SATURDAY - The group has lunch and time to explore Bear Butte state park. Bear Butte is sacred to the Lakota.
SATURDAY - More lunch and relaxation at Bear Butte.
SATURDAY - We spot buffalo along the road!
SATURDAY - The 20th Tour concludes with an evening with inspirational spokesman Billy Mills.
SATURDAY - 20 years of inspiration and friendship.
FRIDAY - The tour starts the day with a delicious breakfast at the Cheyenne River Elderly Nutrition Center.
FRIDAY - After breakfast, the tour group learns about the Winyan Toka Win Children's Garden at the Cheyenne River Youth Project.
FRIDAY - CRYP staff member Alex Meador gives a tour of the Cokata Wiconi Teen Center librabry.
FRIDAY - The evening concludes with a wacipi celebration at the Cokata Wiconi Teen Center.
FRIDAY - Tour participants BJ Hanson and Claudia Austin learn about Lakota history at the Cheyenne River Youth Project's Lakota History.
FRIDAY - Wiyaka Chasing Hawk leads the group in yoga practice on a Friday afternoon.
FRIDAY - Michael Granger accepts a star quilt as a gift on behalf of the Running Strong tour at the powwow.
THURSDAY - Tour guide Tom Cook takes in a view in the Badlands.
THURSDAY - Fran and Robin Markham and thier daughter Rio Alden at Badlands National Park.
THURSDAY - Jo McKay and Judy Rosen smile for the camera in the Badlands.
THURSDAY - The tour visits our backpack food program at the Takini School on the Cheyenne River Reservation.
THURSDAY - Staff member Anita Rathbone explaining the backpack food program to participant Barbara Utain.
THURSDAY - Watching the backpack food distribution being coordinated by the senior class at Takini School.
THURSDAY - The tour group is welcomed to the Cheyenne River Youth Project.
THURSDAY - Enjoying an Indian Taco dinner at the Cheyenne River Youth Project.
THURSDAY - Cheyenne River Youth Project volunteers perform a puppet show for the tour group.
THURSDAY - Grant Yellowhawk Brickner and Judy Schrater celebrate thier birthdays with Running Strong.
WEDNESDAY - The tour group visits Fort Robinson Museum in Crawford, Nebraska.
WEDNESDAY - The tour group looks around the grounds at Fort Robinson near the spot where Crazy Horse was killed.
WEDNESDAY - Janice and Stuart Hoag at the Crazy Horse Memorial Museum.
WEDNESDAY - Running Strong staff member and Ted and Audrey Brown with Pat Mills' painting entitled "Wings of an Eagle" at the Crazy Horse Memorial Museum.
WEDNESDAY - Running Strong staff with Paul Hallowell and Amy Yousey at Crazy Horse.
WEDNESDAY - Lynette and Ronald Brewer at a twilight viewing of Mount Rushmore.
TUESDAY - After paying thier respects at Wounded Knee, the tour visits a home of a water well recipient.
TUESDAY - Tour participants Judy Schrater and Lynnette Brewer at the water well site on Pine Ridge.
TUESDAY - The tour group visits Running Strong's first Homes for Heroes house.
TUESDAY -Â Warren and Mary Deutsch at the Homes for Heroes site.
TUESDAY - Having a nice lunch at Tipi Waste, Running Strong's food distribution site on Pine Ridge.
TUESDAY - The group listens attentively as Running Strong staff explain the food distribution program on Pine Ridge.
Running Strong staff member Dave Lone Elk shows the group what a food box contains.
TUESDAY - Tour participant Michael Granger in front of a trading post replica.
TUESDAY - Shirlee Stephenson and Edith Essex smile for the camera at the Museum of the Fur Trade.
TUESDAY - Tour participant Marlin Brusberg examines artifacts at the Museum of the Fur Trade.
MONDAY -Â The day begins with a Lakota language lesson from Rosalie Little Thunder.
MONDAY - The tour group visits the Journey Museum.
MONDAY - Tour participants Bob Greiner and Yellowhawk Brickner at the Journey Museum.
MONDAY - A wonderful lunch at the Journey Museum.
MONDAY - The tour group visits the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary.
MONDAY - A drum group sings for the participants before a traditional meal is served.
MONDAY - Gathering in the tipi to hear from Slim Buttes Project Director Tom Cook and Mr. Joe American Horse.
MONDAY - Participants Joe Sharpless and Chris Burkhart at the Wild Horse Sanctuary.
SUNDAY - Running Strong staff greet the 20th Anniversary Tour Group.
SUNDAY - The 20th Tour group settle in for the kick-off orientation.
SUNDAY - Loretta Afraid of Bear welcomes the tour participants.
SUNDAY - Oglala Sioux Tribal President Theresa Two Bulls addresses the group at orientation.
SUNDAY - Oglala Sioux Tribal President Theresa Two Bulls presents a gift from Running Strong to Loneman School principal Deb Bordeaux in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary Tour.
SUNDAY - A round of applause from the group to begin the 20th Reservations Tour
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