Links to stories produced April 22, 2010
Interactive Time Line, Carving Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse Journalism Workshop Draws Students from Seven States - article
Breanna Roy’s Journalism Dream Takes Her Home - article, photo
The Roots of Korczak’s Dream - article
Kevin Abourezk Dreamed of Teaching - article, photo
From Babysitter to Trusted Employee, Profile of Freda Goodsell - article
Conservation [...]

By Jordan June
Senior, Red Mesa High School
Red Mesa, Ariz.
Breanna Roy, 22, television reporter for KPAX-TV, traveled from her hometown of Missoula, Mont., to Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota for another homecoming.
“It’s like coming home to a Freedom Forum event,” Roy said.
Her heritage ties her to the Blackfeet and Cree tribes. She attended the [...]

By Christopher Rave
11th grade, Lincoln high school
Two parts of the Crazy Horse Memorial, unnoticed yet deeply significant, represent some of the deepest roots of Korczak Ziolkowski’s dream.
These two places have been key contributors to the progress and pulse of the Crazy Horse project. Long before the cafe, before the gift shop [...]

By Madaline Hatch
11th Grade, Montezuma-Cortez High School, Cortez, Colo.
One of Kevin Abourezk’s dreams is to help people. That’s why he’s at the Crazy Horse Journalism Workshop — to help young people pursue their dreams of becoming journalists.
At 35, Abourezk is working as a journalist, and loves it.
He wanted to be a college teacher so [...]

By Talon Ducheneaux
Junior, Crow Creek Tribal School
Fort Thompson, S.D.
College advisers say there are many opportunities for Native American students and suggest they start seeking them.
“Do your homework,” said Chuck Lubbers, a professor at the University of South Dakota. He said students should ask questions, study several school possibilities, and gather as much information as [...]

By Spencer Lone Fight
11th Grade, Fort Washakie Charter High School, Fort Washakie, Wyo.
What happens when a newspaper folds?
It’s a question that has serious implications for Native American journalists.
Newspaper newsrooms across the country saw a dramatic decrease in Native Americans, according to a recent study by the American Society of News Editors.
The latest report, which studies [...]

By Da’Rae Friday
Junior, Broken Arrow Senior High
Broken Arrow, Okla.
While other children in her neighborhood were doing kid things, 8-year-old Margaret Holt already was publishing her first newspaper about activities in her tiny hometown.
Her early love for reading and curiosity about life prompted Holt to write and distribute a one-page newsletter during summer vacations.
“The [...]

By Renita Broken Rope
Senior, Hardin High School, Hardin, Mont.
Dewey Smith doesn’t hesitate when asked his favorite event at the Crazy Horse Memorial.
The Volksmarch.
The Volksmarch is an organized hike up the mountain and onto the arm of the Crazy Horse carving. This year is the 25th anniversary of the march, one of several special events held [...]

By Bianca Rivas
Grade 12, Montezuma-Cortez High School
Cortez, CO
Native American high school students from seven states gathered at the Crazy Horse Memorial this week to find inspiration, training and mentoring they need to further their education and careers in journalism.
The Crazy Horse Journalism Workshop, in its 11th year, attracted 33 students and 45 volunteers from [...]

By Michelle Two Hearts
Senior, Northwestern High School, Mellette, S.D.
When Monique Ziolkowski and Jim McNulty come together in the mountain engineering office at Crazy Horse Memorial, it is a collaboration of art and science.
Monique Ziolkowski, artistic advisor, shares responsibility for the final version of the mountain carving taking shape in the Black Hills of South [...]