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Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation

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Lending a helping hand to our neighbors on Pine Ridge Reservation

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About Pine Ridge Reservation and FoPRR

Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe with an estimated population of close to 40,000. The reservation is large, and its needs immense, commensurate with grinding poverty. Unemployment is over 80%, the weather is extreme, and families struggle mightily with crushing financial, housing, health, educational and social issues.

Since it is impossible to provide assistance to individual families on the reservation from a distance and do it equitably, the Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation website focuses on specific needs of the many schools and social service organizations physically located on the reservation.

These schools and organizations, many understaffed and underfunded, struggle in turn to serve thousands of families in dire need. Please do not underestimate the importance of a small donation. Your contribution, sent directly to a reservation organization – even if only a single pair of socks for a child who has none – makes a huge impact when combined with many others.

The reservation organizations’ needs are many and change constantly so your donations can take many forms, from school, sewing, crafts, sporting, baby, and office supplies, to toiletries, clothing, Christmas gifts, holiday items, bed, bath and kitchen linens, cold weather gear, crayons and more.

As you look through these pages you’ll find specific needs and where to send them. Please note none of your donations are ever directed to third-party charities; everything you send will go directly to the organization on Pine Ridge Reservation that needs your help.

Dire poverty makes for a harsh existence but you can help by providing needed resources and at the same time donating in ways that help preserve and support the Lakota culture, with the utmost respect for the dignity of our neighbors on Pine Ridge Reservation.

Please be extremely mindful of the condition of the items you donate, and whenever possible, send new items. For some organizations and specific donation drives, gently used items are acceptable, please read posted information carefully for guidelines as to the types of items each organization can accept.

Please browse through our Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation website and return often as it is updated daily and don’t forget to check the FoPRR blog or Twitter page for special updates, announcements, and news.

Thank you so much for joining the effort to lend a helping hand to our neighbors on Pine Ridge Reservation!

Pleae note: Since 2015 FoPRR has also been supporting a school on the Navajo Nation so some of the donation drives you’ll see on this site are directed to the children and elders in that community.

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Current Donation Drives

 

  • A Baby Shower for Lakota Babies and Toddlers
  • A Baby Shower for Navajo Babies and Toddlers
  • A Donation Drive for Navajo High School Students
  • A Donation Drive to Preserve the Lakota Language and Culture
  • A Face Masks Donation Drive for Native American Reservations
  • A Food Drive for Lakota Families
  • A Shoes and Socks Drive for Lakota Children
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – American Horse School (K-8)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Batesland Elementary School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Crazy Horse School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Havasupai Elementary School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Lakota Waldorf School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Little Singer Community School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Little Wound School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Loneman Day School (Isnawica Owayawa)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Our Lady of Lourdes School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Piñon Elementary School (Navajo)
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Porcupine School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Red Cloud School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Red Shirt School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Rockyford Elementary School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Wolf Creek Elementary School
  • Books for a Reservation Elementary School – Wounded Knee District School
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Little Wound High School
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Piñon High School (Navajo)
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Red Cloud High School
  • Books for a Reservation High School – Shannon County Virtual High School
  • Books for a Reservation K-12 School – Pine Ridge School
  • Books for a Reservation Middle School – Piñon Middle School (Navajo)
  • Books for a Reservation Middle and High School – Crazy Horse School
  • Books for First Families Now
  • Books for Head Start
  • Books for Oglala Lakota College Library
  • Books for the Oglala Lakota College Library Build Your Own Library Children’s Book Project
  • Books for Oglala Lakota Children’s Justice Center
  • Books for Partnership for Housing
  • Books for the Kiyuksa O’Tipi Reintegration Center
  • Books for Tusweca Tiospaye
  • Monetary Donations
  • OLC Library’s Head Start – Early Childhood Books Giveaway Project
  • Support the Oglala Lakota College – Nursing Department

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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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From the Blog

2018 Thank-Yous

OLC Library Donations Guidelines

Thank Yous from PRR Organizations

Thank You from Wounded Knee District School Principal

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