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South Dakota News: Same Country, Different World: Ministering to Native Americans in South Dakota for the First Time

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As I sat in the back row of our large 15-passenger van I looked at the flat South Dakota hills that seemed to go on and on. I felt sorry for our driver who was just as tired as the rest of us after a flight, a three hour layover, another flight, and now a 5 hour drive to our site. In total it was around 14 hours of travel, but we told ourselves that was okay because we gained an hour in the air.

But it was a good time to catch up on all the advice from the trip veterans who have done this exact trip every summer for 8 or 9 years. They told us that the Native Americans on the reservation have a sense of hopelessness and often act out by committing suicide, falling into depression, and becoming addicts to drugs and alcohol. There are a…

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