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Spiritual Run for the Sacred Pipe makes its way around SD

By Patty Connealy –
  • Frances (second from left) and Robin (far right) Bair and their children were one of the families that participated in the Spiritual Run for the Sacred Pipe.
    Frances (second from left) and Robin (far right) Bair and their children were one of the families that participated in the Spiritual Run for the Sacred Pipe.
  • The run started in Niobrara, NE, and wound around South Dakota before ending in Pipestone, MN.
    The run started in Niobrara, NE, and wound around South Dakota before ending in Pipestone, MN.
  • The runners who completed the leg into Gregory and the first part of the leg to Mission are shown here. The staff, with three eagle feathers, representing the Santee, Ponca, and Yankton Sioux tribes is held by two youths in front. Each tribe that participates will add a feather, for a total of nine feathers by the end of the run.
    The runners who completed the leg into Gregory and the first part of the leg to Mission are shown here. The staff, with three eagle feathers, representing the Santee, Ponca, and Yankton Sioux tribes is held by two youths in front. Each tribe that participates will add a feather, for a total of nine feathers by the end of the run.

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