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 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?