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Donation Drives and Projects

The Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation group is about turning small individual donations into big results! When we pool our resources we are able to accomplish things together none of us could do as individuals.

2026 Thank You Letters

January 8, 2026 by FoPRR

********************** This is from the two one-room Yurok elementary schools for our Halloween donations last year! January 23, 2026 Dear Friends of the Pine Ridge Reservation, On behalf of the entire Weitchpec Elementary School community, I want to extend my deepest and most heartfelt gratitude for your extraordinary generosity. Your donation of Halloween decorations and prizes brought so much joy and … [Read more...] about 2026 Thank You Letters

2025 Thank You Letters

April 24, 2025 by FoPRR

*********************** A thank you letter for the Christmas gifts for Jack Norton Elementary and Weitchpec Yurok Magnet Elementary, two 1-room schools on the Yurok Reservation. December 11, 2025 Dear Friends of the Pine Ridge Reservation, On behalf of the entire Jack Norton Elementary School and Weitchpec Elementary School communities, I want to express my deepest gratitude for your incredible generosity … [Read more...] about 2025 Thank You Letters

2024 Thank You Letters

January 2, 2024 by FoPRR

This thank you letter is from the Principal of Jack Norton Elementary and Weitchpec Yurok Elementary School for our donated Christmas gifts for the kids. December 5, 2024 Dear Chris and FOPR, I know I promised this letter days ago but have just now been able to get it written—my apologies. It’s tardiness is not because of lack of appreciation but because much is going on around here. The … [Read more...] about 2024 Thank You Letters

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Current Donation Drives

 

  • 2026 Thank You Letters
  • 2025 Thank You Letters
  • A Valentine’s Day Drive for Navajo Kids
  • A Valentine’s Day Drive for Yurok Kids
  • A Valentine’s Day Drive for Lakota Kids
  • A Valentine’s Day Card Shower for Yurok Elders
  • A Donation Drive for the Homeless Veterans Shelter on Pine Ridge
  • Support Lakota Kids and Adult Apartment Resident Fire Victims with Shoes & Clothing
  • Support Lakota Fire Victim Families with Household Goods
  • Support 20 Lakota House Fire Victims 
  • A Drive for Classroom Sets of Novels for a Navajo High School’s English Teachers
  • Help Heat Homes on Pine Ridge Reservation
  • A Shoes, Coats & Clothing 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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