{"id":60989,"date":"2018-04-28T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-invitation-attend-oglala-lakota-homeland-victory-celebration-sobriety-social-gathering\/"},"modified":"2018-04-28T16:12:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T20:12:02","slug":"invitacion-asista-a-la-celebracion-de-victoria-y-reunion-social-de-sobriedad-de-los-oglala-lakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/invitacion-asista-a-la-celebracion-de-victoria-y-reunion-social-de-sobriedad-de-los-oglala-lakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation: Attend Oglala Lakota Homeland Victory Celebration &amp; Sobriety Social Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WHITECLAY, Neb.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Mitakuyapi, Alcohol Justice is reporting that members of the Oglala Lakota Nation proudly yet humbly invite people to come and celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ending of exploitative alcohol sales in <span class=\"xn-location\">Whiteclay, Nebraska<\/span>. In addition to the celebration there will be a meal shared in honor of loved ones in recovery and loved ones lost to &#8216;<span class=\"xn-location\">Whiteclay&#8217;s<\/span> poison&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgfe2bleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgfe2bleft\" title=\"Alcohol Justice logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Alcohol Justice)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Alcohol Justice logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Alcohol Justice)\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg \"\/><\/div>\n<p><b>WHAT: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Celebration \u2013 music, dancing, spoken word, games, for youth &amp; adults, speakers,\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sobriety roll call<br \/><b>WHERE: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>Whitemen Fear to Tread, BIA-27, <span class=\"xn-location\">Porcupine, SD<\/span> 57772<br \/><b>WHEN: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><span class=\"xn-chron\">April 30, 2018<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">5-10 p.m.<\/span><br \/><b>WHO: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Sonny Skyhawk<\/span>, Founder and CEO, American Indians in Film and Television, Alcohol Justice Board Member\n<\/li>\n<li>Olowan Sarah Thunder Hawk Martinez, Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota Activist\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Bryan Brewer<\/span>, former Oglala Sioux Tribal President<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>WHY:<\/b> In 2017, the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission denied the renewal of the alcohol licenses of the four <span class=\"xn-location\">Whiteclay<\/span> liquor stores after finding the town did not have adequate law enforcement. All types of criminal activities took place at the stores and in the town, such as tax evasion, sexual assaults, murders, violence, public intoxication, selling alcohol to minors, using food stamps to purchase alcohol; yet local law enforcement failed to act for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The four liquor stores in the town of <span class=\"xn-location\">Whiteclay, Nebraska<\/span> (population 9), bootlegged 3.5 million cans of beer a year into the Oglala Lakota homeland of <span class=\"xn-location\">Pine Ridge, South Dakota<\/span>, where it is illegal to possess or consume alcohol. Multi-generations have suffered alcoholism and devastating alcohol related problems. It has been estimated that alcohol\u00a0abuse impacts 80 percent of <span class=\"xn-location\">Pine Ridge<\/span> families and one out of four children suffer from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).<\/p>\n<p><b>SPONSORS: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/oweakuinternational.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Owe Aku International<\/b><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Alcohol Justice<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>MORE INFO: <\/b>Call Olowan Martinez (605) 407-1381 \/ (605) 455-1482<\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT:\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span><br \/><\/b><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0213 840-3336<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg<\/a> \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Alcohol Justice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WHITECLAY, Neb.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0Mitakuyapi, Alcohol Justice is reporting that members of the Oglala Lakota Nation proudly yet humbly invite people to come and celebrate the one-year anniversary of the ending of exploitative alcohol sales in <span class=\"xn-location\">Whiteclay, Nebraska<\/span>. 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