Students at Red Cloud Indian School in South Dakota. Photo from Facebook
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof urges readers to support the Red Cloud Indian School in South Dakota:
Red Cloud Indian School is a private Lakota and Jesuit K-12 school educating 600 children on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. On a reservation notorious for alcoholism, unemployment and poverty, the Red Cloud school, redcloudschool.org, is a beacon of hope. Students volunteer on the reservation, and they go on to some of the best universities in the country, returning as leaders. The school accepts donations and full-time volunteers, and it also sells holiday gifts on its website — including nifty earrings and bracelets made out of porcupine quills, for $18 and up.Get the Story:
Nicholas Kristof: Gifts That Inspire (The New York Times 12/7)
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