Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run

Crazy Horse hosted more than 100 Northern Cheyenne tribal members and their supporters during a rest stop while on this week’s 400-mile Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run.

The 11th annual run honors tribal ancestors who fled Fort Robinson, Nebraska, in January 1879, to avoid being forced to reservations in Oklahoma. Soldiers killed most of the escapees, but others made it back to traditional tribal lands in southeastern Montana.

The runners are mostly students, in fifth through 12th grades, attending schools in Ashland, Busby, Colstrip, Hardin, Lame Deer and St. Labre schools on or near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana.

The group toured the Crazy Horse visitor complex and received a complimentary lunch at Laughing Water Restaurant.

For more about the run, go to www.yellowbirdinc.org