An Update
Emmanuel and Rosebud Lakota Reservation History: Our Senior High groups traveled to Mission, South Dakota in 1991,1994 and 1998. Starting in 2000 and continuously from 2005-2020, Adult Missioners, including partners/parishioners from Christ Lutheran Church, traveled for both weekly Mission trips in June and mini extended weekend trips in August. During those Adult Mission Trips, we worked with, and at the direction of, clergy at the Jubilee Center at Bishop Hare Center (Diocese of South Dakota) as well as with Habitat for Humanity affiliate, Sicangu Tikaga Okiciyapi also based on Bishop Hare grounds. When HFH folded, and as Covid disrupted our in person trips, we continued our relationship through Episcopal clergy on the reservation and by supporting the Firewood for the Elders program which provides employment for local men who reclaim dead wood from tribal lands, cut it into ‘stove sized pieces’. The wood is then distributed and delivered to those in need during harsh South Dako...
