Running Strong for American Indian Youth, a national organization founded by Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills, is helping two tribes cover heating costs for tribal members.

Running Strong will be providing matching funds to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. The tribes will receive $75,000 in total.

Officials say the money will go a long way. Members of both tribes have been hit with high heating costs during a particularly harsh winter.

Running Strong has been providing money to the Oglala Sioux Tribe for nine years and to the e Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for four years.

Get the Story:
Reservations to get heating help (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 12/19)
Oglala Tribe faces heating crisis (The Rapid City Journal 12/17)

Relevant Links:
Running Strong for American Indian Youth - http://www.indianyouth.org

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