Alice Phelps of First Families Now: Healing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Down the Yellow Brick Pod

English - May 28, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB
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Alice Phelps is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe located on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation on the southern part of South Dakota. She is currently employed at Oglala Lakota College where she is the Indian Education Grant Coordinator working in the Education Department. She has a wonderful 501(c)3 nonprofit, “First Families Now” that was started out of necessity for families of the Pine Ridge Reservation. Currently, Pine Ridge is located in the poorest county in the United States. Alice and her family continue to strive to bring healing to their people that are stuck in the cycle of suppression. They want to provide activities that will assist their families to become empowered and to move forward towards a sustainable path. It was an honor to hear more about Alice's story, her family's culture, and a healing path forward. Thank you for joining us.

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First Families Now

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