The speaker, Keith gave an inspiring speech providing some goals of what we want to see by the end of the trip and possibly help efforts for in the future even once we get back from this trip. We heard some details about the violence that has occurred in this area due to the racism that exists between the natives of the area and the US Government. Supposedly the open violence has lessened in recent decades but the racism and hate is continuing to plague the people of this area. This behavior is horrible and needs to stop. By learning about this violence and mistreatment maybe people on this trip will take the information home and start localized movements that will promote nonviolent change.
Quick overview of the day:
12:15am – Lost luggage arrived in our Motel 6
- Josh and Eric’s luggage never made it out of Salt Lake City (who thought it was a smart idea for us to fly to Wyoming?)
3am- Luggage is still lost
6:40am- We (as in Samira, Lauren and Kaitlyn) over slept
7am: Josh had a fabulous breakfast burrito with salsa from Burger King and regrets not getting another one.
7:15: Connie’s car had a flat. We enjoyed watching Rachel, Amos and Randall change the tire from the warmth of our car.
n We rocked out to Techno and some Wale and made it to Nebraska
- Nebraska is ugly
Around 3pm: We made it into South Dakota
Angela’s Sedan could not make it up the really muddy hill, while Randall and Connie drove through it like it was nothing with the Suburbans.
Going on 4pm- We drank awesome sauce (a concoction of different flavors of powerade)
5pm- Did some work
6pm- We had Indian Tacos for dinner. They were super yummy.
7pm- We had an awesome speaker named Keith, what a rebel with a cause and cute kids.
8pm- Roses and Thorns were too long but interesting
--Samira and Josh
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