During the first week of our winter heating season last month, the staff provided 45 deliveries of wood and drove 1,041 miles over the course of our four-day work week. It is a team effort rooted in compassion and determination to support hundreds of families over the course of the months-long heating season.
Read MoreDuring a typical winter, we cut, split, and deliver more than 500 truckloads of firewood to homes across the reservation and provide emergency electric assistance and propane assistance, paid directly to utility companies.
Read MoreIncreasingly, states and municipalities are adopting Indigenous Peoples’ Day in addition to, or in place of Columbus Day. By Presidential Proclamation, the United States is observing Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day on Monday.
Read MoreKeith Titus, Re-Member’s founding director, has made his journey to the Spirit World after 83 years of Earthly life. With his passing, Keith rejoins his beloved “Ginny,” the late Virginia Titus.
Read MoreAs summer turns to fall, our volunteer season also draws to a close in the coming weeks. We are grateful for the hundreds of volunteers who made the trip to Pine Ridge this year and look forward to sharing more details about this season’s accomplishments in the coming weeks.
Read MoreResponding to community needs, and embracing the Lakota way of life, for 24 years, Re-Member has built things and built relationships with the Oglala Lakota people, and our volunteers from across the United States and around the world.
Read MoreWe are now several months into our resumed volunteer program – and are thrilled to have safely welcomed hundreds of new and returning volunteers back to Pine Ridge.
Read MoreWe need your help. Do you have contacts at local colleges or universities in your area? Most summers, we collect mattresses from schools across the region. We are looking for quantities of mattresses that would fill a large U-Haul style truck.
Read MoreWe are now two full months into our resumed volunteer program and are thrilled to have welcomed hundreds of volunteers from across the United States and around the world safely back to Pine Ridge.
Read MoreWe believe that in addition to providing direct, tangible support to the Oglala Lakota people, the strongest way to promote positive exchange in one of the poorest areas of the United States is to build relationships.
Read MoreWe are back to work with you — our volunteers — working alongside us. It’s oh-so-good to resume hosting groups and individuals to learn and serve here on the Pine Ridge Reservation. In short: We’re back to building things, and building relationships.
Read MoreAfter more than two years of COVID-19 safety protocols that forced us to shutter our program to volunteers, we are thrilled to announce that we will resume our volunteer program, effective April 2.
Read MoreWhen I first came to the Rez, driving around, I saw so much negative, so much to be upset about, to be angry about, so much that I wanted to fix. I viewed these people and this place as broken. It was a long time before I woke up and realized that all I was seeing was exactly what I was looking for.
Read MoreOur work continues. Despite the disappointment in not welcoming volunteers back this month, we are increasingly hopeful that we will be able to do so soon. In the meantime, our staff continue to provide essential services.
Read MoreAs of this writing, 16 firewood requests are pending, and the phone continues to ring. With overnight temperatures again expected to drop below zero, it will be a cold night for these families.
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