Pine Ridge

A few weeks before she died SuAnne spoke to me and said, "I can take a camera crew to New York City and film all of the worst of that city and then try to pass it off as normal to the rest of the country, but that would be dishonest and when they always report only the bad for Pine Ridge and none of the good, that is also dishonest."

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011

Send your donations to: The Visions of SuAnne Big Crow; P.O. Box 5079; Pine Ridge, SD 57770; or email them to donation@suannebigcrow.org.

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011

A few weeks before she died SuAnne spoke to me and said, "I can take a camera crew to New York City and film all of the worst of that city and then try to pass it off as normal to the rest of the country, but that would be dishonest and when they always report only the bad for Pine Ridge and none of the good, that is also dishonest."

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011

They came out to Pine Ridge and made an assessment and granted Ms. Big Crow the first Boys and Girls Club franchise to be established on an Indian reservation.

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011

But then again, it's only about the Indian people of Pine Ridge and who in the hell gives a damn about accuracy or truth.

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011

They came out to Pine Ridge and made an assessment and granted Ms. Big Crow the first Boys and Girls Club franchise to be established on an Indian reservation.

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011

They don't want to hear that Pine Ridge will soon have its own police academy or that a radio station called KILI is broadcasting news, songs and current happening seven-days a week on the reservation.

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011

When I was sixteen I recall visiting my cousin Delbert Tapio at Pine Ridge and we shared a bottle of cheap wine they called "Green Lizard" and I got so sick I never touched any alcohol again until I went into the U.S. Navy.

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They don't want to hear that Pine Ridge will soon have its own police academy or that a radio station called KILI is broadcasting news, songs and current happening seven-days a week on the reservation.

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011

But then again, it's only about the Indian people of Pine Ridge and who in the hell gives a damn about accuracy or truth.

Tim Giago: SuAnne Died Young, but Her Legacy Lives On Tim Giago 2011