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A Shoes, Coats and Clothing Drive for Lakota Kids

 

Please take a look at this wishlist for the Lakota kids at Ground Control indoor skate park on Pine Ridge Reservation and let me know what you can donate. Thanks so much for supporting the kids. Any vendor is fine!

 

Needed/Donated as of 1/2/26:

Shoes Needed:

These are little kids/big kids sizes (not toddler or adult)

Girls Size 7 (Need 1 pair)
Girls Size 5 [no girly styles for this child please] (Need 1 pair)
Boys Size 2.5 (Need 1 pair)
Boys Size 12 (Need 1 pair)
Boys size 5 (Need 2 pairs)
Boys Size 7 (Need 1 pair)
Boys Size 4 (Need 1 pair)
Boys Size 10 (Need 1 pair)
These are adult sizes

Men’s Size 5 (Need 2 pair)
Men’s Size 6 (Need 1 pair)
Men’s Size 7 (Need 2 pairs)
Men’s Size 8 (Need 1 pair)

Coats:

Women’s Size S (Need 1)
Girls Size 11/12 [no pink/purple] (Need 1)
Boys Size XS (Need 1)
Boys Size S (Need 2)
Boys Size M (Need 2)

Men’s Size S (Need 1)
Boys Size L (Need 1)
Men’s Size S (Need 3)
Men’s Size M (Need 3)

Dark Solid Color Long Sleeve Tees:

Women’s Size XS (Need 1)
Women Size 6/8 (Need 1)
Boys Size XS (Need 1)
Boys Size 7 (Need 1)
Boys Size M (Need 2)
Boys Size 14/16 (Need 2)
Boys Size 10/12 (Need 1)
Men’s Size S (Need 3)
Men’s Size M(Need 3)

Pants or Sweats:

Kids Size 10/12 (Need 2)
Kids Size 14 (Need 1)
Kids Size 10 (Need 2)
Kids Size 7 (Need 1)
Kids Size 11 (Need 1)
Kids Size 14/16 (Need 2)
Men’s Size S (Need 3)
Men’s Size M (Need 3)

 

Also donated–Thank you! (Extras for the kids/teens like socks, underwear, scarves, hats, gloves, etc. are welcome):

 

 

Please ship your donations for the Ground Control kids here:

Via UPS/FedEx/Online Orders:

Suzy Mesteth
Ground Control
53 Old Sundance Road
Pine Ridge, SD 57770


Via USPS if you’d like to shop locally and mail to the rez:

Suzy Mesteth
Ground Control
P.O. Box 316
Pine Ridge, SD 57770

 

 

Please note: Due to the volume of donations shipped to the reservation, FoPRR cannot verity delivery of your boxes.  If you are shipping from home and require confirmation of delivery, please purchase delivery confirmation from the post office or use your shipping service’s tracking system.

 

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Current Donation Drives

 

  • 2025 Thank You Letters
  • A Shoes, Coats & Clothing Drive for Lakota Kids
  • A Valentine’s Day Card Shower for Yurok Elders
  • A Valentine’s Day Drive for Yurok Kids
  • A Valentine’s Day Drive for Lakota Kids
  • A Donation Drive for the Yurok Tribal Head Start ABG South Site
  • A Food Drive for Yurok Elders
  • Support an Indoor Skatepark on Pine Ridge Rez
  • A Book Drive for an Indigenous Little Free Library in Colville, WA (the Confederate Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Spokane Tribe of Indians and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians)
  • A Book Drive for An Indigenous Little Free Library in Albuquerque, NM (Navajo, Isleta Pueblo)
  • A Book Drive for Multiple Indigenous Little Free Libraries in Oklahoma City (Cheyenne, Cherokee, Comanche, Kiowa)
  • A Book Drive for Indigenous Little Free Libraries Across the Country
  • Books for the Yurok Tribe Boys and Girls Club
  • Books for Kids at An Indoor Skatepark on Pine Ridge Rez (Lakota)
  • Books for Havasupai Children [At the bottom of the Grand Canyon] (Havasupai)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Weitchpec Yurok Magnet Elementary School (Yurok)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Jack Norton Elementary School (Yurok)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – American Horse School (K-8) (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Batesland Elementary School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Crazy Horse School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Lakota Waldorf School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Little Singer Community School (Navajo)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Little Wound School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Loneman Day School [Isnawica Owayawa] (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – ‘O Me-nok Learning Center [Formerly Margaret Keating Elementary] (Yurok)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Our Lady of Lourdes School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Piñon Elementary School (Navajo)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Porcupine School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Red Cloud School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Red Shirt School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Rockyford Elementary School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Wolf Creek Elementary School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Wounded Knee District School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Lakota Tech High School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Little Wound High School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Oglala Lakota County School District Virtual High School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Piñon High School (Navajo)
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Red Cloud High School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation K-12 School – Pine Ridge School (Lakota)
  • Books for a Reservation Middle School – Piñon Middle School (Navajo)
  • Books for a Reservation Middle and High School – Crazy Horse School (Lakota)
  • Books for First Families Now (Lakota)
  • Books for Head Start (Lakota)
  • Books for Oglala Lakota College Library (Lakota)
  • Books for the Oglala Lakota College Library Build Your Own Library Children’s Book Project (Lakota)
  • Books for Oglala Lakota Children’s Justice Center (Lakota)
  • Books for Partnership for Housing (Lakota)
  • Books for the Kiyuksa O’Tipi Reintegration Center (Lakota)
  • Monetary Donations (Lakota and Yurok)
  • OLC Library’s Head Start – Early Childhood Books Giveaway Project (Lakota)
  • Support the Oglala Lakota College – Nursing Department (Lakota)

 

 

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Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people — appalling, and largely ignored — compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson.

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