Paul Iron Cloud and his wife Sandra
Paul Iron Cloud: Receives Lifetime Service Award
By Tom Crash
Lakota Country Times Correspondent PINE RIDGE – The National American Indian Housing Council presented Paul Iron Cloud with the 2015 George Nelson Outstanding Lifetime Service Award last week in Scottsdale Arizona. The award recognizes a lifetime of service by Paul Iron Cloud in working on Pine Ridge Reservation to deal with the incredible housing shortage on Pine Ridge Reservation. Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing is hosting a reception with a meal to follow at 9am Friday, May 15 at the Johnson Holy Rock Administration building just east of Pine Ridge. Iron Cloud will be honored for the George Nelson Award but mainly for the longtime work on Pine Ridge developing housing for Oglala Lakota tribal members. The reception will include housing staff and board members, community members, representatives of the OST government and leaders from across the reservation who recognize what the commitment, stability and vision of Paul has meant to the entire Oglala Lakota Nation. George Nelson was a member of the Sault Ste Marie Band of Chippewa who showed incredible spiritual energy in bringing together groups in the name of Indian housing; he passed away in 2004. Find the award-winning Lakota Country Times on the Internet, Facebook and Twitter.
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