{"id":5415,"date":"2020-12-07T11:11:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2020-12-07T11:11:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:11:50","slug":"youth-program-on-pine-ridge-reservation-suffers-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/07\/youth-program-on-pine-ridge-reservation-suffers-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth program on Pine Ridge Reservation suffers setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/292215501?title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Trailer: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/292215501\">The Bears on Pine Ridge<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Youth program on Pine Ridge Reservation suffers setback<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, December 7, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">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><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Grinch came early this year, ransacking a popular <a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bear-Program-336607163039770>youth program on South Dakota\u2019s Pine Ridge Reservation<\/a> and leaving some in the tribal community wondering who could be so heartless.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLast Wednesday night, a burglar broke down a door to the <a href=https:\/\/bearproject.net\/>Bear Program<\/a>, a youth and suicide nonprofit that operates in Billy Mills Hall, a community center in Pine Ridge.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe thief stole three guitars, four computers, shoes, four animal hides used to make drums, sketch pads, colored markers, paints, two gaming systems and wrapped presents that the program\u2019s organizers planned to give to children at Christmas.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3859570900743361&#038;id=336607163039770\" data-width=\"552\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nYvonne \u201cTiny\u201d DeCory, director of the Bear Program, said a witness who found the man inside the program\u2019s offices told DeCory that it was a man who had visited the Bear Program a few months earlier.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDeCory said she and others helped provide the man with shoes because his were too small and were causing blisters to his feet.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe put shoes on his feet,\u201d she said. \u201cWe gave him clothing. We gave him a jacket, and we gave him gloves.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"5419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/07\/youth-program-on-pine-ridge-reservation-suffers-setback\/bearprogram3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bear program\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram3-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram3.jpg\" alt=\"bear program\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid wp-image-5419\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Damage from the December 2, 2020, break-in at the Bear Program, housed at the Billy Mills Hall on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" data-attachment-id=\"5423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/07\/youth-program-on-pine-ridge-reservation-suffers-setback\/bearprogram2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bear program\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram2-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram2.jpg\" alt=\"bear program\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid wp-image-5423\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Damage from the December 2, 2020, break-in at the Bear Program, housed at the Billy Mills Hall on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" data-attachment-id=\"5420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/07\/youth-program-on-pine-ridge-reservation-suffers-setback\/bearprogram1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bear program\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram1-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram1.jpg\" alt=\"bear program\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid wp-image-5420\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Damage from the December 2, 2020, break-in at the Bear Program, housed at the Billy Mills Hall on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Bear Program provides mentoring and tutoring to students, and without computers and other schools supplies to offer those services, the program has had to scale back the services it provides to youth in Pine Ridge, DeCory said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nShe said the loss of the Christmas gifts for the children the program serves is especially disheartening.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cOf course, it\u2019s Christmas,\u201d she said. \u201cWe always work to provide a little something for the families.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nShe said the Bear Program will still be able to provide food to children who need it and is still planning to host a December 22 Parade of Lights, which features floats created by local organizations and individuals on the main road through Pine Ridge. And the program will still host a hot chocolate and chili feed, she said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"5424\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/12\/07\/youth-program-on-pine-ridge-reservation-suffers-setback\/eileenjanis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/eileenjanis-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1593196999&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;186&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eileenjanis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/eileenjanis-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/eileenjanis-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"eileenjanis\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5424\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Eileen Janis. Courtesy photo\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nEileen Janis, who works with DeCory, said she and DeCory confronted the man who they believe stole the program\u2019s property after he allegedly returned to the program\u2019s offices on Friday. But he denied taking anything and said he didn\u2019t know where any of their stolen property might be, Janis said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nShe said several individuals have reached out to the Bear Program to offer to replace certain stolen items.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nShe said the Bear Program still plans to host a Christmas party for the children who regularly visit the Bear\u2019s Den. Janis said she\u2019s hopeful the program will be able to replace the gifts that were stolen, though it has been difficult to remember which children were supposed to receive gifts.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe just got to remember who they are,\u201d she said.\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Grinch came early this year, ransacking a popular youth program on the Pine Ridge Reservation and leaving some in the tribal community wondering who could be so heartless.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5419,"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":[1],"tags":[101,913,97,98,102,914],"class_list":["post-5415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-crime","tag-eileen-janis","tag-oglala-sioux","tag-south-dakota","tag-youth","tag-yvonne-decory","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/07\/bearprogram3.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1pl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5415","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=5415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}