sioux mission trip

Sioux Mission Trip

Provide a Spiritual Growth Experience

Love as a ServantLive as a FriendLearn as a FollowerLead as a Guide

Why?

1990s - 2008Reynosa,Mexico

2009Tampa,Florida

2010Eureka

Springs, Arkansas

2011 & 2012Navajo Nation Arizona

2013Sioux Nation South Dakota

Where Are We Going?

Where Are We Going?

Mount Rushmore(2 hours)

20 hours toPine Ridge,

South Dakota

35 miles to closest Walmart

in Chadron, Nebraska

Where Are We Going?

The Pine Ridge Reservation is consistently among the poorest counties in the United States

Unemployment over 60 percent

Many residents travel more than 120 miles to outlying communities for seasonal employment

About half the people over 40 have diabetes

Tuberculosis, alcoholism, and infant mortality rates are way above the national average.

Residents contend with temperatures from -30 to 105 deg F

Life expectancy for those on the reservation is 48 for males and 52 for females

Why Pine Ridge?

Housing conditions on the reservation are poor

Nearly 40% of homes are without electricity and running water

The remoteness and limited resources in many communities, lack of suitable land, and the severity of the climate are all contributing factors to the difficulty in providing adequate housing on the reservation

Homelessness and overcrowding of homes is a chronic problem

Because many families will not turn away any family member who needs a place to stay, it is not uncommon for as many as 25 people to live in a two-bedroom home

The desperate housing situation is compounded by the fact that much of the existing housing is substandard

Why Pine Ridge?

Scenes of the Pine Ridge Reservationhttp://youtu.be/TH-Z0l24h88

Pine Ridge Reservation

Our Host Organization

Our Trip Schedule

Capacity: 1 Bus Load

Bus fits 55

We have: 23 Students 2 College 7 Adults ---- 32 Total

Work and CampFulltime Ministers: Matt & Amanda Hadden

Will camp in a school

College mentors: Kaitlyn Glisan Jesse Madden

Worship and Devotions

Registration

Excursions

SiouxSchool

Sioux Reservation

Pine Ridge Reservation

Grassy Plains

Pine Covered Hills

Badlands ThreeGeographic

Regions

Dakota

Nakota

Lakota

All names have the same meaning, but are in each respective dialect:

Feeling affection, friendly, united, allied

Sioux Language Groups

- Eastern

- Central

- Western

Sioux Groups

Oglala

Sicangu

Hunkpapa

Mniconjou

Izipaco

Siha Sapa

Ooinunpa

Lakota Sub-TribesThey Scatter Their Own

Burned Thighs

End Village

Planters By the Water

Without Bows

Black Feet

Two Kettles

Crazy Horse

American Horse

Crow Dog

Kicking Bear

Little Wound

Old Chief Smoke

Red Cloud

Chief Blue Horse

Iron Tail

Notable OglalaFlying Hawk

Big Mouth

Surrounded by the Enemy

Cecilia Fire Thunder

Theresa Two Bulls

Young Man Afraid of His Horses

Black Elk

Red Shirt

Sitting Bull (Lakota, not Oglala)

Oglala Flag

Eight Teepees - Eight districts of the reservationRed Field - Blood shed defending lands, Red manBlue Fringe - Sky in all four directions seen in worship

Wakan Tanka - Better translated as Great Mystery

The power or sacredness that resides in everything

Every creature or object has wakan (holy) aspects

Wakan Tanka:

Placed the stones and minerals in the ground

Changes the seasons and weather

Brings plants out of the ground

Great Spirit

Men - Political Chiefs, War Leaders and Warriors, Hunters

Women - Controlled food, resources, movable property

Made food, clothes, tipi coverings

Husbands moved to live with his wife’s people

Children belonged to mother’s clan

Chiefs selected based on mother’s clan, Approved by women

Families - Utmost importance, Tribe a close second

Cousins were considered as brothers and sisters

Mother’s brother was more influential to boy than father

Oglala Lakota Culture

Tribal Council: Two members from each of the nine districts

Headquarters: Pine Ridge, South Dakota (where we will be)

Reservation Population: 20,000

Unemployment: 45%

Languages: Lakota, English

Total Area: 2,000,000 acres

Oglala Tribe

Lakota Sioux

Covenant

Meeting Schedule

July: Reunion Party

August: Friendship Club

Pledge Sheets

Move That Bus!

Fund Raisers

http://gdlcnmt.blogspot.com

Questions?