Equity & Diversity Video

A Long Road Back to the ‘Rez’

December 5, 2013 8:33

A starkly beautiful place, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is home to the Oglala Lakota Nation where education for most remains a yet-to-be fulfilled promise for moving families out of profound poverty. Education Week Video

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