Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe load up the housing unit. Photo from Facebook.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is raising awareness of housing issues with the Trail of Hope for Indian Housing. The tribe is bringing the facade of an actual Indian housing unit to Washington, D.C. The 1,500-mile journey from the Pine Ridge Reservation to the nation's capitol began on Saturday. "Since Washington cannot come to the reservation, we will take the reservation to Washington," Paul Iron Cloud, the executive director of the Oglala Sioux Housing Authority, said in a press release. "Washington and America will learn of the current conditions on many of our largest and most preeminent reservations." The caravan with the unit made it to Cleveland, Ohio, early this morning. "We are going to get some sleep and push onto DC in the morning!!" the tribe said on the Facebook page for the Trail of Hope. Once in D.C., the tribe will install the unit at Union Square, a park adjacent to the U.S. Capitol. The unit will be open to the public from 10am to 6pm on Wednesday. Get the Story:
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