPMorgan Chase Foundation beyond reservation land. top and that you are climbing this mountain alongside Emilie Kolat Hesemeyer Ms. Nancy Abney Mr. Robert Blereau Mr. & Mrs. Perry D. Floyd Keelan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Cary Nelson Mr. Leslie R. Stevens There are beloved friends who Macy’s Foundation Angelina Garnier ’21 (AKA Angel Breath War- — Charitable Trust Arrupe House Jesuit Mr. Jeffrey E. Bline Ms. Barbara G. Fox Ms. Joanne Keeven Mrs. Marilyn R. Nelson Mr. Mark Stinski have remembered Red Cloud in Midland National me and I am, again, renewed. It is the same spirit of The Grace J. Fippinger Community Mr. Ralph A. Boester Mr. & Mrs. Alan Francis–Lyon Mr. Edward Kelly Mr. Terry Neville Mr. Vernon J. Stoehr their estate planning. Know that Monsanto Fund rior) were just three of the students who took part Foundation Mr. Earl L. Behrns Mr. & Mrs. James R. Bokinskie Ms. Janice B. Franz Mr. & Mrs. Martin Kelly Ms. Pearl Nicholls Mr. & Mrs. Richard Suchy all are remembered in our prayers. Pepsico Foundation service and generosity that is ingrained in our youth. HHS, Administration for Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Fr. Joseph J. Borodach Mr. Tex Freeman Ms. Paula M. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Arthur D. Nolan Mrs. Alison Sulentic Aileen Arthur The Prudential Foundation in summer school, pursuing a week of secrets and Native Americans Parish of North Lake, Boston Foundation–Americo J. Mr. & Mrs. Wayne F. Frey Mr. Gerald D. Kenjorski The Northwest Area Mr. Daniel Sullivan Lillian A. Brill Raytheon Company And also the same spirit I know resides in you. Holy Rosary Jesuit Wisconsin Francisco Fund Mr. & Mrs. Louis G. Friedrichs Mrs. Sarah M. Kidd Foundation Ms. Andrea E. Sununu Isadore Brulez Rockwell Automation, Inc. intrigue in their double lives as superheroes! Cos- Community Mrs. Patricia Bopp Mrs. Alice Botticelli Ms. Theresa Frielinghausen Mrs. Denise A. Kilfoil Ms. Marie J. O'Brien Ms. Deborah J. Sutley Marion E. Crawford Rockwell Collins The list of supporters on the following page is just a small representation of the thousands of you who Larson Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Don Bruntlett Ms. Barbara J. Bowers Ms. Kathy Fruge Mr. & Mrs. Charles G. King Mr. & Mrs. Robert O'Brien Mr. & Mrs. William P. Tait Florence Curry SAP tume creation, a daily “call of confidence” and an Leveraging Investments in Martha Jeannie Christie Mrs. Patricia Boyer Mr. & Mrs. John H. Fullenkamp Mr. William King Mr. John P. O'Connell Mr. John F. Takeuchi Sybilla Duncan Shell Oil Company Foundation work tirelessly so that we can do the same each and every day. I am overwhelmed and I am humbled. Creativity Fr. John Chwalek Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Boyles Mr. & Mrs. Geir Gaasland Mr. & Mrs. William M. Kizer Mr. Roger L. Olofson Ms. Elizabeth Teeson Robert L. Dwyer Simons Foundation Adventure Day led to an evening of exciting and Mr. John Linsenmeyer Mr. & Mrs. William and Helen Brach Foundation Msgr. Chester A. Gajewski Ms. Norma Kirpatrick Dr. George Olson Mrs. Ann Tennis Mary Jane Ewers Teleflora & Roll Giving As you will see from the list, there are a number of ways you can give to Red Cloud, including becom- Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mattione Mitzi Currie Ms. Maidette Bransford Mr. Cyrus Gardner Mr. Joseph Klaus Omaha Community The McKenna Family Margaret Foley United Way of Almance character-building activities shared with parents. Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Miller Margaret L. Doane Mr. & Mrs. Gorden Breczinski Mr. & Mrs. Albert Garman Fr. Kenneth R. Kleiber Foundation Mr. Harvey Thelen Walter T. Galligan County ing a member of our appropriately named Circle of Éunkignakpi through a will gift (Éunkignakpi means The Ruth Danley and William Ms. Joyce Dobbert Mrs. Mary Brennan Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Gebert Mr. & Mrs. John Konieczka Mrs. Jan O'Malley Mr. Willie Thomas Francis G. Giegel United Way of Greater We are pleased to report that our heroes lived up Enoch Moore Fund Mr. & Mrs. John R. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. James Briggs Ms. Mary M. Gehrt Mr. Walter R. Kost Mr. John O'Malley Mr. Joseph P. Tierney Margaret Ginestra Milwaukee “to lay down” or “set aside” in Lakota). If you are updating your will to include Red Cloud, here are two Mr. & Mrs. John E. Nolan, Jr. Mr. Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. Mr. John Brose Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Genovese Ms. Elisabeth H. Kosta Oregon Community Mr. & Mrs. Paul Tierney Maurine Hamilton United Way of the Wine to their names, conquering evil and spreading light Sieben Foundation Mrs. Wilma M. Ferrario Mr. & Mrs. Gil Bullard Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Gentile Janet A. Kostick Foundation–Alfred J. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Timm Estelle P. Hiller Country examples of bequests in wills as well as sample language: South Dakota Department Mr. & Mrs. George Gatto Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. Mr. Denis M. Geraghty Mr. & Mrs. David G. Huber Fund Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Tisdale Marjorie H. Hornung Verizon Foundation across the reservation! of Education 21st Century Mr. & Mrs. Keith Gobeski Burgos Mr. Robert D. Gillette III Kowalczyk Mrs. Ann Rittenhouse Page Mr. Matthew T. Tobin Oscar Jungers 1. 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Penson Mrs. Dorothy Truman Virginia McGuire 605/867-1105. may need some of the following information: Our legal name is Red Cloud Indian School, Inc. and our Headid Mr. Richard Caplis Mr. & Mrs. Al Gould Lakota Mission Team Ms. Marjorie Pesaresi Ms. Carole Tucker Gerald E. Monroe, Jr. line edition of the August issue of National Geo- Circle of Fathers and Mr. George Hering Ms. Felicia Cappadona Mrs. Veronica Gourlay Mr. Victor J. Lancelotta Mr. & Mrs. John Peters W.A. Tucker & M.R. Radford Margaret Naso address is 100 Mission Drive, Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770-2100. Should it be needed, our Tax ID # Mothers Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hora Mrs. Josephine D. Caratelli Mr. William E. Grady Ms. Barbara A. Lang Mr. Frank H. Peterson graphic. After a grim 2010 New York Times online $25,000 to $49,000 Mr. & Mrs. Michael Johnson Carmelite Monastery of The Graff Charitable Dr. & Mrs. John W. Lanius Ms. Jean Peterson is 46-0275071. Red Cloud is a recognized tax-exempt non-profit, religious, educational institution. Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Cliff C. Jones Sioux City, Iowa Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Brad Lanka Mr. & Mrs. Jim Phelan story about the Pine Ridge reservation, Ann Grass’ Patricia E. Geraghty, MD Kris Kadela Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Carney Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Grauer Mr. & Mrs. John J. Lapicola Mr. & Mrs. Richard I think often of the future and where you and I might be. And who will keep a look out for our little Mr. Robert K. Gerloff Mr. John E. Keller Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Casciato Ms. Dorothy Green Dr. Jon D. Larson Pierce–Ruhland Thank you for helping high school English class decided to write letters Great Plains Education Ms. Judith A. Keyes Ms. Irene D. Castles Mr. & Mrs. John Griep Mr. Robert W. Larson Dr. Robin L. Pierucci ones—who will share their stories. We are certainly building leaders like those you’re reading about on the Foundation, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Labinski Catholic Foundation of Eastern Ms. Gloria A. Griffero Mr. George S. Laurence Mr. & Mrs. Anthony S. Politi to photojournalist Aaron Huey, challenging him to The Grotto Foundation Mr. Frank Liccardo South Dakota–Viola Elpert Mrs. Marjorie V. Grinnell Mr. Clement Lawson Mr. William Portier to provide a quality surrounding pages. I am very aware of the support they will need in the future and I am thankful to those Erica P. John Fund, Inc. The Lutheran Community Endowment Dr. & Mrs. Carl Grothouse Ms. Jeanne C. Lee Mrs. Constance A. Price see a different side of the reservation. The result Just Manufacturing Company Foundation Dr. & Mrs. James G. Caya Ms. Clare Gustafson Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Lepinski Mr. David D. Primmer who have committed themselves to be a part of that. Mr. James P. Kineen Mr. William MacMillan, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William Christman Mr. Steven D. Haas Mrs. Jeanne Lepsche Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Pritsch education for the boys was the largest spread the magazine has done in The Deborah A. Macdonald Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Magner Ms. Mary P. Clark Dr. & Mrs. Gary E. Hahn Mr. Nicol Liberal Mr. & Mrs. David M. Quinn Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alan Marten Ms. Karla B. Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Emmett M. Hale Mrs. Bernadette W. Loeb Mr. & Mrs. William Raimer its 124-year history, and a shout out to youth who James P. and Genevieve M. McCarthy Anderson, Inc. Ms. Janet H. Coleman Mrs. Mary C. Hale Dr. Terence P. Lonergan Rancho Santa Fe Foundation and girls at Red Cloud. My most sincere blessings this season, McLaughlin Family Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Mich Community Foundation for Ms. Pamela L. Hall Ms. Esther T. Longiaru Mr. & Mrs. Bill Randolph made their voices heard. See the online edition Foundation Mrs. Carol A. Morris Greater Buffalo–Patricia Mr. William C. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Vincent D. Paul & Constance Ratelle MORE STORIES & VIDEO ONLINE! Ms. Kathleen McMahon Mr. Paul A. Naughton Drumstra Mr. & Mrs. Franklin D. Louwagie Ms. Marcia Reardon and read the story of its creation at http://ngm. Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Melcher Mr. Kevin Olwell Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Connor, Jr. Halladay Mr. Anthony Lowe Mr. William G. Reddan These circles were set > Historical insight from an 85 year old former The John J. McDonnell Ms. Lois J. O'Neill Ms. Margaret Conway Mr. John E. Hamel Ms. Betty J. Lower Mr. Daniel Reen nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/pine-ridge/ Margaret T. O'Brien Mr. Joe E. Ozura Mrs. Claire M. Cope Mr. E. C. Hanks, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Paul Lucca Ms. Helen M. Reinsch student, reflecting on changes since the 1930’s Foundation Mrs. Mary Pauly Lacy Mr. & Mrs. William J. Mr. & Mrs. William T. Hanlon Mr. Paul J. Luczka Mr. Joseph L. Remmes up to honor and, in a community-project-intro. Sylvan & Ann Oestreicher Mr. & Mrs. John H. Rauen, Jr. Corbett III Ms. Joyce Hansen Ms. Eileen M. Lundy Mrs. Arlene Renfrow Fr. George Winzenburg, S.J., President > The National Museum of the American Indian- Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Joan Salada Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. Corr Mr. & Mrs. Wallace R. Hardy Mr. James P. Lux Mr. & Mrs. Frederick S. Mrs. Donna O'Rourke Ms. Catherine Seick Mr. & Mrs. Rick Courson Ms. Nina S. Harkrader Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Lyle Repasky small way, thank the Alumni fight fire Smithsonian Institute displays a piece from The Mr. Michael Ross Mr. & Mrs. Mark and Jeanne Ms. Connie Courteau Mr. Billy J. Harp Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lynch Ms. Bernadine R. Rettger Mr. & Mrs. Steve and Showers Mr. Patrick P. Coyne Mrs. Jo Ann Harper Mr. Stewart Macaulay Mr. & Mrs. Bill Retzner As a devastating fire rolled through the plains of Nebraska, South Dakota Heritage Center collection. Lisa Ryan Sidney E. Frank Foundation Ms. Patricia Crary Mr. Gordon Harris Ms. Barbara K. Mack Dr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Ries members of our Circle of Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Wilcox Mr. Eugene F. Simon Crazy Horse Memorial Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Harty Ms. Diane MacWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Roger D. Rife and Wyoming this summer, several Red Cloud alumni joined a team of 650 > Maka Akannajin Clifford ’05 talks about living in Sioux Chief Manufacturing Foundation Ms. Colette Hatch Mr. Howard J. Mahoney Ms. Kay Riley Circle of Uncles and Aunts Company, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William Ms. Mary Hayek Mr. & Mrs. Ira A. Marcus Mr. David Ritter Family whose gifts were firefighters to contain the blaze. Burning almost 90,000 acres, Red Cloud’s Japan and graduate studies at Columbia University. $10,000 to $24,999 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smith Cunningham Mr. Gleb Haynatzki Mr. George Markunas Mr. William G. Roberts Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Mr. John E. Cuthrell Mrs. Elfriede B. Haynes Mr. John J. Marrone Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Robinson campus was thankfully spared. We offer our greatest appreciation for those Rev. Daniel C. Bain Snyder, Jr. Mrs. Jane Daniels Mrs. Ghislaine Haynes Mr. & Mrs. Dennis E. Mr. Noah J. Rodeheffer received from July 1, Mr. Ward Belknap Mr. & Mrs. Nestor Sozanski Mr. John Dargin, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Heery Maslanka Mr. & Mrs. Don R. Rodel who spent long hours to keep us safe and continue to work closely with Bridgewater State University Ms. Carol Steen The Honorable & Mrs. Mr. Phillip Heidt Ms. Carmen Mason Mr. Ernest Roide Robert and Dolores Buril Mr. & Mrs. James C. Trimble Tom Daschle Mr. & Mrs. George H. Helmer Mr. & Mrs. James H. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Roling those who were not as fortunate. Watch ABC’s 20/20 special, read more stories Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Charles Varsel Mr. Carey Davis Wayne J. Hemmen Mason, Jr. Sarah Rollins Charitable Trust 2011 to June 30, 2012. Mrs. Helen Cahill Ms. Lori Vinyard Mr. & Mrs. Edward Davis Ms. Doris W. Henry Mr. & Mrs. Douglas May Ms. Mary A. Rosania and download the high school newspaper online at www.redcloudschool.org/news.

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Celebration of arts and culture. The Heritage Center opened the 44th annual Red Cloud Indian Art Show this summer and featured exceptional displays of cul– ture and creativity. Your support enabled 81 Native wopila! American artists from around the country to offer 178 Among the Lakota people, gratitude is one of the seven basic virtues. Another is generosity. Red Cloud is pieces for sale. Wopila! humbly grateful for your generous prayers and gifts that provided: A healthy breakfast every school day. This year, Red Cloud began to offer all 600 Lakota students a breakfast to start their days full of energy and ready to engage in the classroom. Imagine all the learning happening because of you! Wopila!

Future graduates. Last year’s graduates are freshmen at Duke, Stanford and everywhere in between. Your caring helps ensure the doors to Red Cloud–and a brighter future–stay open, leading today’s kindergarteners toward becoming tomorrow’s college graduates. Wopila!

Talented teachers and aides. This year, 24 full-time vol- unteers have engaged in our spirit of service and joined Red Cloud to ensure Lakota children gain stronger read- ing, writing and math skills. Your support provides food, housing and small travel stipends for these volunteers from across the country. Wopila!

(cut here) Merry Christmas to the kids! The thiyóšpaye is a central part of the Lakota culture, making Christmas a special time on the reservation. By this time this newsletter reaches you, the holiday season will be in full swing! If you have a message of hope for our students, please share it by filling out this form and mailing it in the self-addressed envelope attached to this newsletter.

Name Email ______You can also share your thoughts online at www.redcloudschool.org/myhope.