Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
They *do* make beautiful star quilts!
Before everybody gets *too* worried, while the living is tough there, there are MANY MANY programs that help these folks out. MANY. I'm not sure about the quilting side, because that's not a "necessity" but my hubby taught for a few years there and there were different times of the year when grants bought coats for each and every child going to school, breakfast and lunch programs, field trips to buy school clothes (also funded) and other opportunities to make sure everyone was taken care of. I wish there was more emotional and cultural support there. That would probably make a world of difference if they could sustain a program like that, kwim? :(
Don't pretend to know how it works now, but I do know that back in the 70's every man, woman and child in the tribe got what they called a "Black Hills check" every six months...back then, they got more than I lived on...