Faye Longbrake to present “Lakota Family History” at Crazy Horse Memorial
Faye Longbrake will present “Lakota Family History” on Thursday, July 30th at 6 p.m. during the free Thursday Night Summer Performance & Lecture Series at Crazy Horse Memorial.
Faye Longbrake is a semi-retired educator with over 21 years of teaching elementary school and 12 years in educational administration. She is a historian and also taught full-time for Oglala Lakota College. She was born during the CCC days and raised in Armstrong County where cattle and horses were plentiful, before it became fenced, and before areas became flooded as a result of the Oahe Dam.
Faye has been involved in civic affairs which include nine years on the Board of Directors for the South Dakota Hall of Fame and two three-year terms on the South Dakota Humanities Council. In 1994 Governor Walter Dale Miller appointed her as a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging. She served on Integrated Social Studies Curriculum Projects of the South Dakota Education Association and National Education Association. She is a member of the Ziebach County Historical Society and was an assistant in researching Ziebach County Rural Schools (1910-1978) which was published in 2002. For several years Faye served as a rodeo secretary and timer.
Faye believes she acquired good values of Lakota culture from her grandfather who voiced his views as a councilor on the first organized Indian Reorganization Act. Faye would also attend church gatherings at Green Grass, S.D. with her grandmother. Faye resides in Dupree, S.D and has three sons and a daughter.
There will be free admission to Crazy Horse Memorial for those attending this education program, with a suggested donation of 3 cans of food per person for the KOTA Care & Share Food Drive. After the program please take the time to tour the complex and stay for the spectacular laser light show at dark.
On August 6th Wilbur Between Lodges will present “Lakota Thought & Philosophy” during the 2009 Summer Performance & Lecture Series.