Author Archives: lydia.ballantine@coloradocollege.edu

What Can I Do?

  After an experience such as the one we had in Pine Ridge, we, visitors from the dominant culture, cannot escape the inevitable question “What should we do?” This question is difficult to answer, and can be uncomfortable for a group such as ours, who strive to … Continue reading

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Foreign

FOREIGN Going to the Pine Ridge Reservation is like entering a foreign country. As soon as we crossed into the reservation I felt like a stranger and a tourist in a way I’ve never felt anywhere else, even when I … Continue reading

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Pine Ridge dry laws update

As of last year, Pine Ridge is no longer dry: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/08/15/212272144/south-dakota-reservation-lifts-century-old-alcohol-ban  

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