Red Shirt Project

Bishop, Jesuits reject Hegseth decision to honor soldiers who massacred Lakota at Wounded Knee “If we deny our part in history, we deepen the harm,” wrote Bishop Bullock and the Jesuit priests in their message. “We cannot lie about the past without perpetuating injustice and moral blindness.”

Day 5: Free morning during which some of our group ventured to Racing Magpie to take in a great exhibit, IKCE.

Day 3 of Trip of Perspective ended with a great dinner cooked by Erica followed by discussion of Robert’s painting of Matoaka (Pocahontas) and evening prayers. Each day begins and closes with prayers led by Rev. Matthew Cobb.

Day 3 continued, we traveled to Pe' Sla, a sacred site in the Black Hills that is extremely important to the Oceti Sakowin people, who consider it the "heart of everything". The site is currently the subject of opposition to a proposed graphite exploratory drilling project by Pete Lien & Sons, which would be located on U.S. Forest Service land near Pe’ Sla. Carla Rae Marshall, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, gave an excellent PowerPoint talk on mining and water. Rev. Linda Kramer hosted us.

Day 3: Faith and Money Trip of Perspective crew got to visit Crazy Horse Mountain. We watched the short film on the history of this mountain carving, took a bus ride around the base of the mountain, took in the art exhibits and had lunch in the cafe.

We fondly remembered the many campers and participants we brought here over the years with Rev. Michael Cunningham.