Oglala Lakota community leader, Nick Tilsen, envisions a vibrant future for his people. He sees elements of that transformation already in place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. However, they need stitching together, like a quilt whose diverse and colorful pieces are scattered — unseen and uncelebrated — all over the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s homeland in southwestern South Dakota. “There’s been economic activity around the reservation, but no way to pull it together,” said Tilsen.

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