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7.
Februar 2003
“Dieser Brief dient als Empfehlungsschreiben für James
Robideau und seine Arbeit, die er für den Oglala Sioux Tribe
geleistet hat.
In den späten 70er Jahren entwickelte er ein
"Halfway House" in Rapid City und
ein Bildungsprojekt am National College, um indianische Straftäter
bei der Wiedereingliederung in die Gesellschaft zu unterstützen.
Von 1989 bis 1996 war er Mitbegründer und stellvertretender
Leiter eines Frauenhauses für misshandelte Frauen und Kinder
in Kyle. Ausserdem hielt er jährliche Konferenzen zum Thema
“Fetales Alkoholsyndrom
und Effekte” ab.
James' derzeitige Arbeit mit Jugendlichen veranlasste ihn, das “Dakota
Youth Project, Inc.” zu entwickeln.
Dieses Projekt möchte Jugendliche von Kriminalität und
Bandenzugehörigkeit fernhalten und sie ermutigen, sich mit
ihren traditionellen Glaubensvorstellungen zu befassen.
Sein Dakota Youth Project arbeitet daran, ein Heim in Allen zu errichten,
das Jugendlichen eine vorübergehende Zuflucht bietet.
Ausserdem
bietet das Dakota Youth Project Workshops für Rechtskunde,
Marijuana, FASE und andere wichtige Themen an.”
OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE
John Yellow Bird Steele
Präsident |
Artikel aus dem "Rapid City Journal" vom 5.2.1999:
Workshop
focuses on Lakota values
By Stephen
Buchholz
Journal Staff Writer
If more
youth embraced and followed traditional values there would be less
violence and disease among American Indians, and fewer Lakotas would
be in trouble with the law.
That’s what a workshop today in Rapid City will teach young
Lakotas, according to organizers. “The Lakota Youth and Family
Workshop” begins at 7:30 a.m. at Howard Johnson Hotel on La
Crosse Street.
The event is free and open to the public. Indian Students from Pine
Ridge Indian Reservation and Rapid City’s high schools have
been invited to attend.
“We have beautiful values in the Lakota society, and we want
to tell the youth about that”, said James Robideau, Director
of Dakota Youth Project, which is sponsoring the workshop. “Those
traditional values shield us from all the negative things in the
world.”
The first half of the workshop will feature a discussion about Lakota
beliefs and values. Robideau will speak, as will Vincent Black Feather,
a Lakota medicine man and historian, and Rosalie Little Thunder,
a Lakota educator and leader. Black Feather and Little Thunder live
on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
They will speak about tribal and family structure, the role of young
people in society, punishment and discipline, and societies and
their purpose. After the presentations there will be a question-and-answer
session with the panel.
“If we live traditionally, we would not have the illnesses
and mental problems we have today”, Robideau said.
Traditional values also promote respect, courage and wisdom, all
virtues that help Lakota youth avoid violence, gangs and other bad
behaviors. Robideau said the January murders of Sam and Angie Loud
Hawk wouldn’t have happened of their son had embraced traditional
values. Basil Loud Hawk has been charged with killing his parents
at their home in Oglala.
In the afternoon the workshop will shift to a discussion about legal
rights and the criminal-justice system. A panel of speakers will
include Jacqueline Rasmussen, a professor at National American University;
Monica Thomas, an attorney in the Pennington County Public Defender’s
office; 7th Circuit Court Judge Merton Tice Jr.; and Ted McBride,
assistant U.S. attorney.
The panel will talk about the state and federal legal rights of
youths and families and the consequences of breaking the law.
“It’s no fun being in prison”, Robideau said.
“Getting in trouble with the law affects the rest of your
life. We want to tell our young people that.”
The workshop is organized by Dakota Youth Project, which is based
in St. Petersburg, Fla., and has an office in Allen. |
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