Sierra Home - August 1998
Pine Ridge Reservation
An Oglala Lakota tribal elder lives in a remote area of the Pine Ridge Reservation four miles from the nearest paved road. Thirty years ago, he and his family constructed a small one-room cabin with logs from their land. The home had no insulation, running water, or electricity and was often cut off from outside services due to severe weather. Red Feather volunteers worked alongside the family to replace the home’s roof, doors, and windows and to build new interior walls, electrical and plumbing service, a new bathroom, and a front porch and stairs.
