Hi all. After a great deal of soul-searching and thought, I’ve decided to cancel this year’s trip, and discontinue taking a group out to Pine Ridge. To be clear, I am not stopping my involvement with the folks in Potato Creek and Wanblee, and neither is Dave. We will still be helping out however we ...

Okay, first of all, we are planning on going! Providing, that is, that we get enough people to actually try to accomplish something (that’s been a bit tricky the last couple of years). Anyway, here’s the basic scoop: We’re leaving Friday, June 9 (arriving on Pine Ridge on Saturday, June 10). We will be leaving ...

Okay folks, exciting news! We will be going to Pine Ridge this summer! The dates are June 11-20. The cost will be $300 per adult ($350 if you travel with the group). The fee covers necessities from the time we get to the Rez until we leave (except for lunch on Sunday). That means camping ...

Our dear friend Flora Bullman passed away last night, and my heart is heavy. My heart is heavy because I didn’t know her well – at least not as well as I would have liked – or as well as I should have. But I knew her well enough to know she was a beautiful ...

Hey folks, here’s a thoughtful new post from our friend Ellen Rodgers! Thanks Ellen, for picking up some of my ample slack!  A Different World Wow, I was just thinking how so much has changed since I drove out to the Pine Ridge Reservation in June of 2019.  Our world is a different one, to ...

Hey folks, just a quick note to let everyone know that we’ve decided to cancel the upcoming June trip to Pine Ridge. Dave and I decided that with the infection and death rates continuing to rise, it would be irresponsible to make the trip. We’ve been agonizing about this for over a month now, and ...

Thoughts At Christmas Time I don’t  know about you, but the older I get the more I like simplicity.  And…with Christmas just around the corner, I’ve been thinking of simplicity and how our culture doesn’t seem to preach it.  I get tired of the typical “frenzy” that now starts Thanksgiving Eve with stores opening for ...

Flying kids Okay, in case you’re tired of me blathering on about this trip, here’s my friend Ellen Rodgers to take over the blathering. Just kidding. This was Ellen’s first trip with up (but hopefully not her last), and I think a first-timer’s perspective is an important thing to share. I think Ellen has done ...

Once again, I’m delighted to have someone else write something to post on here! This is another post from my good friend Kyle Hooker. Enjoy! Photo by Kyle Hooker. “Oh Captain! My Captain!” Hi folks. Kyle Hooker here with some words and reflections about our 2019 Nape Na Si Mission trip out to Pine Ridge ...