SDPR: Trail of Hope for Indian Housing returns to reservation

Security concerns created by the Boston Marathon bombing and the contaminated letter issue in Washington, D.C. didn’t stop The Trail of Hope for Indian Housing from setting up a 50-year old dilapidated house from the Pine Ridge reservation in front of the Capitol building.

But Oglala Sioux Housing Authority spokesperson Pinky Clifford says it did reduce the number of Congressional representatives who visited the display.

“They had a lockdown going on at the time, “ says Clifford, “and the Hart building was closed. They wouldn’t let people out. Security was tighter. We didn’t get a parking permit until ten minutes before we were actually supposed to start setting up.”