The Honor Guard dances to the Lakota Flag Song at the Black Hills National Cemetery in South Dakota. Photo by Richie Richards
Wind and rain don’t stop Indian honoring at Black Hills National Cemetery
By Richie Richards
Native Sun News Staff Writer
www.nsweekly.com STURGIS –– Sponsored by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Native American Veterans honoring services at the Black Hills National Cemetery (BHNC) continued despite wind and rain later in the presentation of speakers. Over 100 friends, families and veterans gathered at the BHNC to honor Native American veterans of all wars and foreign conflicts throughout the years. Buried at the National Cemetery located near Sturgis, S.D. on the foothills of the Black Hills are over 28,000 individuals with 22,000 of them being veterans of foreign wars. Richard Charging Eagle (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) emceed the event and coordinated speakers, guests and families throughout the honoring services which began at 1 p.m. on May 30, Memorial Day. In attendance was World War II veteran and honored Lakota elder, Chief David Beautiful Bald Eagle with four generations of family in attendance with him, including grandson and Afghanistan and Iraq Wars veteran Remi Beautiful Bald Eagle. Both Army war veterans are members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. In true Lakota fashion, the color guard was brought in by men and women veterans who carried in the eagle staffs and flags from the United States and Cheyenne River Sioux tribal nation.
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