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Lakota youth return home after more than a century away at Indian boarding school
Monday, July 19, 2021
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• PHOTOS: Lakota children spend final morning away from homelands
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Nine Rosebud Lakota children began their last morning away from their homelands Friday at the base of a bluff overlooking the Missouri River.
Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday morning, a caravan carrying the nine Lakota children who died more than 140 years ago arrived here with a police escort in front of them for a brief welcome ceremony and meal.
As they stepped out of their vans – rubbing their eyes following their long drive from the Meskwaki Settlement in Iowa – they were greeted by Native people from many different tribes living in Sioux City. They stood before a tipi with a fire burning in the center and several long tables set up to serve food to the people in the caravan.
“We heard about the things that you were doing, and we wanted to do the best we can to welcome you,” said Manape LaMere, a Yankton Dakota community organizer. “We wanted to make sure you felt welcome and well.”







Photos: Lakota Children in Sioux City
The Indian community came together in Sioux City, Iowa, to welcome nine Lakota children who died at the Carlisle Indian boarding school.LaMere then sang a Lakota prayer song for the Rosebud caravan. Christopher Eagle Bear encouraged those who attended the ceremony to continue believing in themselves and fighting for their right to live as indigenous people. And he offered strong words of encouragement for the youth gathered there.

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