Lloyd Big Crow (middle), Lakota and the founder ofOyáte kiŋ čhaŋtéwaštepi watches on as the community meets for a discussion regarding the weekly meals provided to the homeless community. Big Crow has organized the Friday meals since 2018.
Emotions ran high on Wednesday morning as community members met to discuss the recent displacement of the weekly meals provided to the primarily Indigenous homeless community in Rapid City.
Lila Mehlhaff, Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Nation, works for the Rapid City Police Department as part of the Community Outreach Division. Mehlhaff started off the discussion by stating what a future permanent location for meals may look like.
This story is co-published by the Rapid City Journal and ICT, a news partnership that covers Indigenous communities in the South Dakota area.
Amelia Schafer is the Indigenous Affairs reporter for ICT and the Rapid City Journal. She is of Wampanoag and Montauk-Brothertown Indian Nation descent. She is based in Rapid City. You can contact her at aschafer@rapidcityjournal.com.
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Lloyd Big Crow (middle), Lakota and the founder ofOyáte kiŋ čhaŋtéwaštepi watches on as the community meets for a discussion regarding the weekly meals provided to the homeless community. Big Crow has organized the Friday meals since 2018.
Lila Mehlhaff, Hunkpapa Lakota of the Standing Rock Nation, works for the Rapid City Police Department as part of the Community Outreach Division. Mehlhaff started off the discussion by stating what a future permanent location for meals may look like.
