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5 days ago
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Remembering The Children Memorial sculpture honors those who lost their lives
Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) — Where the Oyate Health Center sits today was once the location for the Rapid City Indian Boarding School from 1898 until 1933. UPDATE: 35-year-old arrested in early morning shooting Across the street is now home to a new Remembering The Children Memorial. It isn't fully open yet. It's taken nearly a decade to get everything laid out for this memorial, with this new center sculpture bringing it all together. 'Uncover a story, tell the story through the experiences of Native people or people that live here right now and create something beautiful. A place where people can come and be educated, can come to learn on their own but also feel a little bit about what we're feeling or what has happened here,' Remembering The Children Memorial Executive Director Any Sazue, said. Local artist Dale Lamphere took on the project and collaborated with elders, spiritual leaders, as well as local children and artists through a new mentorship program, including Derek Santos of Pine Ridge. 'Visual artist with Dale, kind of helping him. If I noticed anything, I was kind of talking with him about it but for the most part, in our culture, it is kind of left up to the elders to kind of walk us through it,' Artist Derek Santos said. Of the nearly 1,000 children who died in Native American boarding schools, around 50 were in Rapid City. 'Every Native American person here is a descendant of somebody who endured or survived a boarding school. None of us were able to escape it, none of our ancestors were able to escape it. But there's so much beauty in the culture and the people that are here and strength.' Sazue Said 'We have a lot of art in our culture and to kind of pass that down and inspire some of the Native youth early on I think that's extremely important. Because these people will be the future leaders,' Santos said. Along the walking path, you will find the names of students who lost their lives carved into stones by year. Soon, more sculptures will be added to complete the memorial. The sculpture is titled 'Tiwahe', which means family. While this site is currently not open to the public just yet, public events will be hosted in the future for all to attend. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
It's just a pair of shoes - but they're life-changing for me
Jeanette Russell has never been more delighted with a new pair of were created by a skilled designer but they are not the latest in high-end shoes have been specially designed to stop Jeanette falling over - and they are black boot-like creations are for people like Jeanette who suffer from footdrop, a condition caused by her MS that makes it difficult for her to walk unaided without tripping or falling over. "I just put the boots on and I can drive, I can do the gym I can go hill-walking," says Jeanette."I can walk over terrain that is really rough and can walk normally down the street with confidence and strides, when before I had a rolling gait which gave me a really sore back. "I haven't had any falls since I've been wearing the shoes."Footdrop affects many people who have conditions affecting the nervous system, like MS or cerebral palsy, or people who have had a struggle to keep their toes lifted, making walking difficult and tiring. As a result, they are more likely to researchers at Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh have invented a shoe which they hope will tackle this problem by providing the right kind of support to the foot, keeping the wearer upright and safer. Prof Derek Santos is one of the QMU researchers who designed the shoe. He says the concept is quite simple but very effective. The use of adjustable velcro straps helps the shoe to fit each user and support at the ankle. "You can adjust the elastic depending on your disability," he said."If you have a weaker muscle or a totally paralysed muscle you can actually activate the elastic to compensate for these things. "You can also tighten the elastic more on one side than the other. "If you have a foot that inverts, sometimes people tend to trip over, so the boot will actually put your foot in a much better position by simply adjusting the tension in the elastics."The research team believe the new footwear could improve the wearer's walking and prevent hundreds of thousands of falls in the as it is a global problem, podiatry lecturer Dr Kavi Jagadamma says they want to help people around the world and adapt the shoe to individual needs. "We are particularly interested in developing simple designs like sandals where this could be integrated for people in hot countries or people living in low income countries, where people can't afford expensive boots," he said."The simple sandals might be more accessible and also culturally more normal to wear. So that's our ambition going forward."Professor of physiotherapy Cathy Bulley is also part of the QMU research team. She says the fact that it looks like a normal piece of clothing is a big advantage."We felt we needed another option for people that was more comfortable to wear, easier to put on and generally that people are more likely to keep using."We've been working on the clever but low-tech solution."Jeanette, a former army nurse, says her physical confidence has been restored by the shoe. She has even been able to return to the challenging hill-walks she loves."I'm looking forward to getting a hiking boot in this design so I can get up Ben Nevis. "I'm also hoping to be marching past the cenotaph this November, with pride in my boots. "
