The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in South Dakota depends on federal money for basic services, relying on promises made through treaties with the United States government. In March of this year, mandatory spending cuts curtailed education and health care on the reservation, and if Congress won’t act to end the sequester for the coming fiscal year, another round of cuts will devastate federally funded programs. But as Crow Creek community leaders tell Victoria Wicks, the tribe is optimistically taking steps toward greater self-sufficiency.
Crow Creek Tribe faces sequester cuts with greater self-sufficiency
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Brandon Sazue is chairman of the Crow Creek Tribe.
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Corrie Ann Campbell is executive director of Hunkpati Investments, Inc.
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Billy Jo Sazue manages the Crow Creek Fresh Foods Initiative.
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Fresh produce is offered for sale at the Crow Creek Powwow.
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The grand entry Saturday evening is lit by the setting sun.
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Powwow scene
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Powwow scene
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Women wear swirling shawls at the powwow.
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Another beautiful shawl.
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Young dance contestants wait to hear results from judges.
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Bad Nation Drum is a well-known drumming group that travels the U.S. and Canada.
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The powwow featured a midway with carnival rides.
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Crow Creek Reservation rests alongside the Missouri River, its rolling hills covered with prairie plants and grasses.
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