The Lakota (Sioux) believe good dreams and nightmares float in the air and a special willow frame strung with sinew can screen out nightmares and let only good dreams pass thought the center hole.
They call this ornament a "dreamcatcher" and put one in every tipi and on the cradle board of every baby. Unfortunately, there are not many good dreams left for the Lakota people.
Once, their nation was proud and strong. Now, they are the poorest of America's poor. The 2010 U.S. census reports Ziebach County, home of the Cheyenne River Reservation as the poorest county in the United States with over half the people living at or below the poverty line. In fact, of the top nine poorest counties, South Dakota has four of them - all homes to Indian Reservations.
Since 1927, St. Joseph's Indian School has cared for Lakota (Sioux) children. They come here to escape homes and families shattered under the daily pressures of poverty and despair on the reservations.
They come to St. Joseph's Indian School to receive an education and build a new future for themselves and the Lakota people.
Will you please become a dreamcatcher?
Your donation helps save these children from poverty, illiteracy and despair - a nightmare fate that befalls so many Native Americans.
Your gift, in any amount, will directly benefit the Lakota children at St. Joseph's Indian School.
Please donate today on the following secure site
Thank you!
Gerlinde Keating - Photographer / Artist. Miscellaneous,informative, interesting and sometimes provocative topics
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