Some examples of what we did accomplish before closing
Monday october 13th 6:00-8:00 Talking Circle & Potluck With special guests Percy White Plume and Paul (Chilly) White Dress.
Percy and Chilly will be visiting Vermont Sunday, October 12th through Friday, October 17th. They are enrolled members of the Oglala Lakota nation. Both were raised and still live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota with their families. Percy may be familiar to some people for his portrayal of the ‘big’ Indian in the film ‘Dances With Wolves‘ who stole Kevin Costner’s hat. He also worked in ‘Thunderheart’ with Val Kilmer. He and his family were also embroiled in a dispute with the U.S. Government over their attempts to grow a hemp crop on the Reservation.
Percy currently works with youth teaching them the traditional horse culture of the Lakota people. He also works in local schools teaching the Lakota language ‘ which is both his and Chilly’s first language. Chilly is an electrician. He was born in a log cabin on the Reservation and still lives on his family’s land in Pine Ridge. Percy lives on his family land in Manderson ‘ 6 miles outside of Wounded Knee. They are both heavily involved in traditional culture and conduct Horse Camps and Rides across the Reservation that are essential to the Lakota culture. They are visiting Vermont to raise awareness about life on the Reservation and to raise MUCH needed funds for their work.
We will be joined at some of the events by Assistant Professor, Jerry Swope of St. Michael’s College, a photojournalist, who taught at the Red Cloud School on Pine Ridge. Jerry’s work is on display at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Also sponsoring this page is a new place to learn about saving coupons. The Coupon Forum is a new but fun site for all.