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We’re All God’s Children sent its first team to Takini School in 2015. This small Prairie school is located approximately an hour and a half from Eagle Butte, South Dakota in the small town of Howes. Most of the drive is through desolate land, with a few houses scattered along the road. When you turn off the main road, you will be traveling for about forty-five minutes down a gravel road as you approach the school.
Currently the school has about 135 students in grades K-12 and is headed by Superintendent Karen Fox and Principal Corry Roberts. Over the years the changes we have seen are dramatic. There is an air of hope and excitement as a new school year begins! For the first time the school will have a football team!
They are painting the school vibrant colors inside and out. The walls are filled with encouraging signs, murals, and posters encouraging the children to do their best. The staff has set up a thrift shop for the children to receive clothing, socks, hats, gloves, and other necessary items. The students receive "vouchers" for good grades, attendance, and behavior. This gives the students a sense of dignity as they are able to choose the things they need.
The name Takini in Lakota means those who survive and the school was named for the survivors of the Wounded Knee Massacre who returned to Cheyenne River Reservation at Bridger. What an appropriate name for the school.
These teachers, staff and parents are working together to make sure that their children have more opportunities than they had. To make sure the spirit of being a survivor is passed on to them and to the generations to come!
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