{"id":23010,"date":"2022-04-11T11:47:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=23010"},"modified":"2022-04-11T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T15:47:20","slug":"clara-caufield-tribal-elders-still-looking-out-for-their-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/04\/11\/clara-caufield-tribal-elders-still-looking-out-for-their-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Caufield: Tribal elders still looking out for their communities"},"content":{"rendered":" <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/04\/11\/clara-caufield-tribal-elders-still-looking-out-for-their-communities\/indiansallowed\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"23014\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/04\/11\/clara-caufield-tribal-elders-still-looking-out-for-their-communities\/indiansallowed\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/11\/IndiansAllowed-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1648328926&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Indians Allowed&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Indians Allowed&amp;#8217; in Rapid City, South Dakota&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The &amp;#8220;Indians Allowed&amp;#8221; rally and march took place in Rapid City, South Dakota, on March 26, 2022, to protest racism and discrimination on Sioux Nation treaty territory. Photo by &lt;A href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk&quot;&gt;Kevin Abourezk&lt;\/A&gt; &lt;A href=&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk&quot;&gt;&lt;I aria-hidden=true class=&quot;fab fa-twitter&quot;&gt;&lt;\/I&gt;&lt;\/A&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/11\/IndiansAllowed-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/11\/IndiansAllowed-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Indians Allowed&#039;\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-23014\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The &#8220;Indians Allowed&#8221; rally and march took place in Rapid City, South Dakota, on March 26, 2022, to protest racism and discrimination on Sioux Nation treaty territory. Photo by <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk\">Kevin Abourezk<\/A> <A href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_Abourezk\"><I aria-hidden=true class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/I><\/A><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">\u2018Elderly Revolution\u2019 in the making?<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, April 11, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Clara Caufield<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Native Sun News Today Columnist<\/div>\r\n<div class=source-website><a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/>nativesunnews.today<\/a><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOne of the benefits of coming to South Dakota and scribbling for Native Sun News Today has been meeting and visiting with fellow elders from the Oyate Tribes who know that I have a small voice in Indian Country and could possibly help them have one too &#8211; via Native Sun News Today.<p><\/p>\r\nNative Sun News is a powerful communication tool among the elderly in the Great Plains reservation areas. That is because it is still dedicated to print media, rather than just \u2018on-line.\u2019 \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMost elders in far flung reservation areas do not have computers or access to Wi-Fi. Even if they do, these computer contraptions are confusing to many. Thus, they eagerly look forward to each weekly issue of the printed newspaper, holding it in hand, reading, perhaps with assistance of a magnifying glass, while enjoying morning coffee.  It provides fodder for discussion.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAs elders, we still prefer talking directly to one another in person, teasing one another, joking, telling some old stories, etc., rather than relying upon on indirect and impersonal methods, such as texting or cell phones. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd Zoom? What in the heck is that? I have been forced to imperfectly figure that out, but is it doubtful that it will take hold among other elders.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nRecently, I was invited to breakfast at Perkins by a small delegation of elders who are \u201cfed up\u201d with the situation on their reservations: Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River, and Yankton. (By the way, I had a real treat \u2013 Eggs Benedict with fresh fruit. Splendid!) \r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nThey traveled for many miles and hours over snow-packed and icy roads to gather and discuss how they might speak up and organize to draw public attention to the many problems among these homelands of our relatives.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe need to try and make a difference,\u201d said Sam Dupris, Cheyenne River, approaching his nineties. \u201cThough we are critical, what in the hell can the Tribal government do to us? Maybe cut off our commodities?\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe problems, it seems, are common to most reservations in the remote Great Plains area\r\nin several categories.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThere has got to be a better way\u201d says Sam. \u201cWe have allowed this to happen to us.It will be up to us to get out of it.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nShould anyone be interested in this effort, contact Sam Dupris, Cheyenne River, at duprisJenniferadele@gmail.com. (His daughter manages the email for Sam, but will get the message to him) or me.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"card mb-3\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">\r\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/09\/12\/nativesunnewstoday.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native sun news today\"\/>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <h5 class=\"card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">NATIVE SUN NEWS TODAY<\/a><\/h5>\r\n        <p>\r\n           Support Native media!\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>Read the rest of the story on Native Sun News Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/elderly-revolution-in-the-making\/\">\u2018Elderly Revolution\u2019 in the making?<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativesunnews.today<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nsweekly\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nsweekly<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/p>  \r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><EM>Clara Caufield can be reached at acheyennevoice@gmail.com<\/em><HR>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<strong>Note: Copyright permission <A href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">Native Sun News Today<\/A><\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe need to try and make a difference,\u201d said an elder from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe approaching his nineties.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1308,600,160,128,210,267,243,2,97,2723,753,102],"class_list":["post-23010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-american-rescue-plan","tag-cheyenne-river-sioux","tag-clara-caufield","tag-elders","tag-ihs","tag-ira","tag-media","tag-native-sun-news-today","tag-oglala-sioux","tag-sam-dupris","tag-yankton-sioux","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/11\/IndiansAllowed-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-5Z8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}