Nearly 100 youth from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana are taking part in the 11th annual Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run.
The youth are re-tracing the journey their ancestors made in January 1879. About 130 people -- primarily elders, women, and children -- escaped Fort Robinson in Nebraska to the Cheyenne homeland in Montana.
"This program offers a way to heal from historical trauma, learn its history and move beyond the trauma to progress to a better future," organizer Lynette Two Bulls told The Rapid City Journal.
The run began on Sunday and concludes on Thursday.Jodi Rave is blogging from the route on Buffalo's Fire.
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Run re-enacts flight of Native Americans
(The Rapid City Journal 1/12)
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