Billy Good Voice Elk is seen in the middle, back row, in this photo that ran in The Native Sun News for a story about A New Day.
A convicted sex offender works for a substance abuse program funded by the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, the Associated Press reports. William Good Voice Elk Jr., 45, is the spiritual adviser for A New Day in Rapid City. He was twice of sex-related offenses, the AP said. A New Day was feature in a Native Sun News story in which Good Voice Elk admitted that he took "a few wrong turns" earlier in his life. He said he wanted to help people get their lives back on track. “Coming home from federal prison, I said, that’s not my life. I needed to pick up where my dad left off, and that kept me doing the work," Good Voice Elk told the paper. Get the Story:
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