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Books for Lakota Kids at the Ground Control Indoor Skatepark on Pine Ridge Rez

 

 

This book drive is for the kids who spend time at the indoor skatepark (skateboarding and roller skating), Ground Control, on Pine Ridge Rez.  Please take a look at their wish list and let me know what you are sending so I can mark it as donated. New or gently used copies are fine to send.

Thanks so much for supporting them! You kindness and generosity is very much appreciated.

Also, here’s a video about Pine Ridge. At minute 21:39 you’ll find a clip about the skatepark!

 

Needed/Donated as of 7/2026:

What Do We Know About Fairies? (Need 1)

Where is Bears Ears National Monument? (Need 1)

What Is the Story of Godzilla? (Need 1)

Who Was Selena? (Need 1)

Who Is Bad Bunny? (Need 1)

Who Is Ariana Grande? (Need 1)

Who’s That Girl? (Need 1)

What Do We Know About Dragons? (Donated–Thank you!)

What is AI? (Donated–Thank you!)

What Are the Winter Olympics? (Donated–Thank you!)

Who Is Simone Biles? (Donated–Thank you!)

Where Is the International Space Station? (Donated–Thank you!)

Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? (Donated–Thank you!)

Where Are the Rocky Mountains? (Donated–Thank you!)

Where Are the Everglades? (Donated–Thank you!)

Where Are the Great Pyramids? (Donated–Thank you!)

What is Greek Mythology? (Donated–Thank you!)

Where are The Constellations? (Donated–Thank you!)

 

Please ship your books for the Ground Control kids here:

Via UPS/FedEx/Online Orders:

Kyle 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:

Kyle 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

 

  • 2026 Thank You Letters
  • 2025 Thank You Letters
  • A School Supplies Drive for Two Rural One-Room Yurok Rez Schools
  • A Rolling Backpacks and School Supplies Drive for Incoming Nursing Students at Oglala Lakota College
  • A School Supplies Drive for Little Singer Community School (Navajo)
  • A Food Drive for Yurok Elders
  • A Dog and Cat Food Drive for First Families Now
  • 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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