Our course instructors report that students spent the day learning about the significance of the horse to the Lakota cultural and also had the chance to go on a horseback ride. While riding, the group had the chance to speak with several Lakota about the role of horses in their culture.
Today we visited the Bell Building in Highland Park. They focus on housing the homeless before treating their problems/addictions. Their main focuses are alcoholics, drug addicts, people with mental disabilities, and the chronically homeless. One thing that separates their homeless shelter from others is their ability to accept homeless people despite their addictions. Most homeless...
-Day 12 of the Trip- On July 1st, 2024, the group woke in the remote Andean community of Cancha-Cancha. This community, which is only accessible by a hike, is so small it has no school of its own. A cloudy sky contrasted the incredible starry sky of the previous night. After close to a week...