Photos of The Reservation

“And if the readers of this book should ever chance to see the poverty, the hopelessness, and the squalor of a modern Indian Reservation, they may find it possible to truly understand the reasons why”.

Dee Brown, Author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, 1970

Margie and Matthew Uses The Knife

Margie and Matthew Uses The Knife. Margie is the Founder and Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs on the Reservation. Matthew is a professor of Lakota Language and Culture at the local college.

Here are some of the children enjoying the safety of the Boys and Girls Club on the Cheyenne River Resevation

Here are some of the children enjoying the safety of the Boys and Girls Club on the Cheyenne River Reservation.

This is the Boys and Girls Club Building in Eagle Butte. You can see the new fence and Playscape provided by Simply Smiles.

This is the Boys and Girls Club Building in Eagle Butte. You can see the new fence and Playscape provided by Simply Smiles.

Mending a fence at a satellite boys in girls club in the small town of La Plant on the reservation.

Mending a fence at a satellite boys in girls club in the small town of La Plant on the reservation.

The first group of Simply Smiles volunteers to work on the reservation. Here they are posing with some of the children in front of the Eagle Butte Club.

The first group of Simply Smiles volunteers to work on the reservation. Here they are posing with some of the children in front of the Eagle Butte Club.

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